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Our work
Where cute characters live.
World Book is a renowned, global enterprise that promotes reading and learning among children of all ages. Newgen brought alive a value-based educational World Book title with 70 lovable character illustrations. These had to be set in 120 different scenes against 160 backgrounds. We prepared a list of notes detailing every action of the characters, with a special emphasis on facial expressions, and tailored the illustrations accordingly. The pose, the props, the environment were all developed in synch. We checked for continuity within each scene and devised a consistent colour scheme for the entire book. Newgen helped the publisher with analysis, planning, processing, design and review, completing the project in a short period of three weeks. By all accounts, scores of kids simply loved the book.
Mesmerising marine life.
Newgen handled the production of a marine encyclopaedia, creating 1,500 colourful and fascinating illustrations. They were developed with a keen eye for texture and depth, to reflect the vibrancy of marine life vividly and accurately.
Bon travail, as they say in French.
The Dynamo French educational series is fully integrated with ActiveLearn, UK's no.1 digital learning service. With up-to-date cultural content, these books bring language learning to life with songs, poems, authentic texts and quizzes. Newgen was tasked with developing a multicomponent course that incorporates five richly-designed student books with accompanying teacher guides, various digital resources, workbooks, assessment content and supporting audio. Over a three-year journey, we worked right from content development through all the stages, including native French speaker checks, assessment testing and design. Newgen's well-crafted project management methodology came in handy, with its regular retrospectives, proactive risk management and a genuine commitment to continuous improvement. In all, we delivered over 4,000 print pages and 950 digital assets.
Aiding the wheels of learning.
A leading technical institute in the US that provides training in various automotive technologies decided to migrate one of their Adobe Flash e-learning modules to HTML5, as Flash is becoming obsolete. The project involved 25 courses, 24,000 screens and 6,000 animations.
Newgen performed a detailed analysis of the task on hand and prepared a project milestone. Our platform of choice was Articulate Storyline 360, a web authoring tool with built-in SCORM compliance capabilities and compatible with most learning management systems. After demonstrating a proof of concept, we went full steam ahead with the execution. While a project of this scale would typically take up a whole year, we successfully completed it in less than four months. A phenomenal speed that's possible only due to our agile planning and our ability to scale up on demand. No wonder the results drew kudos from the client.
All for the joy of learning.
Ladybird Readers offers graded ELT readers to help inspire a life-long love of reading in young learners. They are written specifically for children learning English as a foreign language.
Newgen managed the design and composition of a series of illustrated literacy readers for primary school children. Our responsibilities included commissioning authors, directing a team of artists, and developing cover designs. Our project managers directed every aspect of the titles from initial draft to signed-off content ready for press. Thanks to their unstinting efforts, we successfully handled the complete production for seventeen ELT readers and fourteen accompanying activity books.
At Newgen, we're proud to have contributed to the rapid growth and tremendous success of the popular series.
Newgen to the rescue.
Oxford University Press is the world's largest university press. Since 1908, its Australia and New Zealand wing has operated as a microcosm of the worldwide organisation, publishing learning materials for primary, secondary and higher education students, plus an extensive range of dictionaries. They needed to produce a marketing sample for a prestigious conference, and had little time to do so. Enter Newgen. We reviewed the content and design, incorporated curriculum changes, and handled the production to a nicety. To speed up things, we deployed a quality control tool that auto-validates pages and proactively guides users to identify and rectify style inconsistencies. This helped us deliver a high quality output in time for the scheduled conference.
When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Clarity and comprehension are always at the forefront of our design, especially with regard to complicated mathematical and scientific diagrams. This was very evident in our partnership with Cambridge University Press for creating interactive mathematics content for 5-14 programme textbooks. Newgen deciphered and transformed hundreds of graphs and figures into perfect designs and illustrated charts. Our main objective was to enhance the learning experience of students and foster a love for the challenging subject that's mathematics.
Pearson's go-to partner.
Twenty-three GCSE educational titles had to be aligned with recent updates, and made more accessible and comprehensible. From design and illustration to editorial, project management and accessibility services, Newgen provided the full spectrum of solutions. We delivered over 2,900 print pages accurately with customised workflows that were framed to accommodate evaluations and revisions. The end-to-end project was completed in just a month.
Delivering a grade A performance.
Newgen assisted Pearson's International Schools team develop three digital A-level courses in Physics, Chemistry and Economics, each course containing 300 self-study lessons and specifically designed for full-time online learning. Our project managers oversaw the entire process, identifying areas of improvement and mitigating risk. Having successfully handled the end-to-end project, we have a new task on hand for the next year – deliver over 7,000 screens of content in the same innovative manner.
Because teachers deserve our best support.
Newgen helped Pearson deliver a wealth of resources for teachers as a part of its Centres of Excellence programme in Mathematics. We provided a gamut of services, including editorial development, design and illustration, project management and accessibility. The project focussed on streamlining the workflow for extremely flexible and efficient delivery. We built a committed and flexible team able to turn around quality work quickly, and our specialist resources provided the expert subject knowledge required. To our immense delight, the client termed the final lessons fantastic.
Carrying a teaching legacy forward.
Newgen was commissioned to develop new material and update every unit of the University of Michigan’s Reader's Choice, 6th Edition, one of the world’s best loved ESL/EFL textbooks for the teaching of academic skills. Newgen's responsibilities in managing this complex textbook combining academic study skills and English Language Learning, included editorial project management, copy editing, typesetting, design, proofreading, interactive e-pub mapping and creation. Deadlines were stringent with 405 print pages to be delivered in seven months, with an interactive ePub version to be delivered a month later. Newgen’s hybrid approach was key in meeting the delivery challenge. Resourcing editorial project management and all editorial services onshore, and typesetting and ePub creation offshore, enabled the on-time delivery of this much-loved textbook within budget.
Overcoming the challenges of online teaching.
While online classes help teachers deliver lessons safely, there are other issues involved. Keeping students engaged and motivated, assessing and providing feedback, all of it becomes crucial. Newgen helped tackle these concerns in its important project for Pearson. It involved designing a new course for the UK market and reversioning three courses originally developed in the US. In building an online platform and updating video content, we reviewed the existing material and ran editorial checks to ensure appropriacy for the UK market. With deft changes in script and voice-over, we made the transition seamless.
A sound performance.
Newgen worked with a leading educational publisher to produce a comprehensive suite of ESL learning materials for primary and secondary students. The project involved managing all the audio components across the series, ensuring they matched the corresponding print components precisely. The Newgen team created the script in close collaboration with the authors. We also ensured that changes indicated by various stakeholders were integrated into the script. Sourcing specialist suppliers, we managed the entire recording and editing process to deliver a high-quality audio production, in line with the client's schedule.
Zero bottleneck, zero error.
Working on Ladybird early learning books meant getting accustomed to an established brand and design concept. We had to align ourselves with the client's requirements as they were new to the packaging process. The team at Newgen did what it does best – take an intensely collaborative approach. To ease the process, designs were developed carefully with built-in QA checks, and corrections were incorporated immediately. With an efficient workflow and review pattern, Newgen delivered error-free design. So much so that we have been approached to produce new online and audio resources. Good work does reap its rewards.
High marks for delivery.
Harrow School offers a full-time online learning curriculum for the K-12 segment. Their brief to Newgen was to develop compelling digital content, across 900 lessons and 7,200 screens. Newgen put together a dedicated team of specialists in publishing, content and digital technology for creating the e-learning books. Utilising onshore as well as offshore services, we designed high quality interactive and assessment content, integrating a range of digital platforms ( Learnosity, Connexus and stand-alone HTML5 ). This innovative digital-first project helped the school's online programme go from strength to strength.
Covering every angle.
Newgen delivered high quality typesetting for an academic book meant for mathematics students of different grades. This project for Cambridge University Press demanded a sharp focus on geometric artworks, incorporating measurement units and various formulae. Meticulous typesetting and dynamic project management enabled us to carry out textual updates and layout changes till the final stage of production, leading to deep customer satisfaction.
Tight deadlines. A massive workload. Impressive outcomes.
For Pearson Imaginarium – an English Language Learning series for the bilingual schools market in Mexico – Newgen was tasked with the production of Students’ and Teachers’ books, with responsibilities spanning copy editing, typesetting, design, proofreading and cold reading. About 7500 pages had to be put through production in a mere eight months. The fact that several of these pages were as yet unwritten, or were still in manuscript stage, created added complexity. Despite the tight deadlines and workload pressure, the project was completed well within time, showcasing the effectiveness of Newgen’s hybrid approach – where editorial project management and editorial services were handled onshore, with typesetting/design moved offshore. Newgen proactively added value by including a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion review in line with Pearson’s DEI guidelines which flagged and corrected several issues. Going that extra mile was appreciated by Pearson who also recognized and praised the speed, precision and project management that kept a potentially unwieldy project on track.
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