Open Educational Resources

Wheaton College OpenPress is Wheaton College's Pressbooks instance. Pressbooks, online software, is one of the go-to authoring platforms for creating and distributing OER and open textbooks. 

According to their user guide, "Pressbooks is used by independent authors, small and medium-sized publishers, and educational institutions around the world. All book formats are produced using templates that are optimized to look great in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. File exports produced with Pressbooks can be exported and downloaded from Pressbooks and distributed or shared however you like. The advantages of Pressbooks include:

• A simple, familiar interface
• Professionally-designed book files, without complex software
• Unlimited ability to edit, update, and (re)export books
• Ability to collaborate with other authors and editors
• A variety of book formats
• Complete control over your own content"

How to access Pressbooks

The Wallace Library Research and Instruction Department supports a self-serve and openly licensed instance of Pressbooks for Wheaton faculty and staff: Wheaton College OpenPress.

To sign in to OpenPress for the first time

• Go to “Sign In” from the header navigation menu

• Sign in using your Wheaton College email address
• You will receive a DUO push
• Once you receive the duo push you will land on your Pressbooks/OpenPress Dashboard which is where you can create or access your books/projects, change your settings or update your profile.

Please contact librarians_research@wheatoncollege.edu for account set-up assistance.