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HiEd & INT’L Monthly Meeting CMS Digital Delivery. January 2012. Janet Marhefka Product Manager CMS Digital Delivery. Today’s Agenda. Release Updates eText v4.5 status update estimated release February Android v1.1 status update estimated release late-February
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HiEd & INT’L Monthly MeetingCMS Digital Delivery January 2012 Janet Marhefka Product Manager CMS Digital Delivery
Today’s Agenda Release Updates • eText v4.5 • status update • estimated release February • Android v1.1 • status update • estimated release late-February • h264 .mov files need to be changed to .mp4 (specs to be provided by eText team ASAP!) Integration Updates • XL • MMND • Equella • Additional Scenario 11 integrations for 2012 Other Updates • eText Wiki moving to NEO • Janet’s leave – Peter to be main contact – expected date early March • Apple announcement
eText v4.5 • Release scheduled for February 4th • Feature complete and in QA testing • New features include: • New Flex framework • Support for Pearson branding with UI enhancements • New bookshelf design with show/hide expired SMS titles • New hotspot options (transparent and underline) • Data logging for analytics • S7 integration enhancements • S16 Bookshelf support • CM/AT services to disable Android publishing • Authoring features for Business Units • Hex color selector • iPad options (forced landscape and prevent 2-page view) • New UI for PDF comparisons • Auto Scaling of oversized PDFs for iPad • Dropping support for PowerPC and Flash 10.1
eText for Android v1.1 • Release estimated for end of February • Feature complete and in QA testing • System requirements: • Honeycomb (Android OS v3.1 or higher) • 10” tablet screens e.g. Xoom and Galaxy • Testing on 7” screens – may support • H.264 movies need to be converted to .mp4 • Android doesn’t support .mov files • Specs to convert will be provided ASAP!
eText for Android App and Title Access • To be available from Android Market • Free download • Three versions of App: • RUMBA, SMS, and eCollege • All eText for iPad titles will be available for Android unless BU specifies otherwise • Using S14 integration scenario; BU option to un-publish Android view (in eText v4.5) • BUs will follow iPad production guidelines • QA testing with HiEd, INT’L & School titles underway
Integration Updates • XL • TPS issues resolved and Scenario 11 is fully functional • Bidirectional linking available but a final patch will need to be released either 1/20 or the week after to make it function as designed. • Demo! • MMND • Scenario 11 testing on disaggregated and full access in a single course will be available with eText v4.5 release • Equella • Now available using Scenario 7 • No SMS authentication available • No iPad access available • Additional Scenario 11 integrations planned for 2012: • Pegasus • EPIC • New international platforms? • IOKI • Kon-Tiki
Other Updates • eText Wiki moving to NEO! • Effective this week • documents, production information presentations, release notes etc. will now be found there • Join the group! • Go to: https://neo.pearson.com/groups/etext • Or search for “Pearson eText”
Other Updates • Janet on hiatus • Starting end of February/beginning of March • Peter Chapman to be primary contact Peter.chapman@pearson.com 617-671-3124
Questions? • PPT will be posted on NEO • Next meeting: Mon. Feb 15th at 10:00am EST Janet Marhefka 201-236-7037