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• Gerald Schmidt

  

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  June 22, 2011 6:52:21 PM PDT

  Hi everyone
  
  The PDF of the slides is too big to attach here, but you can find a copy at:
  
  bookbind.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bookbind/slides/MacL_6-22_Webcast_eBooks%20for%20iBooks.pdf
  
  The first official OU eBook containing these activities will be Moon Rocks, which is due out in July.
  
  If you have any questions at all, please get in touch.
  
  Gerald

• Gerald Schmidt

  

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  June 22, 2011 11:50:26 PM PDT

  PS One of the questions yesterday was about the OU's schema and sample content. The schema is available at:
  
  bookbind.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bookbind/xsd/ouxml.xsd
  
  You can find sample files in:
  
  bookbind.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bookbind/sample/
  
• Scott Morris

  

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  July 8, 2011 4:06:51 AM PDT

  Gerald's eBooks for iBooks webcast is now available through MacLearning's iTunes U site here. If you have any questions or comments for Gerald about the webcast please post them here.

  
  This post was edited by Scott Morris at July 15, 2011 11:33:16 AM PDT
• chris thompson

  

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  August 24, 2011 5:43:42 AM PDT

  What tool(s) did you use to create the content to feed into bookbin for conversion to ePub? Is bookbin where you added the interactive questions or was that done before importing?

• Gerald Schmidt

  

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  August 24, 2011 7:57:15 AM PDT

  Hi Chris, no special tools required. The multiple choice and matching quizzes are based only on what's entered in bookbin.

  
  This post was edited by Gerald Schmidt at August 24, 2011 7:58:10 AM PDT
• Frank Lowney

  

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  November 24, 2011 2:22:41 PM PST

  I've been trying to find the "Moon Rocks" example on iTunes U but, so far, have failed to locate it.  Any cues will be appreciated.

• Shannon O'Daniel

  

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  November 30, 2011 6:52:06 AM PST

  Hi, Frank-
  Moon Rocks has not yet been released by OU. WIll keep you posted.
  
• Gerald Schmidt

  

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  March 23, 2012 6:56:18 AM PDT

  Frank, Moon Rocks is live on the iBookstore now. As I no longer work at the OU it's probably ok for me to say that it's an amazing textbook with some of the most creative widgets I've seen anywhere. iBooks Author and NASA photography are clearly made for one another.
• Shannon O'Daniel

  

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  April 26, 2012 10:02:05 AM PDT

  Moon rocks link:
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/moon-rocks-introduction-to/id510615618?mt=11