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Creating an e-Book

What is an eBook?
Digital technology potentially turns everyone into an e-author and opens up access to a worldwide
readership on the web. You are going to produce an e-book to present your evidence for this unit.
E-books are digital and designed to be viewed on screen. Although the pages can be read in sequence as
with most traditional books, e-books enable the reader to easily view pages in any order. In addition to
the normal text and static images found in paper-based books, e-books can have animated video clips and
audio files, animated diagrams, 360 degree stills, photographs that can be zoomed into etc, designed to
immerse the reader in the subject matter and provide a multi-sensory experience. Most e-books have a
hypertext structure consisting of a series of information nodes (pages). Users navigate from node to node
using the navigation links provided on each page.
E-books are produced in a format which can be easily distributed, archived and is environmentally friendly.
Index Page

This is the opening page of your eBook and links all your evidence together via hyperlinks. Your index page
should contain the following information:-
o centre number
o centre name
o candidate name
o candidate number
Content
The e-Book should:-
o Contain an introduction to the Information Age
o Contain your work for mark bands a,b and c
o Online services - 5 different services
o Life in the information age - 5 aspects of people's lives
o The digital divide - 3 factors contributing to the digital divide and measures being taken to
remedy it
o Demonstrate your understanding of multimedia design principles and your ability to use software
tools appropriately
o Include some ready-made and some original multi-media components
o Include an evaluation of your e-Book and your own performance on this unit
Technical Specification

o The portfolio as a whole must be no bigger than 30MB
o Your basic files must be in one of these formats:
o pdf
o html
o swf
o Images should be stored as JPEG files
o Flash components are allowed
o The e-book must not include any links to websites, use screen shots instead
o Each page should fit onto the screen without scrolling
o Completed ebooks will be submitted on a CD so must be fully self-contained
Multimedia Components

Your Task
You should include "a range of appropriate ready-made and original multimedia components" in your e-

book. Acknowledge copyright holders. Here are some ideas:
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