1. A Toolkit to Get Your Open Textbook off the Ground November 2017
Mariya Maistrovskaya
Institutional Repositories Librarian
Stephanie Orfano
Acting Head, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Office
Kite by Setyo Ari Wibowo from Noun Project

2. How did this all start?

3. Team Katya Pereyaslavska (project lead)
Online Learning + Accessibility Librarian
ScholarsPortal
Ontario Council of University Libraries
Stephanie Orfano
Acting Head, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Office
University of Toronto Libraries
Mariya Maistrovskaya
Institutional Repositories Librarian
Laurie Harrison
Director, Online Learning Strategies
University of Toronto
Nick Baker
Director, Office of Open Learning
University of Windsor
Giulia Forsythe
Special Project Facilitator
Centre for Pedagogical Innovation
Brock University

4. Why a toolkit?
Existing guides mostly focused on platforms from a technical/formatting perspective
Gap in the resources available addressing the planning and development of an open text in plain language
Bright Lightbulb by Martyn Jasinski from the Noun Project

5. A closer look at the toolkit

6. Content Development Process
Phase
Timeline
Selected Output
Phase 1: Needs Analysis
February April 2017
Needs Analysis Survey
Environmental Scan
Phase 2: Content Development
May September 2017
Writing!
Open up living document (Google Doc) for comment from community
Card sorting exercise
Phase 3: Open eText Start Up Kit Production
October December 2017
Publish Open Textbook Toolkit - open for comments and sharing!
Anywhere we can improve?
Phase 4: Dissemination and Sustaining the Project
January March 2018
Can we track interactions?
What have we learned?
Final report
Ongoing Activities:
Open Textbook Developers Community of Practice Webinars
Updates & strategies sharing from other eCampus grant recipients
Check Mark by Karan from Noun Project

7. Card sorting exercise Cluster analysis
"This was a good activity and useful to help me think about the order of things in a potential open textbook adoption, adaptation, or new creation...”
“... this is a great tool and a really wonderful idea. I'd be interested to see how your feedback gets aggregated...

8. Open Textbook Toolkit live
Feedback welcome at:

9. Thank you!