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Faydre McGennis
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over 2 years ago
Access your new publishing platform: Pressbooks
If you’ve been searching for a streamlined way to create and publish quality open educational resources (OER), we have an excellent platform: Pressbooks. All university faculty, students and staff can now access this suite of tools for creating high-quality OER. Use Pressbooks for your own work or as a platform where students can search and access content — or even learn how to publish work of their own. Top features include:
A Wordpress-inspired interface that simplifies creating and sharing texts
Easy exports to Canvas
Ability to incorporate video, interactive quizzes and glossaries
Access to the Pressbooks Directory with over 2,000 OER resources
Searchable and downloadable content that users can keep indefinitely
Links to Hypothes.is and H5P that increase content functionality and allow students to annotate texts as a class
Faydre McGennis
Access your new publishing platform: Pressbooks
If you’ve been searching for a streamlined way to create and publish quality open educational resources (OER), we have an excellent platform: Pressbooks. All university faculty, students and staff can now access this suite of tools for creating high-quality OER. Use Pressbooks for your own work or as a platform where students can search and access content — or even learn how to publish work of their own. Top features include:
A Wordpress-inspired interface that simplifies creating and sharing texts
Easy exports to Canvas
Ability to incorporate video, interactive quizzes and glossaries
Access to the Pressbooks Directory with over 2,000 OER resources
Searchable and downloadable content that users can keep indefinitely
Links to Hypothes.is and H5P that increase content functionality and allow students to annotate texts as a class
Access your UM System Pressbooks account now. Questions? Contact us: TeachingTools@umsystem.edu.