A Book App Checklist for That!
NSLA Presentation by Melody Kenney and Heidi Clarke
Navigation
Sequential (one-way only)
Non-sequential (forward, backward, out of order)
Auto Play
Use of navigational symbols (arrows, icons)
Reading directionality and gestures used for navigation make sense
Menus / Chapters
Table of Contents
Index
Thumbnails in a menu that hides and appears
Home
Bookmarks
Interactivity
User experiments
Hot spot indicators
Decisions for interactivity
User makes decisions
Limits user to reading text before interacting with images
- User can only read text / no icon interactivity
Reference
Table of Contents
Linked
Not linked
Index present
Linked
Not linked
Author / Illustrator information included
- Contact information available
Text Focus
Highlighting
Words only
Phrases
Fluid or not fluid
No highlighting of text
- Read / reread
Audience
Purpose for using the app?
Read for pleasure
Learn new information (nonfiction)
Learn how to read
Stimulating or Over-Stimulating? Under Stimulating?
- Did it begin as a book or was its first life as an ebook?
Settings/Features/Selections
Languages
Music and/or sound effects off / on
Music enhances text
Music distracts from text
Read aloud off / on
Animations
Animations enhance text / support story
Animations distract from text
Voicing
Child / Adult
- Male / Female