Students use iBook Author to create a biopic with the following 4 main content categories for their Chapter pages, with 3 (or more) sections for specific content: Personal Bio Info (includes – about you, family, pets, where born, schools, etc.), Favorites (Foods, things, places to visit, bands, songs, sports, etc.), Hobbies (Things you like to do), and Career (what you want to be when you grow up). Students are graded on how well they use page space/page layout, write intros for each chapter, use the iBook details for accenting and highlighting content (includes page color, frame color, images and placement, labels – font choice and size, etc.).

Students will design 4 main chapter pages and will use 3 section pages for detailed content in identified categories to tell there Bio stories – images, text copy for introductory information and captions. Spelling, grammar, and formatting will also be graded.

The final work is saved as a iBook Author file, then exported as both an iBook file and as a PDF. Work must be uploaded to their ePortfolios with a PDF of this assignment description and standard 3 part reflection – restate the assignment, step by step of how it was done, and reflection on process, quality, and possible improvement. Grading is based on structure (4 chapter pages w/3 sections each and appropriate labeling – 10 points), content (images and text to detail Chapter and section pages – 10 points), and layout design/presentation (page organization, markers, margins, boarders, balance – 10 points).

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Reflection:

For this project we learned about a new app called ibookauthor and we basically “wrote” a book about ourselves. How we did it was we learned how to use the app but we had to make a shell. We needed to make 4 chapters with 3 sections in each chapter. Once we got that approved then we could start writing and get A LOTTTT of pictures. I won’t tell you all of my chapters and section’s names, that is what the link above is for. But I really enjoyed this project because it was really fun to share my family and especially my pets.