{"id":3,"date":"2023-05-24T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/?p=3"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:07:23","slug":"video-tutorials","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/part\/video-tutorials\/","title":{"raw":"Video Tutorials","rendered":"Video Tutorials"},"content":{"raw":"You have learned about <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/front-matter\/what-is-pressbooks\/\">what Pressbooks is<\/a>: an easy-to-use publishing platform based on WordPress. Discover how to get started while getting a sneak preview of the authoring interface. Here, you will learn the basics of Pressbooks, including how to add metadata and get started in Pressbooks for your adopt, customize, or create a grant project. Depending on the nature of your project, you may want to create an entirely new book, clone or adapt existing books, import manuscripts or Word files, and make your content look great across e-readers.\r\n\r\nFor your convenience, we have embedded Pressbooks\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Pressbooks\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how-to videos<\/a> with timestamps and descriptions, allowing you to jump directly to the most relevant sections.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Are You Considering Using An Open Textbook In Your Courses?<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If so, you may be interested in our <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>OER Discipline Resource Guide: Concordia University Library\u20142nd edition<\/em><\/a>, which will help you learn about available open textbooks, often in Pressbooks form.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Learn about current and forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook projects<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You might also be interested in applying for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/adopt-create\/oer-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook grant<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You can contact us at <a href=\"mailto:oer@concordia.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oer@concordia.ca<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>You have learned about <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/front-matter\/what-is-pressbooks\/\">what Pressbooks is<\/a>: an easy-to-use publishing platform based on WordPress. Discover how to get started while getting a sneak preview of the authoring interface. Here, you will learn the basics of Pressbooks, including how to add metadata and get started in Pressbooks for your adopt, customize, or create a grant project. Depending on the nature of your project, you may want to create an entirely new book, clone or adapt existing books, import manuscripts or Word files, and make your content look great across e-readers.<\/p>\n<p>For your convenience, we have embedded Pressbooks\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Pressbooks\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how-to videos<\/a> with timestamps and descriptions, allowing you to jump directly to the most relevant sections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Are You Considering Using An Open Textbook In Your Courses?<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>If so, you may be interested in our <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>OER Discipline Resource Guide: Concordia University Library\u20142nd edition<\/em><\/a>, which will help you learn about available open textbooks, often in Pressbooks form.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about current and forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook projects<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You might also be interested in applying for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/adopt-create\/oer-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook grant<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You can contact us at <a href=\"mailto:oer@concordia.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oer@concordia.ca<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-3","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6175,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3\/revisions\/6175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}