Thank you @may24c-cohort for attending our meeting on Friday to share your progress. Everyone is doing such tremendous work,and I am glad that you got an opportunity to get a glimpse of what is going on with the other teams.
Introduction to Safety shared their project which is still in Google Docs, but Brian and Jeff are going to move it to Pressbooks. We talked about the balance of visuals in the text, along with their plan to add case studies.
Food, Safety, and Nutrition shared their chapter and the work that they put in to find a common voice so that the book would not sound as though it was written by multiple people. They have also been using Canva to create visuals.
Introduction to Corrections has all of their chapter in Word and is editing to make the move to Pressbooks. They are still working on visuals and considering where to add H5P components.
Criminology has chapter 1 and 2 in Pressbooks. They have a number of videos, primarily from YouTube. They are also taking original photos that represent Louisiana to use in the text.
Applied Algebra is continuing to add material to their text from Open Stax and other sources. They are spending time on cleaning up the html so that their equations display properly.
Math for Elementary Teachers has also moved several chapters into Pressbooks. They discussed redoing some of the tables that they are copying from other sources. Amelia mentioned that the best practice would be to use the eraser to eliminate any of the original formatting and then use one of the prepared tables in Pressbooks. It is not recommended that teams use the custom option.
November was a busy month. If you missed the meeting on Enhancing Content in Pressbooks or the meeting on Creative Commons & Open Licenses, both recordings are available on the spreadsheet. Please note that Amelia is also available for 20 minute tech help or check-in sessions this month. There is a signup sheet here.
Thank you all again for sharing your amazing progress with the full group. We will meet once in January for you to provide an update on your progress. In February, we will have weekly working meetings as we cover the last of our Rebus content before you complete the Textbook Success Program and move on to the course development and piloting phases of this process with LOUIS.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season,
Tasha