My Story School eBook Maker

Version 5.0 is a major update focused on reliability, teacher control, and getting student writing into print. A rebuilt printing and publishing flow Ordering a printed copy of a student's book is now a clear, previewable process: see every page exactly as it will print, choose softcover or hardcover, portrait or landscape, and follow the order through to delivery. A printed classroom library, an end-of-year keepsake for every child, or a single class anthology are all now straightforward to produce. New: Memory Book Students select a set of photos and My Story arranges them into a finished illustrated book with layouts, captions, photo frames and a soundtrack. Ideal for field trips, science observations, class events and end-of-year reflections, and ready to print. New: the Community Library, under teacher control A moderated shelf of stories contributed by storytellers of every age, families, classrooms and teachers included. It is governed entirely from Settings: the library, publishing and comments are three independent switches, and publishing and comments are off by default in School Edition. New: student writing progress Every author now accumulates XP, ranks and badges from the writing they do, alongside lifetime statistics: words written, sentences, vocabulary growth month by month, and books completed. A longitudinal view of each student's development, per child, on the device. Expanded creation tools • Landscape books, alongside the classic portrait format • A shapes tool, and decorative borders for any image • Crop directly on the page, with drag handles and aspect presets • Ready-made page layouts for faster composition • Keyframe animations and refreshed page transitions • Long-hold to copy, cut and paste any element • Copy or move a story to a different author, useful when a book is started on the wrong profile A clearer interface Home, library, canvas, page manager, settings and the publishing flow have been rebuilt around a calmer, higher-contrast design, with larger touch targets and better keyboard handling on shared iPads. Reliability and data safety This release included a broad hardening pass on the parts teachers depend on most. Saves that used to fail silently now surface a clear warning. Backups are verified after they are written. Author PINs are stored as salted hashes in the Keychain. Content moderation now fails closed. The app has been rebuilt on modern iPadOS lifecycle and concurrency APIs, removing a class of freezes during export and printing. Library scrolling, thumbnail loading and memory use during long sessions are all substantially improved. Localization The entire app is now fully translated into 17 languages. Note: Google Classroom and Google Drive sync have been retired in this version. Student books remain on the device and can be backed up, exported and transferred as before.