eBook Project

iBook Project

Draft Due – November 11

Final Due – December 3

Overview

In this project, you will create an e-book using iBook Author. The topic of your iBook should be one of the following:

• An in-depth study of the subject matter that we cover in one of the weeks January 9th and February 15th. You will reference both the required writing for that week and at least one other academic source.
• A technical or how-to manual.
• A non-fiction account of an important event or series of events from your own life or from that of someone you know.
• A short story. This can be a retelling of an existing story, but it must be significantly different than from the original, using the affordances of the e-book as a guide.

 

Objective

• Explore the affordances and constraints of the e-book medium, especially in comparison to print books.
• Experiment with the coordination of various mediums and modes such as text, image, audio, animation, and infographics.

Requirements

Your iBook should include the following:

• A minimum of 500 words of writing, excluding chapter titles, captions, and alt-text.
• A minimum of ten pages.
• At least one non-writing  media element on each page. These can include images, video, audio files, animations (including GIFs) and infographics.
• At least one video
• At least one non-writing media element other than a video.
• At least 2 links to relevant web content.

All media elements should relate to your theme and to each other.

Grading

This project is worth 20 points and will be graded as follows:

Use of non-writing media elements to express your ideas    5 points

Are images, video, etc. used in

coordination of all media elements                                            5 points

Writing                                                                                             5 points

Meet all assignment requirements                                             5 points