NSCC Pressbooks Supports & Forms
Supports
Request a Curated OER List
- Get started with a curated list to review!
- NSCC faculty can submit a request for OER research support.
- A curated list of OER that match course outcomes will be created for the instructor [the content expert] to review.
Do Your Own Research
- Instructors may elect to conduct their own searches.
- Check out the Where to Find OER web page for tips on where to look.
- Your campus library staff can also provide search guidance.
Open Textbooks in use at NSCC.
- NSCC Open Textbooks subject guide [webpage].
- A Title List by NSCC program.
- Provides an overview of the open textbooks already in use at the College.
One on One Support
Request an information session or contact for support.
- Campus Library
- Copyright Open Education Office
Forms to Help Guide the Process
Evaluate OER Check Lists for Faculty [PDF downloads]
- A checklist to help guide your evaluation of the curated list of OER that match your course outcomes and search criteria.
- Curriculum fit evaluation tool
Adapt or Remix Form [Excel file]
- Complete the Open Textbook Adapt Remix Request Template.
- Submit the completed form with your NSCC Pressbooks addition request
Pressbooks Project Plan Template
- Adaption projects and new books require a project plan to be submitted with the New Book Request.
- Adaption is defined as making changes to the original.
- The changes may be small or extensive.
- Your project plan provides the details about the planned changes.
Submit a NSCC Pressbooks New Book Request – Adopt
- Adoption Requests [import as is with no planned changes].
- No additional forms required.
- A cloned version will be created by the Copyright Office.
Submit a NSCC Pressbooks New Book Request – Adapt or New
- Adaption Requests [changes planned]
- The new book will differ from the original(s).
- Requires 2 additional forms to be uploaded with the request:
- Your remixing plan – Open Textbook Adapt Remix Request Template.
- Your project plan — Pressbooks Project Plan Template
Open Textbook Change Tracker Tool
The change tracker [Excel file] is used to keep track of changes in the textbook. The completed file is imported into the new open textbook to document the changes made.
