Hi all,
We’re going to be organizing a new monthly webinar series focused on Pressbooks product updates, to be held from 2-3pm ET on the last Thursday of each month. The first of these webinars will be held this Thursday, March 26. The webinars will take place in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361 and will be recorded and shared afterward on our YouTube channel; a recurring event has been published to Google Calendar.
Webinars will include a demonstration of recent improvements we’ve released, an overview of projects that we’re currently working on, conversation space for you to share news and updates about local development projects of interest, and time for us to listen from you about Pressbooks-related product needs and desires.
In our first meeting this Thursday, we’re particularly excited to share progress we’ve made on two long-awaited projects: 1) a searchable, filterable directory of public books across all known Pressbooks networks and 2) updates to our LTI provider plugin to make it compatible with the new 1.3 specification and add support for grade passback to the Learning Management System. Hope to see you there later this week!
All best,
Steel
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Hi @EDU_Managers, the recording for our March Product Webinar has now been posted to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCD2mU4bCZs. We look forward to seeing some of you at the next update, from 2-3pm ET on April 30.
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Hi @EDU_Managers,
Our next monthly product update webinar will be held this Thursday, April 30 from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361. This webinar will include a demonstration of recent improvements we’ve released and progress we’ve made on LTI 1.3 (including grade passback!). We’ll also introduce you to Ricardo and Sarah, our newest colleagues on the Pressbooks team and include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related development projects you’ve been working on.
See a more detailed agenda for additional details. For any of you who’d like to attend, but can’t make it, please note that the webinar will be recorded and shared afterward on our YouTube channel; a recurring event for future webinars has also been published to Google Calendar, where you can add it to your calendar for automatic reminders.
Looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it later this week!
All best,
Steel
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Hi @EDU_Managers,
The recording of today’s product update webinar has now been posted to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnBUkczCOZo. A professional transcript/captioning for the recording will be added as soon as we’re able to produce it. We look forward to seeing some of you at the next update in May!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, our next product update webinar will be held tomorrow, Thursday, May 28 from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361. This webinar will include a demonstration of recent improvements we’ve released and progress we’ve made on the ongoing LTI and Pressbooks Directory projects. As always, the session will include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related development projects you’ve been working on.
See a more detailed agenda for additional details. The webinar will be recorded and shared afterward on our YouTube channel.
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The video (with captions) from last week’s monthly product update can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DRwz-nkCY8
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Hi @EDU_Managers, our next product update webinar will be held on Thursday, June 25 from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361. This webinar will include a demonstration of recent improvements we’ve made (including LTI 1.3 certification!) as well as a live demo of the Pressbooks Directory we’ve been working on. As always, the session will include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related development projects you’ve been working on.
See a more detailed agenda for additional details. The webinar will be recorded and shared afterward on our YouTube channel.
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Hi @EDU_Managers, today’s webinar recording has been uploaded to YouTube and can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPO58RFIgvo. Closed captioning coming as soon as we receive the document from our transcriptionist. If you’d like to explore the staging version of the Pressbooks Directory you can find it at https://staging.pressbooks.directory/. Please bear in mind that this is still a work in progress and not ready for public release. Feedback and suggestions welcomed – you can send those directly to me at steel@pressbooks.com if you like.
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Hi @EDU_Managers, our next product update webinar will be held on Thursday, July 30 from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361. This webinar will include a demonstration of recent improvements we’ve made to our in progress Pressbooks Directory as well as a few other recent product updates. As always, the session will include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related development projects you’ve been working on.
See a more detailed agenda for additional details. For those of you who can’t attend, the webinar will be recorded and shared afterward on our YouTube channel.
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Hi @EDU_Managers, our next product update webinar will be held on Thursday, August 27 from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361. This webinar will include information about recent product updates as well a demonstration of recent progress on Pressbooks Directory. As always, the webinar will include space for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related projects you’re excited about.
See a more detailed agenda for additional details. For those of you who can’t attend, the webinar will be recorded and shared afterward on our YouTube channel.
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Hi @EDU_Managers, some of you have asked recently, so a friendly reminder that the recordings for our last several monthly product updates are on YouTube (with captions) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtVj-H3iB3w&list=PLMFmJu3NJhet17A4FC_84OVDS8N18YyIo&index=1. New recordings will be added to the playlist as they’re made. We appreciate all you do to support open education and high quality teaching & learning and are wishing you all the best as many of you start a new semester under imperfect circumstances!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, apologies for the relatively short notice, but we are cancelling tomorrow’s monthly product update webinar. It’s been a hectic month for many of us with the start of a new school year, a couple of weeks of wildfire smoke, and other challenges. We’ll return to our normal schedule with the next monthly product update on Thursday, October 29th at 2pm ET. Looking forward to seeing many of you then!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, we’re really excited to be hosting a product update webinar again this week – held in Zoom this Thursday, October 29th from 2-3pm ET. This particular update will have a special focus on the forthcoming Pressbooks Directory, and will include a hands on demonstration of how you can review metadata for public books from your networks and make sure books from your network are looking the way you want them to before the directory is released publicly. The full meeting agenda can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcvX0V-iDi6fJO_W8pHVOL_lec_9OTXujAfw6tFpZlQ/edit#heading=h.oajnrftyobnw. Hope to see many of you later this week!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, there will be no monthly product update webinar this week (Thursday falls on the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States). Instead, we’ll be hosting a Pressbooks Directory launch webinar next Thursday, December 3rd, from 2-3pm ET. In this webinar, we’ll be unveiling and providing a tour of our newly released Pressbooks Directory. The webinar will feature a hands on demonstration of how it can be used to find books from across several PressbooksEDU networks for adoption and adaptation. Hope to see many of you there!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, we are cancelling the product update webinar for December, as it falls during the midst of the winter holidays in North America. 2020 has been a roller coaster year for many of us; we hope you make it safely through the year and look forward to seeing those of you who can make it at the product meeting on January 28th!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, we’ll be holding our next product update webinar tomorrow (Thursday, January 28) from 2-3pm ET. This webinar will include general product updates and a demonstration of new features/functionality available in the Pressbooks Directory. As always, the webinar will also include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related development projects you’ve been working on. The meeting will be held in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361, and a more detailed agenda can be found here. Hope to see some of you virtually tomorrow!
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Hi @EDU_Managers, we’ll be holding our next product update webinar tomorrow (Thursday, February 24) from 2-3pm ET. This webinar will include general product updates and a demonstration of new features being developed for the Pressbooks Directory. We will also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. The meeting will be held in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361 – here’s a more detailed agenda . Hope to see some of you virtually tomorrow!
Hi @EDU_Managers the recording from yesterday’s product update has been posted to YouTube: February 2021 Pressbooks Product Webinar - YouTube. Transcripts/captions will be added next week. We’ll also be sending out a couple of communications shortly: one about book metadata and a new featured books filter that we’re building for the Directory and the other is an invitation to participate in a brief UX survey to help us improve the Directory, so keep an eye out for emails from us shortly. Also wanted to mention that @Amy_Song (Amy Song from Pressbooks) and @apurva (Apurva Ashok from the Rebus Foundation) will be hosting an Ask Me Anything [AMA] event during OpenEd week that should be excellent: Ask Me Anything (about OER publishing) with Apurva Ashok and Amy Song - Open Education Week
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Hi @EDU_Managers – it’s hard to believe it’s already the last Thursday of the month, but it is, which means that we’ll be holding our next product update webinar TODAY (Thursday, March 25) from 2-3pm ET. This webinar will include general product updates and a demonstration of new features and designs being planned for Pressbooks Directory. We will also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. The meeting will be held in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361 – here’s a more detailed agenda . Hope to see some of you virtually soon!
Hi @EDU_Managers, excited to inform you that we’ll be holding out next product update webinar this Thursday, April 29 from 2-3pm ET. This webinar will include general product updates and a demonstration of new features and designs being planned for Pressbooks Directory. We will also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. The meeting will be held in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361 – here’s a more detailed agenda .
A couple of other recent presentations/upcoming events of possible interest:
- I was honored to join a recent NEBHE panel organized by @Lindsey_Gumb on “Supporting Students Through Creating Accessible High-Quality Open Education Resources”. The recording and other material is available at Supporting Students Through Creating Accessible High-Quality Open Education Resources
- I’m presenting a hands-on workshop with BCcampus’ Josie Gray on “Finding, Adapting, and Personalizing OER with Pressbooks Directory and Cloning Tools” tomorrow as part of the Cascadia OER Summit. The session will be recorded and we’ll post the recording as soon as it’s available.
- I’ll be joining Alan Levine and Clint Lalonde for the next episode of their “Cooking with H5P and Pressbooks” webinar series this Thursday, April 29 at 9am PT. This session will also be recorded and shared later. More details at April Webinar: Inside Pressbooks with Steel Wagstaff – The H5P PB Kitchen
Hope to see some of you later this week. Happy Spring to all!