Do you have educational material that you’ve been wanting to publish, but are stumped on how to get started and what tool to use? There may be a solution for you with Pressbooks - an easy-to-use authoring platform built on WordPress. Pressbooks EDU is now freely available to all faculty, staff, and students at Ontario post-secondary institutions.
Come learn how Pressbooks can both empower your teaching and professional practice and enable creation and customization of open content. Take a peek at some ‘fabulous’ examples of what you can do with Pressbooks, courtesy of the eCampusOntario Open Textbook Library.
In the first 60 minutes, we will explore:
- Pressbooks basics and EDU benefits
- Paths to adaptation | creation of Open Educational Resources
- Injecting engagement and interactivity
You can choose to stay another 30 minutes for a more in-depth exploration of Pressbooks environment, with our help and guidance, of course! Please bring your laptop.
Facilitated by: Peggy French (Program Manager, eCampusOntario) and Joanne Kehoe (Associate Director, Educational Technologies, MacPherson Institute)
May 2nd, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Connections Room, Mills Library OR Attend Virtually (Link will be sent ahead of time)
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