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Open Educational Resources (OER)

Webinars

Members of the University of Galway community (all staff and students) are welcome to the series of webinars on using Pressbooks conducted each month. Their calendar of events includes sessions on both getting started with Pressbooks and more advanced topics, including creating interactive content.

Getting started

Advanced

Getting started with PressbooksEDU Webinar (once per month) Advanced PressbooksEDU Publishing Webinar (once per month)

How to use Pressbooks

There is a lot you can do with Pressbooks, but getting started with it is very easy. The following are two guides, one from the Pressbooks company which is very much focused on the ins and outs of the software. The second is useful from the standpoint of using the software, but in the context of best practices of writing up an (open) textbook.