Texidium 2.1 – Release Notes

Texidium is being updated. Version 2.1 includes new features and improvements to the user experience. This update is being released in stages as outlined below.

What’s Changing

Redesigned margins in Reader apps

• Notes made in an EPUB will show up in the margins of your book on all platforms, as they currently do in the online Reader.
• This eliminates the need to click on highlighted text to view attached notes.

Copy and paste notes

• Users can easily copy all notes they’ve made in an eText to their device’s clipboard.
• Copied notes can be pasted into a word processor or the body of an email like any copied text.
• Each pasted note appears along with the chapter and page on which it was made and the highlighted text to which it was attached.

In-app dictionary support

• Users can look up the definition of a word in an eText with just a couple of clicks.
• Definitions are taken from Oxford’s online dictionary. They appear in a window within the Reader.

New print restriction options

• Publishers can impose a limit on how much content can be printed from an eText prior to the deadline for students to drop or add courses.
• Separate limits can be established for before and after the drop/add deadline.

Willo support for LMS

• Kivuto has partnered with Willo Labs to provide two key services for schools that distribute resources through a Learning Management System (LMS).
  • One-click access to courseware sites provided by publishers without the need to enter a code
  • The ability to provide a free access period for resources before users are prompted to purchase or opt in/out.
• Users can be issued trial licenses that automatically expire at the end of the window to drop or add courses. A permanent license is then issued only to users who opted in. This eliminates the need for schools to provide whitelists at the end of the drop/add period.
• It is now possible to configure book-specific links in schools’ LMS that can direct users straight to a specific page when clicked.

If you have any questions about this update, please contact support@texidium.com.

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