The October 13, 2010 Chapter Meeting
The Power of ePubs: Easily Creating Cross-device Online and Offline Content without Programming
With the explosion of smart phones, Technical communicators and elearning professionals now have the challenge and opportunity to provide performance support, documentation, and technical content on these small screen devices. The option to simply use the built-in web browsers is not always a solution when, for example, a user is trying to follow online step-by-step instructions in remote areas with bad reception. So how do you create offline content with rapid access for current smartphones—without a programming team?
Session participants will learn how the publishing industry has paved the way with a simple answer: eBooks. Thanks to the ePub format, an open standard which nearly all major publishers now support, reader software is available on major smartphones. ePub offers offline/online access and reflowable content, and technical communicators can choose from many authoring tools that already support the format. Participants will find out more about the ePub format, available readers for different devices, how to create ePub files easily, and current limitations of ePub readers. In this session, you will learn:
Speakers:
Silke Fleischer and Eric Converse
Silke Fleischer is a co-founder of ATIV Software, a service provider for custom mobile applications, mLearning solutions, and publisher of EventPilot, a customizable mobile conference program app. Silke has ten years of experience in the performance support and e-Learning field. Before founding ATIV Software, she managed product and marketing strategy for Adobe Captivate. A member of The eLearning Guild, Silke has been a featured speaker at several national and international conferences, including Adobe MAX, eLearning Guild, STC, SALT, ASTD, and Tekom Eric Converse is co-founder of ATIV Software, a service provider for custom-built mobile applications, mLearning solutions, and publisher of EventPilot, an interactive mobile event program app. With more than a decade of software engineering experience, Eric directs the technical strategy, architecture, and development for ATIV. His extensive experience in software engineering includes video file format and cross-platform SDK development for DivX, as well as multimedia transmission development for Motorola, where he also conducted internal technology training. For more about where Silke and Eric work, see the ATIV Software website.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
6:00 to 7:00 pm: Networking, conversation & dinner
7:00 to 7:15 pm: Announcements
7:15 to 8:30 pm: Presentation
8:30 to 9:00 pm: Conversation,
follow up on job announcements
9:00 to 9:15 pm: Clear the room; move conversations to the sidewalk
Highlands Country Club,110 Hiller Drive, Oakland, California