{"id":20,"date":"2018-03-28T17:47:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T17:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/oersourcebook\/chapter\/designing-for-print-and-digital-formats\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:09:46","slug":"designing-for-print-and-digital-formats","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/oersourcebook\/chapter\/designing-for-print-and-digital-formats\/","title":{"raw":"Designing For Print and Digital Formats","rendered":"Designing For Print and Digital Formats"},"content":{"raw":"As an instructor, you may want to incorporate film or audio clips, live hyperlinks, and interactive material into your text. However, unless you're teaching an online course, your target audience will include a range of different types of readers. Some people prefer to have a printed version of a text to write on or reference during class. Some people do not own a mobile computer or phone. Other people may want to access your text in a PDF or Kindle format, each of which limits interactivity. The following descriptions highlight some considerations to bear in mind as you produce your text for different formats.\n

Ensure multiple modes of access.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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WEB<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Users who access textbooks online will have the most access to interactive content.\nHowever, some users' computers or phones may have limited capabilities. (For instance, the technology might be old or the internet particularly unreliable.)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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PDF<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Students who are accessing materials in PDF form may be able to click on direct hyperlinks to access interactive content.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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PRINT<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

If you know that some of your readers will use a print version of your text, consider providing brief, written descriptions or images of interactive content.\n\nYou may also consider embedding a QR code and a shortened link address that connects users to the interactive materials in question.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n

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Design your textbook to be inclusive.<\/h2>\nFamiliarize yourself with the best practices of inclusive design using resources like the BC Campus Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit<\/em><\/a>.\n\nThese chapters of the\u00a0Accessibility Toolkit\u00a0<\/em>are of particular relevance to this chapter:\n