{"id":342,"date":"2017-01-27T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T14:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/authorsguide\/?post_type=chapter&p=342"},"modified":"2017-11-17T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T15:30:38","slug":"ancillary-resources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/ancillary-resources\/","title":{"raw":"Ancillary resources","rendered":"Ancillary resources"},"content":{"raw":"

Open textbook authors should consider adding ancillary resources to their textbook whenever possible. Traditional textbooks often provide instructors with ancillary resources like slides, test banks, image banks and videos. A\u00a0<\/span>BC Faculty Survey on Open Educational Resources<\/a> found that 12% of faculty wouldn't adopt an open textbook that was not accompanied by ancillary resources, and 28% reported that they felt they didn't have the time to experiment with OER in their classroom. 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>\r\n\r\n

Developing Ancillary Resources<\/h2>\r\n

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

Teaching Slides<\/h3>\r\nSlides are one of the easiest and most important ancillary 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,\u00a0 LibreOffice, or\u00a0OpenSlides<\/span>.\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

Creating Ancillary 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 ancillary resources. Development sprints<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>allow<\/span> a group of <\/span>instructors<\/span>\u00a0to <\/span>work<\/span>\u00a0together<\/span>\u00a0over\u00a0<\/span>a short period, usually one or two days, to develop open content. Grants that support the creation of ancillary resources are also becoming available. BCcampus\u00a0<\/span>sends out an annual<\/span>\u00a0call for proposals for their\u00a0<\/span>ancillary resources grants<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Ontario may eventually have such a program.<\/span>","rendered":"

Open textbook authors should consider adding ancillary resources to their textbook whenever possible. Traditional textbooks often provide instructors with ancillary resources like slides, test banks, image banks and videos. A\u00a0<\/span>BC Faculty Survey on Open Educational Resources<\/a> found that 12% of faculty wouldn’t adopt an open textbook that was not accompanied by ancillary resources, and 28% reported that they felt they didn’t have the time to experiment with OER in their classroom. 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

Developing Ancillary Resources<\/h2>\n

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

Teaching Slides<\/h3>\n

Slides are one of the easiest and most important ancillary 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,\u00a0 LibreOffice, or\u00a0OpenSlides<\/span>.<\/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

Creating Ancillary 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 ancillary resources. Development sprints<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>allow<\/span> a group of <\/span>instructors<\/span>\u00a0to <\/span>work<\/span>\u00a0together<\/span>\u00a0over\u00a0<\/span>a short period, usually one or two days, to develop open content. Grants that support the creation of ancillary resources are also becoming available. BCcampus\u00a0<\/span>sends out an annual<\/span>\u00a0call for proposals for their\u00a0<\/span>ancillary resources grants<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Ontario may eventually have such a program.<\/span><\/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-342","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":876,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/342\/revisions\/904"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/876"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/342\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}