Pressbooks provides an easy to use content and assessment integration with Canvas. Pressbooks provides a robust authoring environment built on top of WordPress. Pressbooks is also integrated with H5P and Hypothes.is.
How can I use Pressbooks in teaching?
- Adopt and/or modify existing open educational resources (OER).
- Author and publish OER textbooks.
- Use advanced tools to add interactive elements for review, homework, and testing.
What is unique about Pressbooks?
- Pressbooks provides an easy to use content and assessment integration with Canvas.
- Pressbooks provides a robust authoring environment built on top of WordPress.
- Pressbooks is also integrated with H5P and Hypothes.is.
Who can use it?
Faculty and Students
How do I get started?
Pressbooks is integrated into Canvas, so there is no software to install — it runs through the browser. Students can go to Canvas via their usual browser to access Pressbooks.