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About BCcampus Open Education
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Not Just Another Textbook
2. Experience
3. Why Should I Give My Work Away?
4. Copyright and Open Licences
5. Fair Dealing and Fair Use
6. Concerns About Plagiarism
7. Quality
8. Who Pays for This?
9. Who Owns Copyright?
10. Select a Licence
11. Contributing Authors
12. Identify Support
13. Project Charter and Timeline
14. Technology: Accounts and Training
15. Five Rules of Textbook Development
16. Open Textbook Formats
17. Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion
18. Textbook Outline
19. Create a Style Sheet
20. Research
21. Citation vs. Attribution
22. The Writing
23. Resources: Only the Open
24. Resources: Search and Find
25. Resources: Captions and Attributions
26. Embedding and Linking
27. Screenshots of Software
28. Fix as You Go
29. Peer Review
30. How to Copy Edit
31. How to Proofread
32. Guideline for Copy Editors
33. The Final Check
34. Textbook Cover
35. Editable Files
36. Remove Platform Access
37. Textbook Citation
38. Communications
39. Print-on-Demand Copies
40. Maintain the Book
41. Track Adoptions
42. Textbook Reviews
Appendix 1: Licences and Tools
Appendix 2: Style Guide
Appendix 3: Canadian Spellings and Word List
Appendix 4: Contracts and Agreements
Appendix 5: Checklists
Glossary
Bibliography
Versioning History
Section Topics
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