Pressbooks – First Part – What your book might contain
3 Enhanced Media – one of the best features of PressBooks
You can add
- standard hyperlinks
- YouTube videos that open automatically inside the “book”
- PhET simulations, or other HTML5 simulations
- H5P which gives “check your knowledge” quizzes inside the book as the person is reading it.
- Your own videos. You do not have to go through YouTube
Click here to learn more about BCcampus and Open Education Resources:
Direct link: https://bccampus.ca/about-us/ If you are reading this online it will open automatically below.
A PhET simulation to help you with these concepts. If you are reading this book online it will open automatically below. Direct link here:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion-basics
A good video. Cats on a slippery floor demonstrating inertia. Direct link: https://youtu.be/Ev-DcW7q4Pc If you are reading this book online it will open automatically below this sentence. Remember you have to be careful wit the copyright of YouTube content, but that is true no matter what you are doing at the College. This video is from the original artist. I normally use government videos from NASA, etc, that are copyright free.
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Here is a video I made using my iPhone. You could download it here.
Slinky down calculus and physics books
You can add H5P interactive elements right in the book, if they are reading it online.
https://h5p.org/content-types-and-applications