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Pressbooks is an authoring platform built on the popular WordPress publishing and blogging website. If you have used WordPress in the past, Pressbooks should feel familiar. Pressbooks allows you to create content once and publish it in many formats including a website, PDF document<\/a>, EPUB<\/a> (usable in most eReaders), MOBI (for Kindle readers), and various editable files.<\/p>\n

This Pressbooks Guide does not replicate information provided by the Pressbooks User Guide published by Pressbooks.com. Instead, in parts and chapters laid out to mimic the steps an author might take to create or modify an open textbook in Pressbooks, it redirects readers to pertinent chapters in the Pressbooks User Guide, supplements it with additional information, and includes instructions specific to post-secondary faculty and staff working in British Columbia and the Yukon.<\/p>\n

its chapters. Key terms, specific to Pressbooks and its features, are set in bold and defined in the text body as well as summarized in the Glossary. This guide does not come with an index. Instead, use the search field located in the top-right of each page in the online version to locate a specific topic. The URLs for all external links are provided by chapter for print users in the back matter.<\/p>\n

Pressbooks User Guide chapters are highlighted with a textbox containing the Pressbooks<\/a> (PB) logo and a link to the material. (See example below.)<\/p>\n

How to request an account<\/h3>\n

Step 1: Request the account(s)<\/p>\n

Most of the resources published in the Open OK State Pressbooks platform are intended to be openly available, meaning readers should be able to interact with the resource without logging in. Faculty and instructors at Oklahoma State University will need an account to create and\/or customize resources on the Open OK State platform. To request an account, send an email to kathy.essmiller@okstate.edu<\/a>. Please include in this email your reason for the accounts requested (creating or customizing resources, student accounts for projects in which they will participate, etc.) and the full name and @okstate.edu email affiliated with each account requested. go to pressbooks.bccampus.ca and select \u201cSign Up\u201d in the top right corner, or \u201cCreate an Account\u201d further down the page.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Activate the account<\/p>\n

Once your requested account has been created, you will be notified that your account must be activated before it can be used. To do this:<\/p>\n