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eText Overview Pearson Confidential July 2011

eText Overview Pearson Confidential July 2011. Pearson eText Platform. Platform Goal: Provide a highly competitive, Pearson-owned platform that concurrently reduces our eText production costs Currently in use by: US School US Higher Ed Canada Education International

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eText Overview Pearson Confidential July 2011

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  1. eText OverviewPearson ConfidentialJuly 2011

  2. Pearson eText Platform • Platform Goal: • Provide a highly competitive, Pearson-owned platform that concurrently reduces our eText production costs • Currently in use by: • US School • US Higher Ed • Canada Education • International • Pearson Learning Solutions • PTG • New Initiatives • South African translations • Arabic translation • TutorVista integration investigation • Equella integration investigation

  3. Key eText Capabilities • Browser-based • Exact page fidelity • Standard and Elementary user interfaces • Synched audio and text • Personalization • Highlighting (Personal and Shared) • Notes (Personal and Shared) & Notes Manager • Bookmarks (Personal) • WhiteBoard • Full text search • Multiple user interface options • Multiple page views with zoom • Access via secure bookshelf (HiEd) or LMS • Low production cost • Simple eText: Generally under $2/page • eText with media: Generally under $3/page • iPad: no additional cost (if produced at same time of original conversion request)

  4. Key eText Capabilities • Integration with all of Pearson’s Learning platforms • Access to interactive media, documents and web content • Standard and Custom baskets • Glossary • Index • Table of Contents • State Standards (School) • Custom Baskets supporting rich media • Instructor-customizable Table of Contents • Configurable print options with watermark for added security • Editorial Analytic Reports

  5. eText Architecture: Clients • Mac/Windows Viewer - A Mac or Windows browser-based application that students & instructors use to access their subscribed titles. Pages are SWFs. Title subscription must be done outside of the app. Can’t work on the iPad because its Safari browser does not support Flash.  • CD App - A desktop application for Mac or Windows machines that has much of the same functionality as the browser version. Does not support personalizations (highlights, notes, bookmarks) nor Search. Can’t be downloaded since due to size. Does not support DRM. • iPad App - An app specifically designed for the iPad and available for free download from the Apple iTunes store. Pages are optimized PDFs. Displays bookshelf of subscribed titles. Title subscription must be done outside of the app. SMS (HiEd) authentication available now. RUMBA authentication (School) in August 2011 and eCollege ML+ in Sept 2011. • Android Apps - Q4 2011 Students can interoperate between the iPad app and Mac/Windows viewer

  6. Key Statistics Business / Market • 6 business units: HE, CG, Intl., PLS, P&C, Canada • 14 languages supported (English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish and Dutch) Technology • 4 deployment modes (online, hosted media server, offline CDROM and iPad) • 11 LMS platform integrations deployed (Mastering, XL, Pegasus, EPIC, WPS, CourseCompass, PSN, PSN+, Power School eCollege & CCND)

  7. v 4.5 Release Timeline Android v1.0 CM 4.3 v 4.0 v 4.4 v 4.1 v 4.3 v 4.2 v 3.2 v 3.1 eCollege iPad 1.1 School iPad 1.1 HiEd iPad 1.1 Ver. 2.0 HiEd iPad 1.0 HiEd iPad 1.0.1 Ver. 1.0 June 11 July 11 Aug 11 Sept 11 Dec 11 Mar 11 Q4 2011 Jul 08 Dec 08 Jul 09 Jan 10 May 10 Jul 10 Dec 10 Mac / Windows Apple iPad Android Tablets

  8. iPad Hosted Package Authoring Tool CD-ROM Online Browser Pearson eText Delivery Options HiEd, Int’l PLS, PTG, School HiEd, Int’l PLS, PTG, CG School School, Int’l

  9. Integration with Pearson Platforms CCND

  10. Typical eText integration

  11. Stand Alone eText

  12. eText Walkthrough of Mac/Windows Client

  13. Elementary User Interface

  14. Standard User Interface

  15. Personalization • Create notes, highlights and bookmarks • Instructors can share their notes and highlights with their students

  16. Notes Manager Search, export & print your notes

  17. Search • Results can be altered using a variety of filters • Search History allows user to quickly search the again

  18. Printed Watermarking & Footers

  19. Rich Media Glossary • Search by selecting a letter or using the scrollable toolbar • Audio and video can play within a glossary entry • Definitions in multiple languages

  20. Synched Audio and Highlights

  21. WhiteBoard

  22. WhiteBoard Zoom Areas

  23. Jazz Integration • Two options to link from eText to Jazz: • Link from an eText hot-spotted keyword or custom basket to a Jazz basket • OR • Link from an eText hot-spotted keyword or custom basket to specific keyword and Jazz assets associated with that keyword

  24. Jazz Integration

  25. eText Walkthrough of iPad Client

  26. Sign In Page

  27. Bookshelf

  28. Zoom Quality

  29. Download Chapters

  30. Personalizations • Create notes, highlights and bookmarks while in online or offline mode • Personalizations made in the Mac/Windows client are viewable on the iPad and vice versa

  31. Notes Manager

  32. This is a great chapter on statistics This is a great chapter on statistics Study Group/Note Sharing Users in same BlueTooth or WiFi hotspot can create a study group and share notes

  33. Synchronized Highlighting

  34. Multi-Media Glossary

  35. Search

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