Content Mgmt ServicesDigital 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.

• 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, small-form 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

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Peter Chapman1-617-671-3124