OpenStax

Owned by Rob Caldwell
Last updated: Sept 17, 2024
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OpenStax is the world’s largest publisher of open education resources (OER) and a provider of interactive learning technologies and education research for high school and college. OpenStax is a nonprofit initiative of Rice University. OpenStax textbooks and activities can be integrated with Canvas courses.

Assignable by OpenStax

Assignable is a new product from OpenStax that allows instructors to:

  • Assign OpenStax readings from select textbooks directly within Canvas

  • Assign pre- and post-reading assessment questions in Canvas

  • Assign additional culturally responsive and interactive materials from the OpenStax Resource Library within Canvas

TLC has already integrated Assignable with the NCSSM Canvas account.

It is currently in beta, so not all textbooks are available within Assignable yet.

Assignable is currently in beta and only has assigments for the following textbooks:

  • Anatomy and Physiology

  • Biology

  • Concepts of Biology

  • Introduction to Sociology

  • Psychology

  • US History

However, you can use the Assignables integration in Canvas to assign reading from any OpenStax textbook.

Assignments will be added to other OpenStax textbooks in the future.

Guides to OpenStax Assignable

To use OpenStax in your courses you must first request instructor access.

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