Scheduling

Like other course materials, Pressbook content should be completed and integrated into course materials by the Canvas course copy date. When possible, avoid adding Pressbooks to a block after the Canvas web site has been published, or making changes to a Pressbook after it has been published. Pressbooks may need to be archived after a block ends to comply with university or accrediting requirements.

Student Access

Coordinate with the curriculum team if a Pressbook is part your course. Communicate clearly with students about your Pressbook and its purpose. Work with the curriculum team to post links to your Pressbook (and any passwords) on Canvas. List Pressbook readings as you would other readings, linking directly to chapters or sections*. We recommend you limit where you post the password in Canvas to one location to make it easier to update it (if you intend to change the password periodically).

* It is possible to link directly to chapters in Pressbooks and specific sections of a chapter by using Anchors (more details in Internal and External links in Pressbook guide).  Make sure you are clear if you are linking to a whole Pressbook or to a particular location using an anchor. 

Faculty Access and Adding other Editors

Authorship and editing of Pressbooks is the responsibility of faculty, with staff providing support for design and distribution. To make support simpler, add the Curriculum UW Net ID foundmed@uw.edu or the block UW Net ID as an editor in the Pressbook (like somid@uw.edu for Invaders and Defenders). This will allow support staff to add new faculty authors and see passwords.  Adding Users in Pressbooks