Authoring Tool: a Collaborative Web Tool for eBooks Creation

Abstract

The educational system is constantly changing mostly due to new technologies incorporated during the teaching and learning process. An example of these new educational technologies is the eBook. This tool has been considered of great importance, especially in the e-learning modality. Its development process may require a long time and a multi-professional team. Because of this, the production of quality eBooks may be discouraged among education professionals who do not master the necessary technological skills. Considering this reality, this paper presents the Authoring Tool (AT) as an alternative to optimize the process of eBooks creation for non-programmers. To accomplish it the tool uses a WYSIWYG interface. To test the tool's effectiveness in saving time during the eBooks production process, we will run initial tests. The results of these tests will be presented in this paper.