2:28 p.m.
Dear Pressbooks User,
As a Pressbooks account holder in
pressbooks.bccampus.ca<http://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/>, you have been placed on a
mailing list to receive notifications about upgrades, service outages, and other events
that affect your Pressbooks account. These outages will also affect open textbooks that
are hosted in BCcampus' internal instance of Pressbooks
(opentextbc.ca<http://opentextbc.ca/>).
If you do not wish to receive these email notifications, please let us know at
support@bccampus.ca<mailto:support@bccampus.ca>.
EXTENDED UPGRADE NOTICE
We encountered some issues when upgrading Pressbooks and are currently working on solving
them. As such, we have extended the timeframe of this upgrade.
Please note the new dates and times where you will be unable to login.
From Thursday, February 20th, 2025 at 1:00pm to Friday, February 21st, 2025 at 10:00am
Pacific Time, Pressbooks (pressbooks.bccampus.ca<http://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/>)
will be upgraded to version 6.22.1. You will be unable to login to your Pressbooks account
during this time.
Changes:
* New branding for British Columbia/Yukon Open Authoring Platform
(pressbooks.bccampus.ca<https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/>) and BCcampus Open
Publishing (opentextbc.ca<https://opentextbc.ca/>): In an effort to better
distinguish between the Pressbooks site for B.C. and Yukon faculty and the one for
BCcampus-published resources, we have made some changes to the appearance of both sites.
* British Columbia/Yukon Open Authoring Platform
(pressbooks.bccampus.ca<https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/>): Replaced the BCcampus
logo with a new logo (British Columbia/Yukon Pressbooks logo). The red primary site colour
remains the same.
* BCcampus Open Publishing (opentextbc.ca<https://opentextbc.ca/>): Now
features a dark blue theme that reflects BCcampus branding. The BCcampus logo remains the
same.
* Improved sharing options: Users who visit a book have the option to share a book and
specific chapters via social media.
* LinkedIn and Email sharing options have been added in addition to X (formerly
Twitter).
* Book administrators can choose which sharing options to display by going to
Appearance -> Theme Options -> Web Options.
* Media Attributions displayed by default: Media attributions display the attribution
information (media name, author, source, license, etc.) on uploaded media at the bottom of
the chapter where they are inserted. This option is now turned on by default.
* To remove the media attributions, go to Appearance -> Theme Options and
uncheck the box that reads "Display attributions at the end of a chapter".
* MathJax formulas render within Glossary Terms and TablePress tables.
* Added new institutions and updated names of institutions.
We are thoroughly testing the updated Pressbooks prior to the release and these
improvements should not cause any issues with your existing books. But, if anything does
come up, let us know right away at by replying to this email.
Looking for more information? Check out the Pressbooks Updates
page<https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/>.
Sincerely,
The Open Education Team and BCcampus Support
BCcampus Support
Email: Support@bccampus.ca<mailto:Support@bccampus.ca>
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