Glossary

One of the five user roles available on any given book project; administrator is the role with the most available privileges for that project. Administrators can add, edit, and delete parts and chapters, they can add and delete users, and they can delete a book.

text that describes the appearance, content, and/or function of an image

A tab in the Dashboard menu where a book's Theme, Theme Options, and Custom Styles can be changed.

A level of permissions that a user can have in a book in Pressbooks. Authors can write, edit, and publish their own parts and chapters, but not those of others

A kind of part that comes at the end of a book after the main content. It can include chapters like a glossary, bibliography, and appendices.

A tab in the Dashboard menu where a textbook’s publication information can be added. It includes fields such as title, author, editor, book description, license, and copyright information.

The term used in Pressbooks to indicate a section within a part. You may also see chapters sometimes being referred to as a "post."

Clone a Book/Cloning: This action allows users to make a copy of a public, openly licensed book published in any instance of Pressbooks.

A tab in the Dashboard menu used to export a book into different file formats such as PDF, EPUB, and MOBI.

a low-stakes evaluation, often ungraded, intended to identify what students have learned and what might require additional instruction

A kind of part, placed at the beginning of book content, that contains content like introductions, dedications, prefaces, and acknowledgements.

To bring content into Pressbooks from other sources, such as Word, EPUB, and HTML files; access the tool in the left vertical menu.

A self-contained version of Pressbooks administered by a particular group. Different instances of Pressbooks may have different features, or may be reserved for particular users. A Pressbooks instance is also called a "domain" or "network."

A textbox option available in the Pressbooks WYSIWYG toolbar used to summarize key points in at the end of a Pressbooks part or chapter. It is recommended that this textbox be restricted to this usage because of the related meta tags.

A programming language built to input, format, and display mathematical and scientific formulas.

A textbox option available in the Pressbooks WYSIWYG toolbar used to list the learning outcomes for a Pressbooks part or chapter. It is recommended that this textbox be restricted to this usage because of the related meta tags attached.

The default label given to a part found in the central portion of a book. It can be relabeled as needed.

A tab in the Dashboard menu that contains a library where imported images, videos, and files are stored for the purpose of embedding or linking in the book. Media can also be added to the Media Library by clicking the Add Media button above the main content in the Pressbooks editor.

Tool used for adding, editing, assigning types, and reorganizing content into parts and chapters. This tool can also be used to select chapters for exporting, display a title (Show Title), and make a textbook private or public.

Overarching sections in Pressbooks that hold chapters. A book is made up of chapters which are sequentially ordered in parts.

A tab in the Dashboard menu (vertical left side menu) that contains numerous options such as privacy, exporting, and displaying formulas with the LaTeX tool.

When cloning a book, the source book is the book that is copied.

A button in the WYSIWYG toolbar that reveals a table of special characters that can be inserted into a Pressbooks page.

The destination book into which a cloned/source book is copied.

The HTML editor view in Pressbooks that allows editing of content as plain text HTML.

The HTML editor view in Pressbooks that allows editing of content as plain text HTML.

A page under the Appearance tab on the Dashboard menu where Administrators can select different appearance and formatting options.

A tab in the Dashboard menu where an Administrator can add and delete Users in a book and change permissions. Users can have any of the following roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, or Subscriber.

The visual—WYSIWYG—editor view in Pressbooks which allows you to see how content will be formatted in different exported files and the webbook.

The visual—WYSIWYG—editor view in Pressbooks which allows you to see how content will be formatted in different exported files and webbook.

The online version of a book authored in Pressbooks.

The three rows of tools and formatting options available in the Pressbooks Visual Editor. (WYSIWYG is the acronym for “what you see is what you get”.)