School Monthly MeetingCMS Digital Delivery

December 2011

Jane StanhopeProduct ManagerCMS Digital Delivery

Today’s Agenda

• Release Update: – eText v4.5 for Mac/Windows browsers– Jazz / ClassPrep v3.0 – eText for Campus– eText for Android app

eText v4.5• Release scheduled for Jan/Feb depends on black-out dates• New features include:

– New Flex framework– Support for Pearson branding with UI enhancements– New bookshelf design with show/hide expired SMS titles– New hotspot options (transparent and underline) – Data logging for analytics– S7 integration enhancements– S16 Bookshelf support– CM/AT services to disable Android publishing– Authoring features for Business Units

• Hex color selector• iPad options (forced landscape and prevent 2-page view)• New UI for PDF comparisons • Auto Scaling of oversized PDFs for iPad

• Dropping support for PowerPC and Flash 10.1

Let’s take a look!

Transparent Hotspots in Viewer

Underline Hotspots in Viewer

Authoring Options

Authoring Options (cont’d)

“Jazz”/ aka “MyClassPrep”• Scheduled for January depending on black-out

dates– Flex and iPad versions

• Many new features including student role, stacks view, and Pearson Collections

• Resource tool for managing learning assets in “collections”

1. Search2. Organize3. Share4. Present

• Currently in-use in HiEd; leverages Documentum• Demo’ing for several School BUs

NEW! eText for Campus v1.1

• eText for iPad app for eCollege users now available from the App Store

• Same features as HiEd and School app

• Provides authentication model needed for eCollege users

eText for Android

• Release now likely in January

• Feature complete and in QA testing

• System requirements:– Honeycomb (Android OS v3.0 or higher)– 10” tablet screens e.g. Xoom and Galaxy

eText for Android Features

• Similar features to eText for iPad– Bookshelf– Page swipe navigation; pinch and zoom– TOC and baskets– Notes, bookmarks, highlights– Search and search history– Chapter download

• No Flash assets• No study groups

eText for Android App and Title Access

• To be available from Android Market– Free download

• Three versions of App:– RUMBA, SMS, and eCollege

• All eText for iPad titles will be available for Android unless BU specifies otherwise

• Using S15 integration scenario; BU option to un-publish Android view (in eText v4.5)– BUs will follow iPad production guidelines– QA testing with School titles underway

Let’s take a look!

• PPT will be posted on eText wiki

• Next meeting: Mon. Jan 23th at 3:30 pm EST

Jane Stanhope

617-671-3457

Questions?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!