User Guide for EPUBeditor
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4. Title space you can enter the name of the site or file which references it The icon next to the links is used to insert an image which can be linked or directly loaded The limit is always 25MB The Image description field is important because it represents the text to be read on any screen reader while the Title field is used to identify or recognise the image Also available to the author is a preview function and the ability to 16 choose the style and positioning of the image through the fields in the Appearance tab The Size field contains the width and height of the loaded image the Class field allows you to position the image within the text The styles that you can choose from the drop down menu are e the left 40 style this scrolls the image to the left and text to the right giving the image a size equal to 40 of the width of the page e the right 40 style this scrolls the image to the right and text to the left giving the image a size equal to 40 of the width of the page e the left right and centre styles show the image in its actual size at the left right centre to be precise e the full style shows the image with dimensions equal to 100 of the width of the page The two icons next to the image insertion are Select text colour and Select background colour The last three icons are used respectively for e Cleaning up messy HTML
5. as in our example B Multiple when there is more than one correct answer 4 Under Answers select Yes in the Shuffle answers option and choose the abc numbering type 5 select Save 6 open the Answers tab located next to the Multiple choice question tab 7 click on New answer and insert the first answer into the Text space with feedback and score if the answer is correct the feedback will be Correct answer and the score greater than 0 and if the answer is wrong the feedback will be Wrong answer and the score 0 8 save and proceed with the inclusion of the other answers 9 close the Answers tab look at the preview and then proceed with the next test Part Two of the ebook Insert a True False test You are in the folder Part Two Revision Tests and to insert a True False test you need to 1 select True False Answer from among the items on the New menu 2 insert the title of the test Versailles_True False consignment not compulsory True or False and then the question text which may contain images Read the following list and decide which is true and which is false 3 Scroll down and in the Labels space write True in Label 1 and False in Label 2 Next choose whether to shuffle statements choose the type of numbering and save 39 Open the Statements
6. defined as scalable Reflow is the process by which e reader tablet computer software reshapes the text changing the font size or font The most suitable format for reflow is HTML followed by EPUB and MOBI while DOC and PDF are not scalable It is important not to confuse reflow and zoom e with reflow increasing or decreasing the font size changes the total number of pages of the ebook that you are reading e with zoom by increasing or decreasing the font size all you are doing is enlarging a portion of the page The organisation that deals with the EPUB format is called the International Digital Publishing Forum IDPF On its website http idpf org ePUB you can find the specifications of the format which is currently in its third generation EPUB3 to be precise Among the most significant innovations of version 3 are the following e Use of HTMLS and CSS3 with the ability to incorporate multimedia elements e ability to use MathML to write mathematical formulas e introduction of Javascript metadata embedded in the code use of elements of web semantics The main feature of EPUB3 compared to EPUB2 consists of the inserting of video and audio In summary EPUB2 is text and image while EPUB3 is text image and multimedia files Useful Not so useful It depends on the type of digital book and on how it is going to be used If the 5 ebook is a novel or essay the ability to have video and audio files may be of little
7. e Share ebook allows you to give access to the contents of the ebook to users and colleagues registered in EPUBEditor As shown in the window that opens after clicking on the item in the space provided you need to enter the email addresses of the users with whom you want to share your work separated by commas You can only share ebooks of which you are the author and you may not share ebooks that others have shared with you e Duplicate ebook allows you to duplicate an ebook in order to later create different versions e Delete ebook used to delete ebooks from the Your ebooks table e Export ebook allows you to choose the export format of the inserted content The possible formats are EPUB3 EPUB2 non multimedia SCORM PDF EPUB3 EPUB2 non multimedia SCORM PDF formats EPUB The EPUB format has been defined as the standard in the field of digital publishing Almost all the ebooks on sale today except those on Amazon are EPUB files The only device that does not read this format is the Kindle EPUB is a free and open standard designed specifically for the publication of digital books This format allows the following e to automatically adapt the text to the screen of the device e toincrease or decrease the font size e to customise your reading experience The property that allows the text to fit the size of the screen is called reflow and it is for this reason that the EPUB format is
8. for 6 inch readers which are the most common 2 THE NEW EBOOK COMMAND Six tabs to define and develop the ebook The New Ebook command brings you to a screen laid out as follows u u e acolumn on the left with the controls already discussed Home Forum Help and then Web Preview Share ebook Duplicate ebook Delete ebook Export ebook e a workspace in the centre that allows you to process the ebook through six tabs positioned in a horizontal menu ePUB Editor Bi fis a Home Forum Novit Help e Puoi ora definire box immersi nel testo scegli nell editor lo stile box sinistra box destra Info Copertina Contenuti Font Stili Opzioni Anteprima web amp Condividi ebook Informazioni generali dell ebook amp Duplica ebook X Elimina ebook Titolo Esporta ebook v Autore Paola Ricci Here we analyse the six tabs leaving to last the third tab Content which is the most complex and the one that allows you to enter text audio video and text of various kinds The six tabs are 1 Info 2 Cover 3 Content 4 Font 5 Styles 6 Options Info Tab The first tab covers the general information regarding the ebook e Title e Author e Language of the ebook e LOM metadata SCORM e EPUB metadata The LOM and EPUB metadata are inserted at the end of processing Some information on LOM metadata has already be
9. more than one are preceded by an asterisk choose whether to shuffle the options and insert the score save and repeat the steps for the word France save it all look at the preview and proceed with the next test Part Two of the ebook Insert a Correct Order test You are in the folder Part Two Revision Tests and to insert a Reorder the sequence test you need to 1 select Reorder the sequence from among the items on the New menu 2 insert the title of the test Historical Events_Correct Order and in the Text field Please place the following events from contemporary history in the correct chronological order Leave the space for consignment blank which is not compulsory and which in this case is not needed 3 Save and open the Item in the sequence tab next to the Reorder the sequence tab 4 select New item and enter the text The items are placed in the correct order which the editor recognises as such 5 enter with the same procedure provided for all items and save 41 6 Click on the thumbnail to see the output of the test in which the individual items need to be dragged and placed in the correct order Part Two of the ebook Insert an Association test You are in the folder Part Two Revision Tests and to insert an Association test you need to 1 select Association from among the items on the New menu 2 enter the
10. the video is The mp4 or m4v file must be referred via its URL and must therefore be online at a publicly accessible address If it is smaller than 25 MB you can also load it onto the EPUBEditor web page 25 4 What might be the causes of a failure to view a video uploaded in EPUBEditor correctly 1 You have not selected the Controls check box in the Advanced tab 2 The formatof the video you have entered is not mp4 or mv4 3 The mp4 or m4v file is not located in a publicly accessible web space such as the public folder in Dropbox You have to make sure that the URL of the video points to a file with mp4 or m4v format and that the inserted link is of the type http www espertoweb it duduk m4v The URL should not point to a YouTube page 4 Another display problem can be caused by the reader you use to read the ebook if you view the EPUB with a video using Firefox you do not see the video because Firefox does not support the mp4 format To open an EPUB3 on PC you have to use the Readium extension on Google Chrome To view it properly on the iPad the version of iBooks must be updated Questions about inserting video 1 How do you insert a video into EPUBEditor After selecting the appropriate picture icon and choosing Type Video you will be taken to the General tab In the File URL space you can enter the web address where the video is located or upload the file and then select it fr
11. title of the Associate the data _Associations test and in the Text field Associate with the date of the corresponding event Leave the Consignment space blank which is not compulsory and which in this case is not needed 3 Save and open the Pairs tab next to the Association tab 4 select New pair and find yourself on a page with a Question text where you are going to include the text from the first item of the first pair b Answer text where you are going to include the text from the second item of the first pair c Score 5 Save and proceed with the creation of the pairs to be associated In our specific example there are 4 6 Once you have finished inserting the pairs look at the test preview which appears with a column of fixed elements which correspond to the first elements and a column of blank spaces where the corresponding items are dragged 42
12. you need to 1 select General text with optional image audio video from among the items on the New menu 2 write the title The Two World Wars and go into the editor 3 paste the text after passing it through a txt file and format to taste Let s add an audio file in mp3 format This is La canzone del Piave one of the best known Italian patriotic songs 4 Go to the place in the text where you want to insert the file click the relevant icon and choose the audio option 5 load the mp3 file from the desktop Wait for it to load then select it and click on Insert 6 from the General tab enter the Advanced tab and click inserting the check mark on Controls 7 select Insert and save the page Part 1 of the ebook inserting text with video You are in the folder Part One Events from Contemporary History and to insert new content with a video file you need to 37 1 select General text with optional image audio video from among the items on the New menu 2 write the title The Cold War and go into the editor 3 paste the text after passing it through a txt file and format to taste Let s add a video file in mp4 format This is a news report about the landing in the Bay of Pigs 4 Go to the place in the text where you want to insert the file click the relevant icon and choose the video option 5 select the file f
13. Association e Drag amp Drop text only for SCORM e Free text completion only for SCORM e Folder e Import ODT 11 The last two items in the list Folder and Import ODT allow you respectively to e organise the content of the ebook into folders e directlyimporta file with an ODT extension that when properly set chapters marked with style Heading 1 or Heading 2 text with Default style etc can be directly exported to EPUB retaining all the formatting The organisation of the content in folders is useful both in the case of exporting to LOM and thus in the case of Learning Objects or in the case of processing ebooks in order to structure content and files 3 ADD THE CONTENT OF THE EBOOK After you have selected New ebook filled out the Info tab and after you save what has been entered the editor automatically takes you to the Content tab There clicking on the New command allows you to start adding the actual content Selecting the General text with optional image audio video option takes you to a page that consists of Testo generico con immagine audio video opzionale Sidebar Titolo B Z Formato gt Stili f i x oe BQH e Title bar which includes either the title of the book if you want to add the entire contents of a single page or the title of the first part or section of the book if you want to structure your ebook i
14. User Guide for EPUBeditor 1 HOME PAGE REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION ON EXPORT FORMATS What is EPUBEditor It is an online environment that allows you to create exportable ebooks in EPUB3 and EPUB2 formats as well as SCORM and PDF To use the editor you need the following an Internet connection access parameters to the site To receive the latter simply register and choose an account type free single team The first is free of charge but has some limitations on functions the second and third require annual fees Terms conditions and the functions available are described in detail on the registration page and the website Typing www epubeditor it takes you to the Home Page of the editor which features ePUB Editor Home Login amp Registrati Forum Help Roadmap Cos ePUB Editor ePUB Editor un ambiente online per la realizzazione semplice ed immediata di ebook in formato EPUB3 Gli ebook realizzati possono includere contenuti multimediali e funzioni interattive Ci rende ePUB Editor particolarmente efficace nella redazione di ebook didattici pensati in particolare per l utilizzo di tablet come Apple iPad Gli ebook realizzati oltre che in formato EPUB3 possono essere esportati anche come oggetti SCORM e dunque importabili in qualunque piattaforma di e learning SCORM compatibile come Moodie ad esempio consentendo il totale tracciamento della fruizione Principali caratteristiche
15. al row The next three icons are used in mathematics and in particular concern e apex e subscript e square roots After the mathematics icons there is one that lets you insert special characters including Greek letters accented letters for foreign terms percent sign and so on The icon featuring a section of film allows you to insert both audio and video files 4 Clicking on the icon opens a window that is divided into 3 sections A e the General tab allows you to choose between video and audio via the drop down menu next to Type e the Advanced tab allows you to set the size positioning and other functions of the uploaded file marking the Controls check box is necessary otherwise when displayed the progress controls of the audio and video files do not appear the panel with the play pause buttons etc e the Source tab contains all the specifications for insertion of the multimedia file in the HTML language The next two icons are activated when selecting one or more words and are used to enter edit and deactivate a link Clicking on the icon opens the General tab that allows you to write or paste the external address to send to or to upload a file The Target command on the other hand allows you to choose how to open the link whether in the window where you are located or in an external window or in the parent window frame or lastly in the upper frame In the
16. code e Viewing editing the HTML code directly e Turning the full screen mode on off Icons on the third row We conclude with the icons on the third row which are activated when you select the icon for inserting a table the first one YG Clicking on the icon allows you to define the characteristics of the table e number of rows and number of columns e padding of the cells e spacing of the cells In the General tab that opens when you select the first icon you can also define the alignment of the table centre left or right the border the width height and class The final check allows you to insert or delete a caption for the table 17 Next to the General tab you can see the Advanced tab which allows you to define certain properties such as the title table of contents style language any background image and a possible frame the Rules the direction of the text in the table the colour of the border and background After entering the table and defining its general characteristics activate the icons on the third row after the first The second and the third define the properties of the row and the cell The selection of these icons determines the opening of a general properties tab and then an advanced properties tab The two groups that follow each with three icons allow you to e insert row column before e insert row column after e delete row column The last two icons
17. e 1 Enter the folder Part One Events from Contemporary History clicking above it and select from the items in the New menu General text with optional image audio video write the title Historical Timeline and go into the editor Copy the text from Wikipedia and after passing it through a txt file before entering it in the editor paste it into a txt file to clean any formatting issues you can enter it in the editor format the text using the EPUBEditor icons and save Let s add a photo of the Berlin Wall at the relevant section on the right Go to the beginning of the paragraph where you want to insert the image and select the specific icon You are in the General tab where you can upload the file fill in the Image description and Title fields and see the preview before inserting the image go to the Appearance tab delete the sizes that appear automatically and select the following from the Class options right_40 enter and save the page If the placement of the image is not correct does not correspond to what you intended you should go again to the image click on the icon and change 34 When you close the page you will be in the folder Part One Events from contemporary history In it there is newly added content Historical Timeline and on the right a series of icons that allow certain actions Contenuti dell ebook kt Period
18. e file must not exceed 25MB You can also define the size of the video the default is 320x240 maintaining the same aspect ratio and then preview the video that has been inserted Before selecting Enter you need to enter the Advanced tab and define the following specifications for the video file the ID identifier name choose left right top or bottom alignment a background colour for the video through Background and the horizontal and vertical positioning space inside the background Some HTMLS Video options can also be set including e Alternative source 1 e Alternative source 2 e Posters e Preload Do not preload Preload video metadata Allow user s browser to decide Lastly you can choose a number of options through the tick e the video can play automatically or not e the volume of the video can be silent or with sound e the video playback can be looped e the appearance of the video controls the panel with the play pause buttons etc Ticking the Controls check box is required to view the video which otherwise could not be started or seen 2 What are the video formats supported by EPUBeditor The EPUB standard and as a result the editor that allows the production of EPUBs only supports the format mp4 or m4v and therefore the video file has to be mp4 in order to ensure full compatibility with readers 3 Is it best to upload a video file into the EPUB file or insert the URL where
19. e screen Screen following LOGIN On the Home screen under the New Ebook command you will find a table with the covers and titles of e ebooks that you have created e ebooks that other users have created and then shared with you using the applicable function If you are signing in for the first time or you have not created any ebooks under the command New Ebook you will not see anything In the case of shared ebooks under the title there is also the identifier of the person who carried out the operation ePUB Editor Eventi di storia contemporanea On the next screen after login 3 items appear to the left of the New Ebook command e Home takes you back to the home screen e Forum provides access to the EPUBEditor forum e Help used to access the video tutorial After just selecting the New Book command and or just selecting the title of an already created ebook on the left side of the screen under the box that contains Home Forum Help another box appears with the following commands ePUB Editor ali eee Novita e Puoi ora definire box immersi nel testo scegli nell editor lo stile box sinistra box destra Contenuti Font Stili Opzioni Anteprima web i GOMINA chook Informazioni generali dell ebook amp Duplica ebook X Elimina ebook Titolo Esporta ebook Autore Paola Ricci e Web Preview allows you to preview before export the contents inserted
20. en given in the SCORM chapter In summary metadata is information describing the digital content LOM metadata describes an LO Learning Object EPUB metadata describes an ebook As well as the name the surname date and place of birth are metadata from the Identity Card set and are sufficient to describe a person in legal and personal contexts for an LO and for an ebook there are similar metadata for the description availability and composition of the object The completeness and accuracy of the metadata in the allocation of their values provides greater fidelity and precision in the representation of the real object and thus assists the operations that are expected to be performed such as for example research After entering the general information on the ebook and saving the Info page you are automatically taken to the Content area Cover Tab The Cover tab found in command menu between Info and Content when selected allows you to load a cover image from your PC or tablet Accepted formats are jpg png or gif Once loaded the file must be selected through the appropriate command and can be removed and or replaced at any time Font Tab The fourth tab allows you to upload and apply certain fonts in the ebook or in the LO This feature is very useful as it allows for example a publisher to use a specific font for a certain ebook or allows the teacher to use an easy to read font which is ver
21. epresented by the IMS LOM metadata which are the static representation of a Learning Object or its identity card In addition to describing an LO SCORM also takes care of defining a communication protocol between the Learning Object and e learning platform that delivers it Learning Objects able to communicate according to the protocol defined by SCORM are called SCORM compatible LOs Similarly platforms capable of delivering LOs and to communicate with them using the protocol defined by SCORM are called SCORM compatible platforms also SCORM compliant The protocol must obviously be standard and in SCORM this standard is called RunTime Environment RTE Data Model PDF PDF is the format developed by Adobe which is widely used in the world of publishing and IT It allows creators of documents and books to standardise the appearance of their files and therefore one of its most valued benefits consists precisely in being totally respectful of the pagination given to the content Another advantage of the format is its guarantee of readability Many publishers adopt it for the ebook because content in PDF format does not have any compatibility problems with either the ereader or tablet nor with any PC or Mac Its nature as a static format is also however its greatest limitation Being a document designed for printing PDF does not adapt to different screen types but is linked to the size of the paper which in most cases is a A4 and is too large
22. f screen resolutions of devices that can be used to open the ebook e variety of reading software For reading on tablets for example the complication is the fact that the screen can be oriented horizontally or vertically and in different orientations the page size is different An always useful trick is to apply relative sizes to the images attributing the classes left_40 right 40 or full to them It is advisable therefore to clear the sizes that are inserted automatically as soon as you load the image and select e left 40 to place the image on the left and the text to the right and give it a size of 40 of the width e right 40 to place the image on the right and the text to the left giving it a size equal to 40 of the width e full to show the image with a size equal to 100 of the width of the page 2 What is the maximum size an image needs to be to fit the width of the screen If the image has to be placed within in the text we suggest using a maximum width of 200 250px to give enough space to the text being wrapped around it 24 Questions about inserting video 1 How do you insert a video into EPUBEditor After selecting the appropriate picture icon and choosing Type Video you will be in the General tab In the File URL space you can enter the web address where the video is located or upload the file and then select it from PC or your web space The size of th
23. iple choice question tab via the X and proceed to enter the answers Select the Answers tab to the right of the Multiple choice question tab and click on New answer Enter the text for the first option and if it is the correct answer in the Feedback response space write something like That s right Correct answer Enter a score greater than 0 save and proceed with the inclusion of the other answers For the incorrect answer write Wrong in the feedback space and enter a score of 0 The rating is used if the content is exported as SCORM while if the format is EPUB the score only has informational value 28 True False question This type provides a question and a number of answers or statements that can be traced to the categories of True and False but also to other categories After entering Title Consignment not compulsory and Text which introduces the exercise we proceed with the insertion of labels If for example you want to propose a series of events that take place in the Medieval History Modern History and Ancient History categories in the label 1 space write Medieval History in label 2 Modern History and so on There are 4 possible labels Next you can shuffle the statements and choose the type of numbering Etichetta 1 Vero Etichetta 2 Falso Etichetta 3 Etichetta 4 Mescola le affermazioni S Numerazio
24. is as follows Part One Events from Contemporary History Chapter 1 Historical Timeline example of text with image Chapter 2 The Emergence of the Nation States example of text with box Chapter 3 Imperialism and Nationalism example of text with note Chapter 4 The Two World Wars example of text with audio Chapter 5 The Cold War example of text with video Part Two Revision Tests First steps Info tab and structure e Connecttohttp www ePUBeditorit and select the Login item e enter email password and select Login e select New ebook and fill in the Info form Title Author and Language e Puoi ora definire box immersi nel testo scegli nell editor lo stile box sinistra box destra Informazioni generali dell ebook Titolo Eventi di storia contemporanea Autore Paola Ricci Lingua Metadati LOM SCORM Edit Metadati EPUB Edit e select Save and proceed 33 e on the next screen go to New and select Folder from the drop down menu In the title of the folder enter Part One Events from Contemporary History and save e again select New and again select Folder In the title write Part Two Revision Tests and then save again e close with the X icon and you will find yourself on the screen with the two newly created folders At this point we need to introduce the content Part 1 of the ebook inserting text with imag
25. izzazione esempio di testo con immagine e the first icon is used to display a preview of the page e the second one allows you to change the content If you want to enter the page to edit it you need to click on this icon e the third deletes the entire contents final confirmation is sought before they are permanently deleted e the fourth icon allows you to duplicate the content e the fifth icon allows you to move content from one folder to another and from one location to another If for example you want to insert the Historical Timeline page in the folder Part Two Revision Tests you need to 1 select the Duplicate icon which creates the duplicate page 1 select the Move icon which determines the appearance to the right of the editor screen of the table Elements in movement 2 select the parent folder the icon with the folder and arrow which is located above the content created 3 enter the folder Part Two Revision Tests with a click 4 select the Move icon which is located inside the space Elements in movement 35 Part 1 of the ebook inserting text with box You are in the folder Part One Events from contemporary history and to insert new content with a box on the left you need to 1 select General text with optional image audio video from among the items on the New menu 2 write the title The Emergence of the Nation S
26. ne affermazioni abc Once you have defined the characteristics of the test save it close the True False tab and proceed with the insertion of statements Select the Statements tab and then the New statement command Write the text define the score and in the same way enter all the other answers Gap fill The Gap fill type provides a variable length text that contains gaps to be filled The compilation is not free form but provides a number of options that the user can choose from After selecting this type and after completing the Title and Consignment fields we proceed by writing the phrase or term that needs to be completed in the Text space The procedure is as follows 29 e write the text in its complete and correct form e save it e select the word you want to become a gap and click on Create gap e enter in the space provided the options below one another and as indicated place an asterisk before the correct answer or answers EJ La prima grande guerra coinvolse le maggiori potenze mondiali di allora divise in due blocchi contrapposti gli Imperi centrali henan Austria Ungheria Impero ottomano e Bulgaria contro le potenze Alleate rappresentate principalmente da Francia Gran Bretagna Impero russo e Italia Crea spazio Modifica spazio Elimina spazio Save the exercise close it and look at the preview Reorder the sequence The Reorder
27. nto folders and parts as is recommended e the Text editor made up ofa series of icons and a space for the content To the right of the General text with optional image audio video tab where you automatically go after you click on New there is a Sidebar tab which when clicked allows you to add a sidebar to an ebook page The sidebar content is defined as a text image audio video element displayed in a pop up window called up on the page of the applicable icon Editor icons The editor consists of a series of icons arranged into three rows We start from the analysis and the functions of the icons in the first row and then proceed with the second and third Icons on the first row B Z Formato Stili X Gal a ie a i The first two icons from the left allow you to undo redo your last operations The third and the fourth icons are respectively used to format the selected word in bold text and in italics The Format window opens a drop down menu with e Heading 2 to be used to format the title of the section if the structure of your ebook is made up of section chapter paragraph e Heading 3 to be used for the title of the chapter always taking into account the prior structure e Heading 4 to be used for the title of a paragraph The Styles window opens a drop down menu with e annotation e quote e return e box on the lef
28. om PC or your web space The size of the file must not exceed 25MB You can also define the size of the audio window while keeping the same aspect ratio the default size is 300x32 and you can see the preview Before selecting Insert enter the Advanced tab and mark the Controls check box to display the panel with the play pause buttons etc The Advanced tab also allows you to define the ID identification of the file the name and allows you to choose whether to place the audio to the right left up down or misaligned A background colour can be defined for the audio bar through Background and the vertical and horizontal positioning space of the file Some Audio options can also be set including e Alternative source 1 e Alternative source 2 e Preload Do not preload Preload video metadata Allow user s browser to decide Finally there is the ability to choose through check box whether the audio playback should be automatic whether the playback should be looped and whether you want control keys to appear on the page of the ebook it is necessary to mark the Controls check box 26 4 INSERT THE REVISION TEST EPUBEditor allows you to insert revision tests into the ebook or into the SCORM object It is important to remember before proceeding with the review of the types available that audio and video quizzes are only offered in EPUB3 or SCORM format while they are lost in EPUB2 and PDF fo
29. on the third row are used to separate and merge cells that you select Questions about the structure and organisation of content 1 What are the items in the Format window for The 3 items of the Format window are used to structure the content of the ebook BZ Intestazione 2 Stili Formato Z Intestazione 2 Capitolo Intestazione 3 Intestazione 4 testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo te testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo testo te Let s start with an ebook with the example title Guide To Using Your Tablet consisting of 3 parts or sections Part 1 Part 2 and Part 3 The 3 parts are made up of other chapters The chapter list of the ebook Guide To Using Your Tablet could be the following Part 1 e chaptera e chapterb Part 2 e chaptera e chapterb Part 3 e chaptera e chapter b How can you create the ebook Guide to Using the Tablet using EPUBEditor You can choose to operate in 3 ways The first Mode 1 provides for the creation of 3 folders corresponding to the 3 parts and then individual pages of general text with optional image audio video corresponding to the chapters By choosing this mode the use of the items in the Format window can be omitted Mode 2 Select general text with optional image audio video and then a write Part 1 choosing Heading 2 as F
30. ormat b write Chapter a choosing Heading 3 as Format c enter the text of the chapter setting the Format At the end of Chapter a write Chapter b again select Heading 3 and proceed to enter the text of Chapter b with Format At the end of Chapter b proceed in the same way with Part 2 Capitolo a testo testo testo testo testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo Capitolo b testo testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto testo testotesto Parte 2 Mode 2 Select general text with optional image audio video and then o write Part 1 in the title bar B go to the editor and proceed with the inclusion of Chapter 1 to be formatted as Heading 2 xX proceed with the inclusion of the text of Chapter 1 with Format 20 You only need to go ahead with Chapter 2 formatted with Heading 2 and then the actual text with Format B Z Intestazione 2
31. rmat After selecting the New ebook command and completing the Info tab proceed with the preparation of the revision test e clickon the Content e select New e choose one of the types available following Generic Text with image audio video option Multiple choice question Multiple Choice Question is a type of test that provides a consignment with several possible answers From the options there may be one or more correct options After entering Title Consignment the field is not compulsory and Text the field is required and may contain images Prima guerra mondiale Titolo Prima guerra mondiale Consegna Seleziona la risposta corretta Quali sono gli anni che vedono coinvolte le grandi potenze mondiali nella prima grande guerra scroll down the page and you will see 3 options with menus 27 Mescola le risposte No Numerazione risposte abc The Answers option offers e Single when there is only one correct answer among those proposed e Multiple When there is more than one correct answer among those proposed The second option Shuffle answers lets you choose between Yes and No while the last option Numbering of answers allows the selection of the type and size of numbering e abc e ABC e 123 After entering the text and choosing the preferred options you can save the settings close the Mult
32. rom your desktop and click on Load Wait for it to load this may take several seconds and when you see the file in the list select it and you will automatically be taken to the General tab Before you click on Insert enter the Advanced tab insert the tick on Controls and proceed 6 Save and watch the preview When you close the page The Cold War you will be in the folder Part One Events from Contemporary History where you can see all the pages created You have finished inserting the contents of the first part so to proceed now to the preparation of the content of the second part you need to e select the arrow icon which takes you to the top level e click on and access the folder Part Two Revision Tests 38 Part Two of the ebook Insert a Multiple choice question test You are in the folder Part Two Revision Tests and to insert a Multiple choice question test you need to 1 select General Text with optional image audio video from among the items on the New menu 2 enter the title of the test World War L Multi Choice consignment not compulsory Select the correct answer and then the question text which may contain images In what years were the major world powers involved in World War I 3 Scroll down with your mouse and select from among the options in Answers o Single if there is only one correct answer
33. t e box on the right The four icons next to Styles allow you to choose whether to align the text or parts of it respectively to the left centre right or justified The Copy Cut and Paste icons allow you as in any word processor to copy or cut a selected piece of text and then paste it somewhere else The Paste as Plain Text icon is used when you want to clean up text with special Fry formatting which if pasted directly into the Text space could generate a number of T display errors The Paste from Word icon allows you to copy paste text written in Word directly into the editor keeping the formatting If you already have material for the ebook saved in doc or docx format this icon allows you to directly paste the contents while maintaining the division into chapters any bullets present etc 14 The penultimate icon Find allows you to quickly recover one or more terms from the document It also offers the possibility to choose the search direction forward or back and to include Upper lower case in the search The last icon Find replace allows you to replace the search terms with others The replacement can be partial or total Icons on the second line s vy i X x F O FB E A W F n GB The first two icons from the left respectively allow you to enter a bulleted list and a numbered list The third allows the insertion of a horizont
34. t the Pairs tab and then later the New pair command At this point you can write the first two items that the user needs to associate in the spaces Question text and Answer text Each individual item in the pair can contain text but also images After entering all the pairs you can edit delete and move individual items by using the appropriate buttons 31 Associazione Caduta del Muro di Berlino 1860 61 Spedizione dei mille di Giuseppe Garibaldi 1924 Morte di Lenin 30 ottobre 1922 Marcia su Roma di Benito Mussolini If you have finished entering the Association test close it using the icon on the upper right and proceed with the preview and with the next test Drag amp Drop text and Completely free form are types of tests that are viewable only if the digital content is exported as a SCORM object In the case of processing ebooks these types cannot be used Drag amp Drop text is a gap fill in which the gap words need to be dragged to the right place in the sentence The Completely free form test is a gap fill in which the gaps need to be filled in by writing the missing word in the respective open field without any hints 32 5 EXAMPLE OF PREPARING AN EBOOK IN EPUB3 FORMAT Structure of the ebook Let s try to prepare an ebook on contemporary history taking the content from Wikipedia The index of the book that we re going to turn into an EPUB3
35. tab next to the True False Question tab and click on New statement insert the first option in the Text space with its Score for True value and Score for False value If the option is true the score for True value will be 1 or greater than 1 while the score for False value will be 0 save the statement and proceed with the inclusion of the other questions close the tab look at the preview and then proceed with the next test 40 Part Two of the ebook Insert a gap fill test You are in the folder Part Two Revision Tests and to insert a Gap fill test you need to 1 2 select Gap Fill from among the items on the New menu enter the title of the test World War L Gap Fill consignment not compulsory Select the correct answer and then the text which also may contain images In our example the text is as follows The first world war involved the major world powers of that time divided into two blocs the Central Powers Germany Austria Hungary the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria against the Allied powers represented mainly by France Britain the Russian Empire and Italy The words which need to match a space in the example they are Germany and France are first selected and then modified therefore select Germany and click on Create space insert the answers in the space provided one below the other The correct ones which may be one or
36. tates and go into the editor 3 paste the text after passing it through a txt file Let s try to transform the paragraph about Karl Marx into a content box that we can place on the left 4 Select the text to enter in the box and open the Styles menu Select box on the left you will see the box appear immediately 5 save 6 close the page by clicking on the x in the top right and fill in the entry Part 1 of the ebook inserting text with note You are in the folder Part One Events from Contemporary History and to insert new content with a note you need to 1 select General text with optional image audio video from among the items on the New menu 2 write the title Imperialism and Nationalism and go into the editor 3 paste the text after passing it through a txt file Let s try to transform the contents of a parenthesis into a note 36 4 Select the content between parentheses and open the Styles menu Select annotation and immediately you will see the note text highlighted in yellow 5 Save and monitor in the preview whether the transformation of the highlighted text in the footnote is correct you should see the footnote number in the text and at the bottom of the page the footnote text Part 1 of the ebook inserting text with audio You are in the folder Part One Events from Contemporary History and to insert new content with an audio file
37. the sequence type is useful for history exercises or for questionnaires that require the use of an order or chronology After selecting the type and entering Title Consignment not compulsory Text you can proceed with the creation of the various items Close the Reorder the sequence tab with the X and open the Item in the sequence tab Select the New item command and write all items in the correct order The order of insertion is recognised by the editor as the correct sequence After the processing of the items you can save and view the preview 30 unteggio lt 575 gt Riordina sequenza Verifica Esempi Inserisci nel corretto ordine cronologico i seguenti eventi di storia contemporanea Prima guerra mondiale_Risposte singole t Seconda guerra mondiale Prima guerra gt mondiale_RisposteMultiple t Emergere di stati nazione Tipologia Vero Falso t Prima guerra Mondiale Riempi gli spazi t Riordina sequenza Guerra fredda In the output from the Reorder the sequence test the user needs to select the individual item and drag it to the correct place Association This type offers pairs of elements to be associated After entering Title Consignment not compulsory and Text which introduces the exercise we proceed to e save the instructions e close the Association tab e selec
38. use while if the ebook is a manual or textbook this could prove very effective Another important new feature of version 3 is to support assistive technologies in particular for those who have vision problems A EPUB3 file can in fact incorporate mechanisms for text to speech meaning it can allow you to listen to the text if the player being used has this function SCORM From the article SCORM by Francesco Leonetti which we recommend you should read in full at the following web address http www espertoweb it articolo php id articolo scorm SCORM is a standard that defines the reference models for Learning Objects and proposes a set of metadata called LOM Learning Object Metadata for their cataloguing The set of metadata is developed by an international consortium called IMS Global Learning Consortium that produces the standard specifications for e learning In practice when you create a Learning Object and you want to include it in a Library of Learning Objects called a Repository in the jargon it is necessary to fill out the form based on the set of standard metadata provided by SCORM which is thus the same as that defined by IMS LOM The abbreviation SCORM stands for Shareable Content Object Reference Model a Reference Model for shared Learning Objects LO also known as SCO for Shareable Content Object SCORM therefore simply defines a standard model to describe the Learning Objects This standard is r
39. y useful in increasingly diverse classes Style Tab The fifth tab allows you to choose the font size and colour of the Title style and Text style In the case of processing exporting an LO there is also the ability to customise the header i e the bar that appears on every page of the LO Ebook Options Tab The Options tab gives the author the opportunity to choose e whether to incorporate multimedia files by checking the box Incorporate multimedia By incorporating the file into the ebook you greatly increase the final size and the download export time of the EPUB file but you have the advantage of being able to view all the content even in offline mode e whether to make the ebook freely accessible via the public URL To do this just tick the check box Content Tab The Content tab the third one is a blank screen featuring the New command which when selected opens a drop down menu with a list of items Info Copertina Contenuti Font Stili Opzioni Contenuti dell ebook Nuovo v Testo generico con immagine audio video opzionale Domanda a scelta multipla Domanda vero falso Riempi gli spazi Riordina sequenza Associazione Drag amp Drop testuale solo per SCORM Completamento libero solo per SCORM Cartella importa ODT e General text with optional image audio video e Multiple choice question e True false question e Gap fills e Reorder the sequence e
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