We're using Dropbox and Scrivener together in classroom scrums that produce ePubs much faster than any workflow we've tried before.

1. DROPBOX WORKFLOW
CASE STUDY FROM LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN
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2. SCENARIO: THIRD LEVEL CREATIVE STUDENTS
• BASIC SKILLS
• DEVELOPING PRACTICAL SKILLS
FOR EVENT PROMOTION
• ADVANCED SKILLS
• CREATIVITY
• EDITING CONTENT
• PRODUCTION
• PROCESSING IMAGES
• FINISHING
• COMPILING EPUB WITHIN 110
MINUTES
• COLLABORATION
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3. STEP 1.
SHARE WORKING
DROPBOX.
DROPBOX SHARES ON
MULTIPLE DEVICES.
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4. “
TOP TIP:
DROPBOX FITS NICELY
INTO BYOD SPACE.
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• NO SPECIAL HELP NEEDED FROM IT SUPPORT.
• OVERCOMES RESTRICTIONS WITH CLOUD MAIL SERVICES.
• #TOPTIP
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5. STEP 2.
REVIEW CONTENT.
STUDENTS VIEWED PDF FILE
THROUGH SMALL SCREENS.
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6. STEP 3.
FIND SHARED FOLDER.
WE WORKED WITH
“WADDS”.
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7. STEP 4.
KNOW FOLDER HYGIENE.
SHARE FILES IN CORRECT
FOLDERS.
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8. STEP 5.
PROCESS IMAGES.
1. SAMPLE AT 300 X 280.
2. CORRECT FOR SKIN
COLOUR.
3. SAVE FOR WEB.
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9. “
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TOP TIP:
SCRIVENER ACCELERATES
EPUB PRODUCTION.
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10. STEP 6.
OPEN DROPBOX.
1. SCRIVENER OPENS
DROPBOX.
2. EDITOR SEES TOAST AS
CHANGES OCCUR.
3. WE BRING FILES INTO
SCRIVENER PROJECTS.
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11. STEP 7.
EDIT IN SCRIVENER.
1. EASY WHEN WORKING
WITH RTF SOURCE FILES.
2. KNOW IMAGE
DIMENSIONS.
3. DOWNSAMPLE IMAGES TO
ENSURE FASTER
DOWNLOADING.
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12. READING EPUB
1. USING FREDA ON
WINDOWS PHONE.
2. USED IBOOKS ON IOS.
3. GOOGLE BOOKS OR
ALDIKO ON ANDROID.
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13. READING EPUB
WE DOWNLOADED VIA
DROPBOX AND READ
FROM BOOKSHELF.
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14. READING EPUB
META DATA ON
AUTHORS COMES
THROUGH AS
CREDITS.
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15. READING EPUB
CURRENT EPUB
READERS MARK
DOWN
FORMATTING.
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16. READING EPUB
STUDENTS WORK
FOR
ACKNOWLEDGEM
ENT IN CREDITS
SECTION.
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17. “
COLLABORATIVE WORKFLOWS
ACCELERATE CREATIVITY.
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18. SEE THE MAKING OF
THE BUSINESS OF BLOGGING
WATCH IT: BIT.LY/MAKINGEPUB
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19. BROWSE THE DROPBOX
CHECK OUT BIT.LY/DROPWADDS
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