Feature List (outdated)
EdTech Books provides various features to authors and readers. This page provides an abbreviated list of all of these features.
Content Editing
- Google Docs importer
- Wikipedia article importer
- Easy WYSIWYG editor (using TinyMCE)
- Media library
- LaTeX Equations
- Easy image embedding
- Easy YouTube and Vimeo embedding
- Easy H5P embedding
- HTML source editing
- CSS overrides for books and chapters
- Easy chapter importing
- Automatic citation generation
- Multi-language support
- Chapter synchronization
Formatting
- Mobile-first, flexible design
- Professional, minimalist aesthetic
- PDF downloads of each book and chapter (mobile- and print-friendly formats)
- MS Word downloads of each chapter
- Simple view of any chapter
- Automatic URL shortening
Navigation
- Clean (short) URLs (e.g., https://edtechbooks.org/ux)
- Automatic chapter side navigation of headings, images, and tables
- Item-level linking (e.g., each paragraph)
- Automatic QR codes
- Automatic book indices
- Easy embedding into Canvas (and other LMSs)
Analytics
- End-of-chapter quality surveys
- Reading heat maps
Advanced Features
- A/B testing via Flights
- Interactive quizzes and surveys
- Chapter narrations
- Cross-site embedding
- Open Read API
- Data analytics on users
- Multi-site, cloud-based hosting