I believe that recordings from the Cascadia OER Summit, including my presentation with Josie Gray from BCcampus will be shared at https://bccampus.ca/ once they’re captioned and available.
Hi @EDU_Managers it’s that time again – our monthly Pressbooks product update will be held tomorrow (Thursday, May 27) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361 . The webinar will include general product updates and a demonstration of the new Pressbooks Directory redesign. We will also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda . Hope to see some of you there!
Hi @EDU_Managers – we’re cancelling the monthly Pressbooks product update for June, as the 24th is a holiday in Quebec (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day). We’ll be back at our regularly scheduled time on July 29. Hope you’re all enjoying a pleasant start to your summers!
Hi @EDU_Managers – excited to be hosting a summer edition of our monthly Pressbooks product update webinar tomorrow (July 29) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583078361. The webinar will include a demonstration of several recently released product updates and will include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda . As always, the demo portion will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel afterwards.
We also wanted to make sure all of you had seen this news (about retiring MOBI exports): Goodbye, MOBI Exports! - #5. The latest version of Pressbooks, deployed to our hosted networks today, no longer includes the option to produce MOBI exports. Happy to answer any questions you have about this or other Pressbooks product related issues here on the forum, through the premium support email, or at the product update tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing some of you then!
Second, our sales executive Sarah Simpson recently made three end-to-end demo videos (~6 minutes each) showing how instructors can use our Results for LMS product to create graded assignments which connect directly with a Learning Management system. One uses Canvas: https://youtu.be/lUCpBJilVq8, another uses Moodle: Pressbooks Results for LMS Demo with Moodle - YouTube, and a third uses Blackboard: Pressbooks Results for LMS Demo with Blackboard - YouTube. If you’re interested in piloting or purchasing this product for use in a future semester, let us know by contacting sales or premium support.
We’re sad (but also excited) to share that @Gavin_Goodwin has recently accepted a dream job as the Creative Arts Librarian for the Alfred Whitehead Music Library at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and will be leaving us in early August. Enjoy the , Gavin!
We’re currently looking to hire his replacement, so please send great people our way: Technical Support & Documentation Specialist | Pressbooks. Position would be based in Montreal office with remote work possible from anywhere in Canada.
Hi @EDU_Managers there won’t be a product update webinar in August (I’m going to be on vacation next week). We’ll be back in our normal schedule the last Thursday of September. Wishing you all a safe and pleasant start to the Fall semester.
Hi @EDU_Managers we’ll be hosting our monthly product update webinar tomorrow (Thursday, September 30) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: Launch Meeting - Zoom. The webinar will include a demonstration of a very exciting set of new User Profile & ‘Contributor’-related features which you won’t want to miss! We’ll also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda . As always, the demo portion will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel afterwards.
We also would like to introduce you to @ThomasWeideman, our new support and documentation specialist who joined the Pressbooks team today! Thomas is a technologist and former arts administrator who earned his BA in music composition at the University of British Columbia and his MA in music at the University of Huddersfield. He’s a recent coding bootcamp graduate is deeply interested in technology’s potential to improve knowledge transmission, overcome barriers to accessibility, and act as useful infrastructure for people. He enjoys working collaboratively, finding solutions to technical problems, and writing, so we’re confident he’ll be a great addition to our team and a wonderful new support & documentation colleague!
Hi @EDU_Managers, we will be hosting our monthly Pressbooks product update tomorrow (Thursday, October 28) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom: Launch Meeting - Zoom. The webinar will include a demonstration of recently released features and upcoming work at Pressbooks, along with a short introduction to Pressbooks Directory ‘collections’ from @Travis, the Pressbooks librarian. We’ll also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda. As always, the demo portion will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel afterwards.
@EDU_Managers We’re cancelling the monthly Pressbooks product update webinars originally scheduled for November 27th and December 30th (due to US Thanksgiving and the December holidays). We will post written updates in the Community Forum and will resume hosting monthly webinar at the regularly scheduled time (2-3pm ET) on Thursday, January 27th, 2022. Wishing you all a peaceful and kind end of the semester and year!
@EDU_Managers Excited to remind everyone that we’ll be resuming our monthly product update webinars this coming Thursday, January 27th from 2-3pm ET in Zoom. In addition to an overview of features we’ve released over the past few months, the meeting will include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda. As always, the demo portion will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel afterwards. Hope to see some of you later this week!
@EDU_Managers I’ll be hosting a monthly product update webinar today (Thursday, February 24th) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom. In addition to an overview of features we’ve released recently, the meeting will include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda. The product demo portion will be recorded and shared on YouTube afterwards. Hope to see some of you later today!
@EDU_Managers I’ll be hosting a monthly product update webinar today (Thursday, March 31st) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom. In addition to giving an overview of recent work we’ve released, I’m planning to conduct a short design thinking session to gather ideas about the Aldine catalog page with a future redesign/overhaul in mind. The meeting will also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda. The product demo portion will be recorded and shared on YouTube afterwards. Hope to see some of you later today!
@EDU_Managers Friendly reminder that I’ll be hosting our monthly product update webinar tomorrow (Thursday, APril 28th) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom. In addition to giving an overview of recent work we’ve released, I’d like to hear from you about your desires/needs for the network catalogue page (part of the Aldine theme). The meeting will also include time for you to share news & updates about any general interest Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. Here’s a more detailed agenda . The product demo portion will be recorded and shared on YouTube afterwards. Hope to see you soon!
@EDU_Managers We will not be hosting a monthly product update webinar this month (May 2022). I’m going to be presenting virtually at the Northeast OER Summit on that day instead, and several of my Pressbooks colleagues will be at the Library Publishing Forum in Pittsburgh. Looking forward to seeing many of you in June!
@EDU_Managers Just a friendly reminder that our next product update webinar will be held tomorrow (June 30) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom. Highlights from tomorrow’s agenda include an introduction to Michelle Weremczuk, our newly hired UX/UI designer; an overview of recent documentation improvements from Thomas Wiedeman, our documentation and support specialist; an overview of recent features and bug fixes we’ve released; and a preview of changes we’re making to provide educational publishing features to individuals without access to enterprise Pressbooks networks. As always, we’ll include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. The detailed agenda can be found here: Pressbooks Product Update Agendas - Google Docs. Hope to see some of you then!
@EDU_Managers Our next product update webinar will be held today (July 28) from 2-3pm ET in Zoom. We’ll show the work we’ve done recently around the new pressbooks.pub subscription service, plans for migrating pressbooks.com projects, and the UX research Michelle has led for our planned Aldine catalog redesign. As always, we’ll include time for you to share news & updates about any Pressbooks-related projects you’ve been working on. The detailed agenda can be found here: Pressbooks Product Update Agendas - Google Docs . Hope to see some of you soon!
Enjoy the 
, Gavin!