{"id":166,"date":"2017-01-27T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/supplementary-resources\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:37:57","slug":"supplementary-resources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/supplementary-resources\/","title":{"raw":"Supplementary Resources","rendered":"Supplementary Resources"},"content":{"raw":"Open textbook authors should consider adding supplementary resources to their textbook whenever possible. Traditional textbooks often provide instructors with supplementary resources like slides, test banks, image banks, and videos. A BC Faculty Survey on Open Educational Resources<\/a> (2015) found that 12% of faculty wouldn't adopt an open textbook that was not accompanied by supplementary resources, and 28% reported that they felt they didn't have the time to experiment with open education resources in their classroom.\r\n\r\nAfter putting so much work into your open textbook, adding features that will make it easier for instructors to integrate your book into their teaching will increase the likelihood that it will be adopted or adapted.\r\n
NOTE: Be sure to talk to email digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a> to discuss ways that we can help ensure supplementary materials are stored, shared and managed for long-term access.<\/div>\r\n

Developing Supplementary Resources<\/h2>\r\nOne of the most important aspects of creating supplementary material is to make sure you publish the material using open-source or free software so anyone can use, reuse, and adapt the material without having to purchase proprietary software.\r\n\r\nAlso remember to include a Creative Commons license<\/a> on the work to clearly communicate permitted uses to others.\r\n

Teaching Slides<\/h3>\r\nSlides are one of the easiest and most important supplementary materials you can create to support instructors looking to\u00a0adopt your\u00a0textbook. Think about\u00a0creating and publishing these slides using open-source or freely available software such as\u00a0Google Slides<\/a> or LibreOffice<\/a>.\r\n

Test Banks<\/h3>\r\nIncluding\u00a0test banks and assessments with your textbook will make it that much more attractive to potential adopters. To ensure academic integrity, assessment material is typically provided to users only upon request. This can be done by placing the\u00a0materials\u00a0within a password protected site, or by requiring requests to be made\u00a0by\u00a0email.\r\n
If developing a test bank, email digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a> so we can work with you to facilitate secure access to these materials.<\/div>\r\n

Creating Supplementary Resources with Development Sprints<\/h3>\r\nIf you have adopted an open textbook or are building one from scratch, consider using a development sprint to build supplementary resources. Development sprints<\/span> allow a group of instructors\u00a0to work\u00a0together\u00a0over\u00a0a short period, usually one or two days, to develop open content.\r\n\r\n
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References<\/h3>\r\n

Lalonde, C. (2015). Early findings from BC faculty survey on open educational resources<\/em>. https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201026041259\/https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/2015\/05\/26\/early-findings-from-bc-faculty-survey-on-open-educational-resources\/<\/a> (archived version)<\/p>","rendered":"

Open textbook authors should consider adding supplementary resources to their textbook whenever possible. Traditional textbooks often provide instructors with supplementary resources like slides, test banks, image banks, and videos. A BC Faculty Survey on Open Educational Resources<\/a> (2015) found that 12% of faculty wouldn’t adopt an open textbook that was not accompanied by supplementary resources, and 28% reported that they felt they didn’t have the time to experiment with open education resources in their classroom.<\/p>\n

After putting so much work into your open textbook, adding features that will make it easier for instructors to integrate your book into their teaching will increase the likelihood that it will be adopted or adapted.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Be sure to talk to email digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a> to discuss ways that we can help ensure supplementary materials are stored, shared and managed for long-term access.<\/div>\n

Developing Supplementary Resources<\/h2>\n

One of the most important aspects of creating supplementary material is to make sure you publish the material using open-source or free software so anyone can use, reuse, and adapt the material without having to purchase proprietary software.<\/p>\n

Also remember to include a Creative Commons license<\/a> on the work to clearly communicate permitted uses to others.<\/p>\n

Teaching Slides<\/h3>\n

Slides are one of the easiest and most important supplementary materials you can create to support instructors looking to\u00a0adopt your\u00a0textbook. Think about\u00a0creating and publishing these slides using open-source or freely available software such as\u00a0Google Slides<\/a> or LibreOffice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Test Banks<\/h3>\n

Including\u00a0test banks and assessments with your textbook will make it that much more attractive to potential adopters. To ensure academic integrity, assessment material is typically provided to users only upon request. This can be done by placing the\u00a0materials\u00a0within a password protected site, or by requiring requests to be made\u00a0by\u00a0email.<\/p>\n

If developing a test bank, email digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a> so we can work with you to facilitate secure access to these materials.<\/div>\n

Creating Supplementary Resources with Development Sprints<\/h3>\n

If you have adopted an open textbook or are building one from scratch, consider using a development sprint to build supplementary resources. Development sprints<\/span> allow a group of instructors\u00a0to work\u00a0together\u00a0over\u00a0a short period, usually one or two days, to develop open content.<\/p>\n

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References<\/h3>\n

Lalonde, C. (2015). Early findings from BC faculty survey on open educational resources<\/em>. https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201026041259\/https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/2015\/05\/26\/early-findings-from-bc-faculty-survey-on-open-educational-resources\/<\/a> (archived version)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-166","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":163,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/166\/revisions\/207"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/163"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/166\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}