iPad Primer with Embedded Video Tutorials
This page is one in a series of screens that display the learning objectives covered in the course EDUC 439/639: iPad Apps for Educators. The learning modules are in the iPad Primer, which students download to their iPads from Apple's iBookstore. Embedded in the modules are show-me movies that illustrate the tutorials and make them interactive. What powers this multimedia learning environment is the iPad's support for the <video> tag, which enables authors to embed movies on iBooks pages. One of the byproducts of working through the iPad Primer is that you will become able to write your own multimedia EPUB documents, if you would like to author a multimedia eBook for publication at Apple's iBookstore.
Chapter 18: Using GoodReader to Manage Files and Annotate PDFs
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Recognize that GoodReader is one of the best apps for reading and annotating documents written in the portable document format (PDF).
- Understand that GoodReader is one of the best file managers available on the iPad because GoodReader can transfer files to and from virtually any brand of file server.
- Know that when you open a file with GoodReader, it gives you the option to transfer the file to other iPad apps that handle that kind of file; thus, GoodReader functions as a file-managing hub that can route documents to different apps on your iPad.
- Use GoodReader’s PDF annotating toolbar to type comments, create callouts, mark text for deletion, or draw freehand on the page of any PDF document.
- Understand that GoodReader stores these annotations as editable PDF objects that you can use in other PDF editors, such as Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Know how to flatten a PDF when you do not want the annotations to be editable.
- Realize that when this book went to press, GoodReader was the top-grossing iPad app not made by Apple.
