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Active Textbook co-sponsors the Internet Marketing Mastery Conference!
Active Textbook co-sponsored the Internet Marketing Mastery Conference in Vancouver. This conference attracted some of the most successful marketers, publishers and thought leaders in the internet marketing industry. Aditya and Tiffinie had a great time getting to know local entrepreneurs and professionals who were looking for a simple and easy way to share their story and take their audience from reading to interacting! One of the tweets that was shared multiple times by the conference attendees was: “@activeTextbook is going to #Disrupt the PDF and file sharing system #IMMastery #tech #innovation“
Read MoreActive Textbook at the BCLA Connect conference!
Tiffinie, from the Active Textbook team, co-presented Create [&] Learn at BCLA Connect, the annual conference for the BC Libraries Association. In the session we discussed why Richmond Public Library decided to use Active Textbook as the basis for Create [&] Learn, and we demonstrated how the platform works. There was a lively discussion on the future plans for Create [&] Learn and the endless possibilities of what communities can create and share.
Read MoreRM Education adopts Active Textbook apps for delivering a mobile solution to its users!
RM Education, the biggest electronic school book distributor in UK, expanded its use of Active Textbook by adopting Active Textbook apps for all mobile reading. This allows students, teachers and, parents to enjoy reflowable content from the comfort of their mobile devices whether online or offline!
Read MoreYoung Drivers of Canada is now using an Active Textbook solution
Young Drivers of Canada is now using its own private Active Textbook server for driver education. A custom platform was developed for Young Drivers of Canada to expand and support YD’s Anytime, Anywhere eLearning Driver Training.
Read MoreActive Textbook website is redesigned for enhanced user experience!
The Active Textbook landing page was re-designed to enhance our users’ experience, and become mobile friendly.
Read MoreCollaboration with Richmond Public Library for project Create [&] Learn!
Richmond Public Library released the second phase of Create [&] Learn. C&L is based upon Active Textbook but was customized specifically for libraries to provide an easy-to-use community publishing platform.
Read MoreRM Education switches to using Active Textbook for eBook publishing and viewing
RM Education, the biggest electronic schoolbook distributor in the UK, switched to using Active Textbook for eBook publishing and viewing. RM wanted to expand the functionality of their existing PDF reader and offer an ePUB reader as well. RM chose Active Textbook because it enabled the creation of reports that tracked reading sessions, and could therefore provide feedback to teachers and allow them to customise their teaching to support individual student needs.
Read MoreEvident Point designs an ePUB3 reader for Txtr
Evident Point designed an ePUB3 reader for Txtr, a German eReader and eBook provider.
Read MoreActive Textbook is now used by ICBC
Active Textbook reader is now used by ICBC to help prepare you to pass the learner’s (Class 7L) license. We built a reader for ICBC, which was based on Readium and Active Textbook, we also converted their driver training manuals from PDF to ePUB. The Learn to Drive Smart manual is now viewable as a reflowable document on most mobile phones and include practice quizzes, so users can study while in transit, at home or outdoors!
Read MoreThe largest bank in Eastern Europe and Russia, Sberbank, has started using Active Textbook as their main publishing platform
Active Textbook is installed as the main publishing platform for the courses and learning management system at the Corporate University of Sberbank. Sberbank is the largest Russian retail bank in Russia and Eastern Europe with 242,000 employees.
Read MoreA New Version of Active Textbook has been released!
Check out our new version of Active Textbook with new user interface enhancement. Creation of quizzes is now via the same modal as hotspots was before. This new overlay feature allows authors to inlay images and text into uploaded documents. Users can now preview images and view video clips/audio clips in any media library by either double clicking a media item or clicking on the preview hover button Get the most out of your Active Textbook from now on and enjoy reading more with these new features.
Read MoreIndigos Bookstore, powered by Active Textbook, is about to open in Russia!
Indigos bookstore is a first-of-a-kind source of free & paid educational materials from all around the world for students at any age. To learn more about Indigos: indigos.com
Read MoreActiveTextbook signed a partnership agreement with Publishers Row
If you are looking for top rated eBooks, look no further! The CHOICE e-Collection (CeC) developed by Publishers Row, is the first collection of e-books to consist exclusively of titles reviewed by CHOICE. Soon you will be able to purchase CHOICE e-Collection (CeC) eBooks through ActiveTextbook.
Read MoreCatholic International Education Office (OIEC) has started using ActiveTextbook as their publishing platform
Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) is using ActiveTextbook as their main publishing platform for distributing their books. OIEC, an international organization headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, delivers learning materials to 210,000 schools and 44 million pupils all over the world. See their publishing page at Tralcom ActiveTextbook.
Read More4CIO Magazine based on ActiveTextbook has been released in Moscow, Russia!
4CIO ActiveTextbook is a collective project of the club for IT directors 4CIO and an expert view of the IT professionals at development of companies and technologies. 4CIO IT experts will be using ActiveTextbook publishing platform as their professional development. Dmitry Izmestiev, vice-president on innovations of the Group of companies LANIT: “Advantage of electronic work books, created on the basis of ActiveTextbook are university and multimedia. Such book is easy to read from any device, because there are no limits on operation systems. It is possible to add various video materials, graphics, references on different resources and inquiries quickly. High level and newness of the Company’s developments is approved by the fact that top-managers of large companies – experts of IT-sphere – have chosen such solution from LANIT for their projects” To learn more about 4CIO ActiveTextbook, visit here.
Read MoreFilm Connection Institute is using ActiveTextbook for their online courses
Film Connection Institute is using ActiveTextbook for their online learning programs and interacting with students. The Recording Radio and Film Connection (RRF) provides one on one mentor/apprentice classes in film directing, film producing, screen writing, editing, and general film production. More News on RRF and their exciting projects with ActiveTextbook are coming soon!
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