Open Textbook Challenge

Evaluation relevant for DISCIPLINE: NAME OF COURSE.

1. Bibliographic information

Title		
Author(s)		
Affiliation	(college, university, …)	
Repository	(eCampus-Ontario, OpenUBC, ...)	
URL	(hyperlink to the resource)	
Electronic format	(html, PDF, ePub, ...)	
Size	(measured in kilobytes, chapters, pages, or number of illustrations)	
Publisher & Date	(if known)	
ISBN / DOI		
License	(eg. CreativeCommons)	
Notes:		

Name of the reviewer:  NAME (AFFILIATION)

2. Summary: Potential for reuse (as is, partial, or adaptation needed)

Text	(whole, chapters, topics, examples)	
Practice	(conceptual tasks, exercises, complex problems, self-evaluations)	
Media	(diagrams, illustrations, photographs, animations, video)	
Supplements	(eg. Prepared lectures, solutions, simulations, experiments, other instructor resources)	
Notes:		

3. Content analysis: gross features

[Relate to curriculum citing alignment, deficiencies, and any highlights.]
Evaluation of the elements below will probably be done relative to an existing, currently used textbook.  Acknowledge the current point of comparison.
Comparison text currently used: NAME OF TEXT, AUTHOR

Text (tone: derivational vs reasoning from the observable)
Academic level	(reading level, topic level)	
Narrative	(order of topics)	
Breadth of topics	(cf. course)	
Depth of topics	(rigor, connections)	
Exposition	(reading level, tone {heuristic / derivational}, ...)	
Examples		
Navigation	(TOC, index, glossary)	
References	(sources, further reading)	
Notes:		

Practice [These items are targeted for scientific/quantitative courses]
Self-assessment		
Conceptual		
Quantitative		
Integrative problems	(requiring a synthesis of competencies)	
Applications	(authentic examples & contexts)	
Notes:		

Media
Images	(diagrams, illustrations, photographs)	
Animation/Video		
Interactives		

Supplements (Instructor resources like prepared lectures, solutions to the practice materials, simulations or other media, prepared experiments, etc.)

Notes: 

4. Content analysis: specific comparison
[An in-depth comparison against currently-used text of a specific topic or section of course.]

Topic: NAME OF TOPIC

Current text (name)	Evaluation target (name)