{"id":34,"date":"2017-02-18T14:42:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T19:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=34"},"modified":"2017-02-23T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T01:30:13","slug":"importing-text-into-your-open-textbook","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/chapter\/importing-text-into-your-open-textbook\/","title":{"raw":"Importing Text into your Open Textbook","rendered":"Importing Text into your Open Textbook"},"content":{"raw":"If you wish to import text (e.g., from an open textbook), you may either copy and paste the text into a \"New Chapter\" in your open textbook or use Pressbooks' Import tool. To access the latter, visit the \"Dashboard\" of your open textbook and click on the \"Import\" link. This links gives you several options, including one (HTML) that will scrape the text from any webpage (see below). Once you have imported the raw text, you are free to revise or remix\u00a0it as necessary.\r\n\r\n<em>Important: It is best to immediately add the correct attribution for the imported text (including a hyperlinks to the original work, the author, and the appropriate CC license).<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe correct format for attribution is as follows: Title of work by Author. Creative Commons license.\r\n\r\nFor example:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/pressbooks\/\">BC Open Textbook Pressbooks Guide <\/a><span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/\">BCcampus<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC-BY 4.0<\/a><\/span>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Tip: An excellent tool for constructing proper attributions is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openwa.org\/attrib-builder\/\">Open Washington's Open Attribution Builder<\/a>.<\/div>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"481\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98\" \/>","rendered":"<p>If you wish to import text (e.g., from an open textbook), you may either copy and paste the text into a &#8220;New Chapter&#8221; in your open textbook or use Pressbooks&#8217; Import tool. To access the latter, visit the &#8220;Dashboard&#8221; of your open textbook and click on the &#8220;Import&#8221; link. This links gives you several options, including one (HTML) that will scrape the text from any webpage (see below). Once you have imported the raw text, you are free to revise or remix\u00a0it as necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>Important: It is best to immediately add the correct attribution for the imported text (including a hyperlinks to the original work, the author, and the appropriate CC license).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The correct format for attribution is as follows: Title of work by Author. Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<p>For example:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/pressbooks\/\">BC Open Textbook Pressbooks Guide <\/a><span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/\">BCcampus<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC-BY 4.0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Tip: An excellent tool for constructing proper attributions is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openwa.org\/attrib-builder\/\">Open Washington&#8217;s Open Attribution Builder<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"481\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool.jpg 914w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool-65x34.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool-225x118.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2017\/02\/PB-import-tool-350x184.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-34","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/34\/revisions\/138"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/34\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/oerworkshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}