Getting Creative With Book Creator - E028

This week we are talking all about a fun, creative and educational tool called Book Creator. We will go over the various features of the tool, as well as some different ways that you can use it with your students.

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• Template from Slides Mania and Tweet from Jake Miller
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• Self-Paced Classrooms article from Jennifer Gonzalez - Cult of Pedagogy

Featured Content

• Accessing Book Creator - https://bookcreator.com/
• Account Subscription Levels *Note that this has been updated since the time of recording*
• Students can use anonymous accounts - help article
• Features in Book Creator
• Two types: regular and comic, each has 3 different layouts (portrait, landscape, square)
• Comic books have more features including stickers, panels, different text tools
• Import media: Google image search, maps, files, Google drive, embed code, camera (image OR video), record (audio)
• The Ultimate Guide to Embedding Content on Book Creator - Book by the Book Creator team
• Integrates with a variety of LMS
• Pen tool - check out the autodraw feature! 
• Accessibility features - Speech to text and text to speech, add transcripts to audio (in i button)
• Other features: backgrounds, different paper types, borders
• Publishing options: share a link, download as a pdf, publish as an epub file
• Ideas for Use:
  • Digital Portfolio
  • Podcasting Project
  • Meet the Teacher/Meet the Student
  • Staff Guides
  • Interactive Maps
  • Lab Reports
• Resources for Teachers - divided by age level and subject areas
• Book

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