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Content Mgmt Services
Digital Delivery Update
Peter Chapman
VP - Digital Delivery
May 16, 2012
Agenda
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2012 Delivery Services Roadmap Update
 eText
 Mobile
 Pearson ClassPrep
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Workflow integration
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NextText
eText Update
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eText 4.6 - In Integration testing
 Internal release to support PCL and DL projects
 Improvements to the Toolkit
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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
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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
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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
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eText for Android v1.1
 SMS version released
 RUMBA and eCollege versions now is SQA
 HiEd Mobile Site
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eText for iPad/Android v1.2
 Targeting release for BTS
 Planned features include:
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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)
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Jazz for iPad v1.0 submitted to Apple
 Expect approval at the end of this week or early next
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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
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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.
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In addition to standalone and library offerings, we anticipate combining this experience
with the Next Gen Learning Applications and other key initiatives including BlueSky.
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NexText user applications will be born mobile; supporting tablets and, as needed, smallform factor devices (e.g. iPod Touch, iPhone and Android smartphones).
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The content will be based on the XHTML5 standard and capable of creating ePUB3 files
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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.
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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