Authoring and publishing as teachers and students with iBooks Authors - NETA 2016

1. Teach42Morrow.Com
Katie Morrow, E S U 8
So, you want to
PUBLISH
a book?
katie@esu8.org
http://tinyurl.com/iBooksPublish

2. Katie Morrow
Technology Integration at ESU 8
Apple Distinguished Educator
@katiemorrow
teach42morrow.com

3. I am NOT a
professional
author.
Yet, I have been directly
involved in publishing nearly
150 books in the iBooks Store.
Disclaimer:

4. AGENDA
Getting Started with iBooks Author
Uses for the Classroom
The Path to Publishing
1
2
3
4 Additional Resources

5. “An iBook is way cooler than
just a normal book.”
- Justin, OHS 8th grade

6. Getting Started
1
with iBooks Author

7. What you will need…
iBooks Author on Mac iBooks on iPad or Mac

8. What you will need…
Demo

9. Planning Tips for Authoring Projects
Draft in Pages (outside of iBooks Author)
Utilize Styles
Plan Table of Contents first (backbone of any book)
Collect/Organize all Media
Modify the Master Layouts/Themes
Collaborative Authoring Tips

10. Uses for the Classroom
2
Opportunities & Options

11. TEACHER-CREATED
Promote your school, document a class project, class yearbook,
instruct your students, share professional learning
STUDENT-CREATED
Demonstrate learning, creative interests, leave a legacy, instruct
younger students, nonfiction & research, document a project,
portfolios
Content ~ Purpose ~ Audience

12. $
Essay compilationhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/48-ways-to-show-patriotism/id764177284?mt=11

13. Literature Circle
portfolios
Literature Circles

14. Literature Circle
portfolios
Poetry Portfolioshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/short-poems-syllable-structures/id1093849499?mt=11

15. Literature Circle
portfolios
Backyard Ecologyhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ecology-drews-backyard-ecology/id982092346?mt=11

16. Choose Your Own
Adventure Stories
Interactive Fictionhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/course/write-your-own-adventure-interactive/id1032400189

17. Show what you knowSearch for “O’Neill Public School” in the iBooks Store to find many student examples.

18. Search for“O’Neill Public
School”
Share your Passion

19. Literature Circle
portfolios
B-Side Bookshttp://ops24-7learning.blogspot.com/2015/03/newly-published-student-authors-at-ohs.html

20. Literature Circle
portfolios
Community Connectionshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/our-community-oneill/id953365005?ls=1&mt=11

21. Literature Circle
portfolios
End of Year Reviewhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-abcs-of-english-7/id996220335?mt=11

22. Literature Circle
portfolios
Interactive workbookshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/descriptive-writing-workbook/id810245068?mt=13

23. Professional growthhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/book/write-to-change-world-challenge/id835453522?mt=11

24. Books by other classrooms
in the iBooks Store

25. Book Shelfies(Reading Class Book Reports)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/write-to-change-world-challenge/id835453522?mt=11

26. Found It!
(Art Class projects)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/found-it/id806918326?mt=11

27. Heart & Lungs(Bilingual Biology book)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/heart-lungs-corazon-y-pulmones/id1047843039?mt=11

28. Just Right Books(Leveled Readers)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/just-right-books-at-their/id844630612?mt=11

29. The Path to Publishing
3
iTunes Connect & more…

30. Publishing to the iBooks Store
Apple ID1.
iTunes Connect
iTunes Producer
If selling…
2.
3.
opt.
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph2808?locale=en_US

31. itunesconnect.apple.com

32. If publishing isn’t for you…
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2809?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

33. Sharing Options
1) Preview to any connected iPad
2) Export as .iBooks and distribute file manually
3) Export as .iBooks and add to iTunes U course
4) Export as PDF and print or use elsewhere

34. Additional Resources
4
for AWESOME iBooks Authoring!

35. Books to help create books
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ebooks-
arent-books/id665856181?mt=11
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dont-
create-book-create-field/id845210288?mt=11
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/design-
secrets-revealed/id814087040?mt=11

36. iTunes.com/OneBestThing

37. Thank You!
Slides and notes with links available at:
http://tinyurl.com/iBooksPublish
Teach42Morrow.Com@Katiemorrow katie@esu8.org