Pressbooks Major Release Scheduled: March 15-16

Great news! Pressbooks has been making changes to the interface and functionality based on your feedback. The major release is scheduled for later this month. Here’s a heads up of the changes that are on the way.


Most of the improvements are under the hood. However, there are a few big changes we would like to call to your attention.


First, a new look and feel is available for the network home page and catalog. The new standalone catalog page is sortable and filterable, for improved discovery.


Pressbooks has also given the webbook a much-needed makeover, with some added functionality. A wider book layout, better scrolling and navigation are just some of the enhancements. We have also updated the Open Textbook theme at BCcampus. A big thanks to Ryerson University for supporting the development of these changes.


The Luther theme will be retiring on the same day as the new release. In their place, Pressbooks is releasing two new themes, McLuhan and Jacobs. These two themes both offer expanded theme options, and both are designed with textbooks in mind. Their development has been generously funded by eCampus Ontario. We will be continuing to use the Open Textbooks as our default theme and the theme for the BCcampus open textbook collection.


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 helpdesk@bccampus.ca


Other changes include:

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or problems navigating the new features. You can contact us at helpdesk@bccampus.ca


Want to see how it looks?

Our team put together a screencast of the new interface and the changes that you will see when the release happens mid March.

https://youtu.be/rBJ7pU-xddE


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