‘Journey Through History - New Topic-based Series’ (e-Textbook) has been developed from our printed version of the same series. Both electronic and printed textbooks have been approved and included on the Recommended e-Textbook List (eRTL) and Recommended Textbook List (RTL) respectively.

The contents and structure of this set of e-Textbooks have been developed from the related printed version. This electronic version provides online interactive exercises and multimedia resources to facilitate learning and teaching. Teachers and students can use a single sign-on account to access this e-Textbook series and the connected resources.

Information on e-Textbook:

Download size for offline version (PDF files):

Price:
Please refer to our ‘Price List’.

Contact information:

Technical requirements:

This e-Textbook is provided in a cross-platform web viewing mode to promote learning anywhere and anytime. The e-Textbook website can be viewed on desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers and smartphones.

Flexible interactive exercises and multimedia resources are provided to consolidate students’ learning and facilitate self-learning.

Students can copy the text and download the pictures from the e-Textbook website. Various learning tools (e.g. note-taking and highlighter) are also provided to let students consolidate the contents, compile their learning materials and construct knowledge.

This e-Textbook is provided in a cross-platform web viewing mode to promote learning anywhere and anytime.

Interface introduction:

Desktop and laptop computer

Tablet computer

Smartphone

Enter your username and password at the following area, then select your role ( teacher or student ) and click Sign in .

If you have signed in successfully, the following content page will be shown:

After selected a topic, you will see the following book page:

1	Select a section (if the section has been accessed before, a    will be shown)
2	Book content
3	Click this button to open more information
4	Click this button to start the related e-Quiz exercise
5	The related e-Learning resources in this section
6	Back to content

If you have signed in successfully, the following content page will be shown:

Multi-media Resources

• Interactive Map
  
  
  
  
• e-Timeline
  
  
  
  
• e-Consolidation Map
  
  
  
  
• Reference Video (Animation) (with captions and labels)
  
  
  
  
• Reference Link (Virtual Tour)
  
  
  
  
• e-Explore
  
  
  
  

History Library

• History e-Dictionary
  
  
  
  
• Historical Profiles
  
  
  
  

Select an e-Quiz exercise type from the following menu:

Student’s version:

Click the title to start the e-Quiz exercise

Teacher’s version:

Report - Show the student’s performance report
Preview - Preview the student’s answering page

Click ‘Next’ to go to the next question. After clicking ‘Next’, the system will automatically save the current progress. Students will be able to check or change their answered questions if they open the exercise again.

Click ‘Submit’ to submit the answers to teacher, but students cannot change their answers after they have submitted the e-Quiz.

After selecting text on book page layout, you will see a colour panel at the bottom. Click on a colour to highlight the selected text. If used on mobile devices, you can long press to select the text.

* Only one paragraph can be highlighted at a time.

Click on the highlighted text, then press ‘X’ to clear the highlighting effect.

Click on the    icon shown on the book page layout, then you can add notes for that paragraph. Click Save to save the notes.

You can check your notes by clicking the    icon again.

Click    to add bookmark.

You can open the following menu by clicking the + button at the right bottom corner of the book page layout:

1		Open drawing tools (this option will only appear and work on a desktop or tablet computer)
2		Show/Hide drawings
3		Open the image in a new tab

1	‘Select’ tool - Switch to this mode to select a drawing, then drag or scale up/down the selected drawing delete the selected drawing change the colour of the drawing or line thickness
2	Draw (free-form)
3	Draw straight line
4	Draw single arrow
5	Draw double arrows
6	Draw rectangle
7	Draw ellipse
8	Add text: Double-click on the text box to input text on the translucent area Press ‘Enter’ key to apply text Press ‘Esc’ key to cancel any change on the text
9	Use ‘Select’ tool to select a drawing, then click this button to delete it.
10	Clear all drawings
11	Select a colour for the line or text
12	Change line thickness
13	Zoom in/out the image
14	Save drawings

Offline PDF files can be provided to users. Users can also print and download the book contents in an offline PDF file directly from the e-Textbook website. Adobe Reader is required to view the offline PDF on desktop or laptop computers, tablet computers or smartphones.

• Print the e-Textbook web pages as PDF file
  
  
  
  
• Click on the picture to enlarge it on a web browser (Internet connection required)
  
  

Please refer to step 2.6.2 .

After signed in the e-Textbook website, users can open the connected online resources directly. Users do not need to open another account or sign on again.

* Testing software: VoiceOver – the vision accessibility feature on iPad (Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver)

If the e-Textbook shows the following system message, please refer to the suggested solutions:

(i) Failed to build an offline database in your device. Please be reminded to upload your notes to Cloud (provided by the publisher) before leaving this web page, otherwise the notes will be lost. If the problem persists, please contact your system administrator.

Situation: When using the e-Textbook, the system will try to build an offline database in a temporary folder and save in the user’s device. If failed, this message will be shown.

Suggested solutions:

• Please ensure the users have been granted with the appropriate access right to save files in the devices. There should be enough storage in the devices too.
• Even the offline database cannot be built, users can save the notes on the publisher’s Cloud (please check step 2.5.3 for details) to ensure they can read the notes if they open the page again.

1. Go to ‘Settings’, choose ‘Passwords & Accounts’ from the left menu.

2. Enable ‘AutoFill Passwords’.

Enter your username and password and sign in, Safari will ask if you want to save your password when you have signed in for the first time. Click ‘Save Password’.

After you have saved the password, Safari will automatically fill in your information on the sign-in page when you visit the e-Textbook again. Fields where Safari has entered information are highlighted in yellow.

If the username and password have not been filled in automatically, you can select your saved account from the system interface as shown below after clicking the fields. You do not need to enter your sign-in information every time.

1. Go to ‘Settings’, choose ‘Passwords & Accounts’ from the left menu.

2. Click ‘Website & App Passwords’. User can modify or delete stored passwords on this page.

If you have chosen ‘Never for This Website’ in step 5.1.2, you can still manually save your sign-in information in Safari as follows:

1. Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Website & App Passwords, click ‘+’ at the top-left corner.
2. Enter the following sign-in information:
   Website: aristo.com.hk
   Username/Password: (your e-Textbook account)

Your password will be saved and you can follow step 5.1.2 to make the sign-in page automatically entered with your information.

If you want to let Chrome remember your password for easy signing in, please follow the steps from here .

• 6.2.1 Copy Padlet file
• 6.2.2 Edit and share Padlet file with students
• 6.2.3 Archive or delete a Padlet file

6.2.2 Edit and share Padlet file with students

6.2.2.1

After copying the Padlet file, teachers can tap on the posts to edit the mindmap.

1	Edit the content of the post
2	Delete the post
3	Find the other settings, e.g. change the colour of the post or connect it to another post
4	Add new post

6.2.2.2

Tap the SHARE button from the top right corner to open the sharing setup page. Teachers can tap CHANGE PRIVACY to set the access right of the mindmap.

6.2.2.3

Set the required privacy setting (‘Secret’ is suggested), then select the access right from Visitor permissions.

6.2.2.4

Teachers can select the appropriate access right of their students according to the learning needs.

6.2.2.5

Tap the SAVE button from the top right corner to save the access right settings and return. Under the sharing setup page, teachers can copy the link or get the QR code of the mindmap, so that students can open the page and view together.

6.2.3 Archive or delete a Padlet file

6.2.3.1

The free Padlet account can only store three Padlet files at a time. If there are already three files stored, the teacher will not be able to copy any new mindmaps. Teachers can open the Padlet account maintenance page, tap Made from the left menu, then tap the button from the top right of the unnecessary file to select Archive or Delete it. After that, teachers will be able to copy the new mindmaps.

6.2.3.2

To unarchive a file, please go to the Padlet account maintenance page, tap Archived from the left menu. Find the required file, then tap the button from the top right to unarchive it. This file will be able to be edited and shared again. However, please note that there are only three files allowed under the Made page, other files should need to be archived or saved.