Back in August of 2010 I begged for a content creation system for the iPad and last week Apple delivered iBooks Author.
I just finished converting my Acid-Base handout to the iBook format and the authoring software fits into the rest of the iWork suite. If you know how to use Pages, you will be an iBook Author wiz. The program was solid for a 1.0 release with only one crash in about ten hours of work and I didn’t lose any data. I can’t wait to dig a little deeper and really build some interactive content. I have a feeling, going forward, that iBook Author is going to be my primary content creation tool. For now check out my first iBook.
Update: Some notes on how to use this file:
- You can only use the iBook on an iPad
- The iPad must have at least iBooks 2.0 to load the book
- The file can be downloaded to a computer and side loaded to the iPad through iTunes, but that seems overly complex compared to just downloading it right from the web sight right on an iPad
Update 2: version of 1.5 is now live with added interactivity.
Hi Joel,
We have been developing a nephrology curriculum for iPad as well. We are building a nice home for this on UKidney.com to distribute and collect feedback. Please let me know if you would like to collaborate on this.
Jordan
Director, UKidney.com
http://ukidney.com/contact-ukidney
I am still getting used to the iBooks interface, should one download this link on an iOs device or open it on a Mac and sync it? Which would you reccomend?
Brendan
I downloaded it on an iPad and it worked great.