Looking for an easy way to develop and store free, openly licensed course materials tailored to your students’ needs? Pressbooks is an open-source platform that allows faculty and staff to create, adapt, and publish textbooks, guides, and manuals for the classroom, all at no cost to students.
Pressbooks' user-friendly interface makes it simple to collaborate, revise, and update content over time, ensuring your materials stay relevant. Whether you're designing a new resource or customizing existing open educational resources (OER), Pressbooks empowers content creators to customize learning experiences that fit the curriculum. Start creating today and make your courses more accessible! For more information, check out our resource guide or contact Regina Beard (rmbeard@fgcu.edu).
Textbooks cost college students approximately $1,200 per year. The Education Data Initiative suggests that 65% of college students skip buying textbooks because of the expense.
The University Library works to provide access to more than 2,000 print and electronic textbooks, including those with the highest price tags and classes with high enrollment.
Search the library's course reserve collection to find out if your textbook is available.