Introduction

This book has information for creating your Open Textbooks @ UQ book, including:

• Guides for how to create different types of content on the Pressbooks platform
• Your responsibilities and other tasks that need to be done as part of the process
• Templates for content to use in your book.

Contact pressbooks@library.uq.edu.au if you have any questions.

Contents

Adding content

• • Pressbook admin interface overview
  • Add content to your book
  • Uploading an existing Word document to create your book
  • Example chapter elements
  • Add H5P and other interactive content
  • Create and add cover images
  • Add links – external and internal
  • Annotation and notes

Examples of pages

• Title page example
• Acknowledgement of Country
• Peer review and an example Review Statement

Accessibility requirements

• Accessibility checklist
• Formatting tables for accessibility
• Image tips and alt text
• Anchor links for long descriptions of images

Author and publisher responsibilities for publication

• Author and publisher responsibilities overview
• Copyright and Creative Commons
• Choose a Creative Commons Licence for your book
• Keep track of the content you use in your Pressbook
• Legal deposit of published books in Australia
• Adding your open access works to UQ eSpace

After publication

• Export options
• Add your book to Learn.UQ (Blackboard)
• Analytics dashboard
• Collecting evidence of impact and engagement
• Version history