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About This Guide
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements: eCampusOntario
Introduction
1. Fair Dealing and Fair Use
2. Why Should I Give My Work Away?
3. Quality
4. Concerns About Plagiarism
5. Copyright and Open Licences
6. Experience
7. Not Just Another Textbook
8. Technology: Accounts and Training
9. Who Pays for This?
10. Who Owns Copyright?
11. Contributing Authors
12. Identify Support
13. Project Charter and Timeline
14. Select a Licence
15. Create a Style Sheet
16. Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion
17. Open Textbook Formats
18. Five Rules of Textbook Development
19. Textbook Outline
20. Fix as You Go
21. Resources: Search and Find
22. Citation vs. Attribution
23. Research
24. Resources: Only the Open
25. The Writing
26. Screenshots of Software
27. Resources: Captions and Attributions
28. Peer Review
29. How to Copy Edit
30. Guideline for Copy Editors
31. How to Proofread
32. Remove Platform Access
33. Print-on-Demand Copies
34. Editable Files
35. Textbook Cover
36. Communications
37. The Final Check
38. Textbook Citation
39. Textbook Reviews
40. Maintain the Book
41. Track Adoptions
Appendix 1: Licences and Tools
Appendix 2: Style Guide
Appendix 3: Canadian Spellings and Word List
Appendix 4: Contracts
Appendix 5: Checklists
Glossary
Bibliography
Versioning History
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