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Recover your Password
If you forget your password, you can request a new one to be generated and emailed to you. Go to the login page for Pressbooks. This page can be accessed by going to openpress.usask.ca/wp-admin....
View ArticleFind and Distribute an Open Textbook from BCcampus
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View ArticleSix Steps to Adapting an Open Textbook
Once you have made the decision to adopt an open textbook, you may wish to adapt, or customize, that textbook to fit your specific needs. The following list is a modified list that appears in the...
View ArticleUsing an Open Textbook for your Course
Find a textbook A good place to start would be to search the B.C. Open Textbook collection. Many of the books in the collection have been reviewed by B.C. faculty. Read the reviews. Some of the books...
View ArticleHow to Create a Consistent Adaptation
Consistency One of the challenges of adapting an open textbook is to create a final product that is consistent throughout. It is highly recommended that you assess the original textbook before you...
View ArticlePermission to Adapt
When it comes to working with open textbooks (and open educational resources in general), one of the conceptual hurdles faced by most people is around the notion of adapting or changing someone’s work....
View ArticleTechnical Platforms and Tools for Adapting
While there are a number of tools that can be used to modify an open textbook, depending on what format the original source document is in, the DEU will be focusing primarily on modifying existing open...
View ArticleAdapt a Book outside the DEU
Adapting a Book on Your Own Outside of working with the DEU, there are a number of ways you can adapt a book on your own. Follow the instructions for finding an open textbook earlier in this guide to...
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Structuring your Open Textbook
There are five rules that guide the development of a good textbook; 1. Rule of frameworks Memory and understanding are promoted by the use of a structure that mimics the structures we all use within...
View ArticleOpen Textbook Formats
You will notice that open textbooks are available in a number of different technical formats, some of which may not be familiar to you. The reason for this is that research into student preferences...
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Change your Password
Changing your password is located under the Users section of your book site. To access the change your password feature, click on Users > Your Profile. Figure 13.1 Change your password is located...
View ArticleCan’t Log into Pressbooks
If you attempt to log into your Pressbooks account five times without success, the system will lock you out. The lockout lasts for 15 minutes, after which you will be allowed another five attempts....
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Book Structure: Parts and Pages
To structure your book in Pressbooks, go to Text > Organize. If you are starting a book from scratch you will see an empty book structure that looks something like this: Figure 16.1 Empty book...
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How to Remove Automatic Chapter Numbering
Pressbooks automatically adds chapter numbers to each new chapter you create. However, there may be times when you want to turn off the automatic chapter numbering and manually add chapter number...
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How to Import Content from MS Word
Pressbooks does include a feature that allows authors to import content from MS Word into Pressbooks. However, it is not a precise import and chances are there will have to be work done in Pressbooks...
View ArticleWorking in MS Word
We highly discourage authors from writing in MS Word and then copying this material into Pressbooks as this will both create more work for the author and can potentially create problems during the...
View ArticleMath and Science Formulas Using LaTeX
Pressbooks supports LaTeX code, a typesetting language that is often used to format complex science and math equations. You can enter LaTeX code into the editor by putting $latex before your LaTeX...
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Adding and Editing Images
How to Add an Image To add an image to your textbook, begin by going to the Page where you want to place the image. Select the spot where the image will go and mark it with your cursor. Then click on...
View ArticleContributing to the Development of Pressbooks Textbooks
Pressbooks Textbooks is a plugin that extends Pressbooks for textbook authoring. Pressbooks Textbooks adds functionality to Pressbooks to make it easier to author textbooks as well. The features it...
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Linking Material
There are several ways that you can create a link between text, images or other resources; Within a chapter (called a Page in Pressbooks, i.e. webpage) Between chapters (or Pages) From a chapter (or...
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