Transcript Four Blocks
Content Mgmt Services
Digital Delivery Update
Peter Chapman
VP - Digital Delivery
May 16, 2012
Agenda
2012 Delivery Services Roadmap Update
eText
Mobile
Pearson ClassPrep
Workflow integration
NextText
eText Update
eText 4.6 - In Integration testing
Internal release to support PCL and DL projects
Improvements to the Toolkit
eText v4.7 - Development complete, now in QA
Targeting 16 June
Server Federation
Flex Bookshelf migrated to HTML – Demo
Ability to control underline and transparency of hotspots in
Authoring on an individual basis
eText v4.8 - In Planning
RUMBA version of LTI (S11) for iML and NGMEL
Additional Analytics feeds
Language Picker
Gadgets API
eText for iPad and Android
eText for iPad v1.1.1 in SQA
Currently targeting a release in early June
Improved display performance for all iPads including iPad3
Will require minimum iOS v5.0
eText for Android v1.1
SMS version released
RUMBA and eCollege versions now is SQA
HiEd Mobile Site
eText for iPad/Android v1.2
Targeting release for BTS
Planned features include:
Support for federated servers
Support for transparent/underline hotspots
French iPad localization
Support for full multi-tasking on iPad
Two-line display of Book title (iPad)
Forced landscape (iPad)
Limit 2-page display (iPad)
ClassPrep (Jazz)
Jazz for iPad v1.0 submitted to Apple
Expect approval at the end of this week or early next
ClassPrep v3.1 - Tentatively scheduled for BTS
Culling through list of potential features, enhancements, bug fixes.
Potentially:
• User Behavior Report Enhancements:
– breakdown by media type
– include number of users rating an asset overall
– Enhancement to support Google analytics by product.
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User Feedback Feature to allow users to provide feedback on assets
Enhancements to the “Pearson Collections” feature
Enhancements to student view only and full access modes
Misc. other enhancements:
– Internationalization support for both Canadian and European French
– Ability to delete a course from within the Collections area of a Jazz product
– Enhancement to DeepLink tool and Search to support + characters when creating a deeplink to a
Jazz product
– Tomcat upgrade for (LTG Security compliance)
– LTI integration to support S11
Automated Workflow
Working to complete full-scale automation for eText title
creation directly from the integrated HiEd workflow.
Goal would be to eliminate nearly all the current manual
activities.
Expect to be complete by December of this year.
This automation takes advantage of workflow processes as
well as the Content Planning Tool and Documentum.
The workflow technical services team is also working with the
LTGE Media Server team.
When completed, the Media Server integration will allow us to
complete the Jazz automation and lay the groundwork for all
other LTGE platforms.
NextText - January 2013
A new eText environment that combines smart content and workflow strategies by
utilizing taxonomies, learning objectives, basic (study and practice) assessments, and
modular re-flowable content with rich media and interactivity.
In addition to standalone and library offerings, we anticipate combining this experience
with the Next Gen Learning Applications and other key initiatives including BlueSky.
NexText user applications will be born mobile; supporting tablets and, as needed, smallform factor devices (e.g. iPod Touch, iPhone and Android smartphones).
The content will be based on the XHTML5 standard and capable of creating ePUB3 files
NexText will leverage our existing eText server infrastructure and share many core
features and code components including platform integration models, SMS/RUMBA
integrations and connections to the new Digital Libraries. The NexText application will
also be born into the new Integrated Workflow.
NexText products will coexist alongside existing eText titles so that students and faculty
who have subscriptions to page-fidelity eText titles will also be able to easily move back
and forth to their bookshelf (or Digital Library) and into NexText titles.
NextText II - Summer 2013
Next major release of NexText would includes the
development of a new rules-engine capable of providing smart
recommendations to assist students studying key topics.
A natural extension of the smart content concepts whereby
learning objectives, taxonomy topics, basic assessments,
analytics, and methods adapted from learning research and
cognitive psychology are all combined to provide a scalable model
for an interactive eBook experience.
Focus will be on providing a lightweight student experience
that “recommends” rather than “replaces”.
We believe this approach offers a powerful extension to the
traditional study paradigm and can substantively differentiate
Pearson from other eBook technologies.
Next Meeting
Wed 20 June 10AM EDT
PPT will be posted to NEO site
https://neo.pearson.com/groups/etext
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Peter Chapman
1-617-671-3124