Create your own free publications in Issuu. Upload a PDF, PowerPoint, Word documents, or anything else with this file extension PDF, DOC, PPT, ODT, WPD, SXW, RTF, ODP, and SXI. There is a wide range of formats that you can select like book, presentation, magazine, newspaper, report, journal, portfolio, essay and manual.
Issuu can be embedded as a small book as seen below and to be seen full screen click on a page which will open up full screen in Issuu. Or you can embed as a larger document (go to Customise).
When you read the publications you can zoom in and zoom out.
Documents can be printed out.
It has a child safe option when you are publishing, so if people are publishing content that is not appropriate for children they can select No (not child-safe) to protect children.
How could this be used in the classroom?
Children can publish their own work; a book with their own stories, the class newspaper, present their research. Teachers could use it to publish whole units of work that can then be embedded in the planning page of the school wiki. There are so many ways that this application can be used.
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I am interested in using Issuu in an educational environment but am concerned about accessibility issues. My group is having a hard time finding out whether Issuu and similar applications conform to accessibility standards. We have to meet certain accessibility standards for anything posted on our website as an education establishment. Do you have any insight?
I understand where you are coming from. In New Zealand we have a problem with schools network management systems blocking certain sites because of censorship. Have a look at Issuu's FAQ http://issuu.com/about/faq
If you embed the document into a Blog and Wiki and if the children click on a page it takes them to just your document. If you want children to publish it themselves they can see other people's and you would have to hope that when they publish them that if they do have Adult content that they have clicked the Adult only button. But really it all comes down to your AUPs (acceptable use policies) and how you have worded it. The following quote I have taken from this website http://web20wiki.wikispaces.com/?f=print says it quite well...
"As with all Internet use, some of the sites presented here may today, tomorrow or next week contain content that is not student appropriate. This is usually more of an issue with sites where people can upload their own content. How you choose to deal with this will depend on your students and your school policies. Generally I believe that the value of these tools on these websites far outweigh the possible dangers they present. In addition, it is critical that we teach students skills of media literacy, discretion, and good judgment. Trying to block them from everything that is potentially objectionable may not be the most effective way to accomplish this."
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