1 / 23

Pearson NexText

Pearson NexText. Peter Chapman Vice President - Digital Delivery Services Content Mgmt Services January, 2013 Pearson Confidential. NexText - What is it?.

walter
Download Presentation

Pearson NexText

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Pearson NexText Peter Chapman Vice President - Digital Delivery Services Content Mgmt Services January, 2013 Pearson Confidential

  2. NexText - What is it? A planned extension of Pearson’s current, fidelity-based, eText platform that provides the ability to support responsive layouts suitable for delivery to multiple platforms - tablets, smartphones, laptops and desktop computers.

  3. NexText - Objectives A next-generation Pearson ebook solution that is based on industry standards (XHTML5, CSS3, EPUB3) and yet offers significant advantages compared to the competition. A superior ebook solution where responsive layouts are more appropriate than page-fidelity layouts. A completely accessible solution for all learners. A highly engaging ebook solution with great support for embedded interactive elements. A solution that supports multiple business models including standalone ebooks, libraries of ebooks and ebooks accessible through Pearson Learning Platforms. A robust set of “narrative content” web services for Pearson business units that want to create specialized ebook clients.

  4. Current NexText Timeline Requirements and user story creation (Oct. 2012) - Complete! Content model and sample content creation (Nov. 2012) - Out for review. NSM Prototype reviews (Dec. 2012) - Complete! NSM Prototype Demonstrable (NSM, Jan 2013) - Complete! NexText v1.0 scope finalized (Jan. 2013) Architectural design complete and engineering efforts begins (Jan. 2013) Prototype feedback and v1.0 scope adjustments as needed (Feb. 2013) D3A v0.5 authoring tools and process released (Q2, 2013) NexText v1.0 feature complete and released to QA (Q2, 2013) NexText v1.0 production release (Q2, 2013) D3A v1.0 authoring tools and workflow released (Q3, 2013)

  5. NexText NSM Prototype Goals Uses the PXE content model - Support for semantic tagging Demonstrable on Mac, Windows, iPad, Android tablet and smart-phone A browser-based solution Support embedded - (as opposed to eText’s linked-) rich media Fully accessible Can “grab” highlighted text Create notes, bookmarks Support optional “card” display TOC navigation Content navigation Glossary

  6. Significant advantages of NexText v. eText Nextext is a fully responsive design vs a fixed, fidelity design Fully Accessible vs. incompletely accessible Support embedded - (as opposed to eText’s linked-) rich media Fully accessible Can “grab” highlighted text Create notes, bookmarks Support optional “card” display TOC navigation Content navigation Glossary

  7. NexText NSM Prototype

  8. Access Titles

  9. Inline Video

  10. Bookmarks

  11. Bookmark Basket

  12. TOC

  13. Highlights

  14. Add Notes

  15. Highlights and Notes Basket

  16. Media Baskets

  17. Image Navigation

  18. Pop-up Definitions

  19. Glossary

  20. White Background Color

  21. Sepia Background Color

  22. Reverse Background Color

  23. Resizable Fonts

More Related