Suggestions for the Collections

BCcampus Open Education offers a growing collection of resources designed for educators across the province. If you have identified an open textbook or open course materials in your subject area, course level, or program, or for your faculty needs, that is not currently in our collection, we’d like to hear about it.

Our selection process

Open course  materials

BCcampus strictly assesses courses added to its collection for quality, relevance, and Indigenous context. Please see the Contribute page on the Course Materials for Educators website for details such as current calls for courses, and the criteria that must be met in order for course material to be included in the Open Course Materials repository.

If you would like to develop a course, or have a course that fits the criteria, contact opentext@bccampus.ca.

Open textbooks

To ensure the open textbooks meet our expectations for quality, relevancy, and ability to meet the needs of post-secondary faculty, students, and institutions, particularly within B.C. and Canada, each textbook submission is assessed to confirm the open textbook meets the minimum requirements.Textbooks produced by an academic press OR an established publishing house that meet the minimum requirements will be accepted without further review from a subject matter expert. All other textbooks will be evaluated by a subject matter expert (SME) using the SME Evaluation Rubric [Word file]. If the SME recommends the textbook, it will be posted in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection.

We will notify applicants with a final decision within 4-8 weeks.

Assessing an open textbook

To help us continue to deliver quality open textbooks, please use the following to determine if your recommendation is appropriate for the collection:

Criteria

Required

  • The open textbook must be released with an open-copyright licence (Creative Commons) or entered into the public domain. CC licences that contain the ND (non-derivative) provision are accepted on a case-by-case basis.
  • All content (text, images, other media) used in the textbook is covered by an open-copyright licence (Creative Commons) or in the public domain
  • Textbook is in a format that can be used to set up a print-on-demand option
  • Textbook has been copy edited
  • Textbook must include at least one editable file. Prefered editable files:
    • Pressbooks XML, Open Document Text (.odt), or Word (.doc or .docx)
    • Other editable files: HTML, LaTeX, ePUB
  • Textbook must be organized into chapters and include:
    • table of contents
    • chapter learning outcomes
    • learning activities

Highly recommended

  • Textbook is online
  • Textbook is available in at least two different file types
  • Content is Canadian based
  • Textbook has a unique cover
  • Textbook meets the BCcampus accessibility criteria

Optional but preferred

  • Textbook includes two or more editable files
  • Textbook includes interactive objects or videos, and editable files are available for all objects
  • Textbook includes ancillary resources such as test banks, videos, or presentation slides (PowerPoint, Pages, Slides, etc.)

Submission Form

    Contact information

    First name *

    Last name *

    Institutional email *

    Institution *

    Other institution

    Name of open textbook *

    Author(s) of open textbook *

    License for open textbook *

    If "ND" is part of the licence, why is this provision necessary for this specific textbook?

    Has this book been copy edited? Describe the process used. *

    Has this book undergone any kind of peer-review process? Describe the process used. *

    What types of file are available for this book? *

    If the textbook is available online, what is the URL?

    If this textbook is or has been used, name the course(s) and institution.

    Suggest other course subjects and levels for this textbook, if applicable.

    Additional information

    Before submitting this form, please confirm that the following required criteria are met.*

    All content (text, images, other media) used in the textbook is covered by an open-copyright licence or is in the public domain.
    YesNo

    This textbook is in a format that can be used to set up a print-on-demand option.
    YesNo

    This textbook has at least one editable file.
    YesNo

    This textbook is organized into chapters and includes a table of contents, chapter learning outcomes, learning activities.
    YesNo

    By submitting this form, you give BCcampus permission to share this information with your identified institution.