Answered By: Kerry Louvier
Last Updated: Sep 22, 2020     Views: 240

10 Things Instructors Need to Know About eTextbooks

The Benefits of Using eTextbooks
As described by Rasmussen faculty members who are currently using them…

  1. You can’t lose it, destroy it, or forget it.  If you have Internet, you have the book with you.
     
  2. Your students can’t lose it, destroy it, or forget it.  If they have Internet, they have the book with them.
     
  3. Go green! Less photocopies is good for the environment.
     
  4. Avoid copyright infractions (and extra work) because you’ll never have to photocopy something from the book for your students.
     
  5. You can easily share your own notes from your eTextbook with your students.
     
  6. You can take screenshots of the book for use in PowerPoints and online announcements.
     
  7. If you project the eTextbook onto a SMARTboard, you can demonstrate good note-taking in the book to your whole class at once.
     
  8. You can screenshare the eTextbook during WebEx lessons, so students can follow along in the book.
     
  9. If you are talking with a student on the phone and they don’t have their book, you can send them a screenshot of that page to their email for review later.
     
  10. If a student comes to your campus office hours for help, but without their book, you have it. It’s also easier for both you and the student to look at the screen together.

 


Other Important Information                                                        

If you have an eTextbook provided by a non-VitalSource publisher, or for any additional information related to eTextbooks, the Library & Learning Services Team (LLS) has developed additional answers here in the Answers database.You can also access the Answers database within all of your online courses via the Resources link. Just search for eTextbooks, and away you go!

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All other (non-LLS questions) should be submitted to the appropriate department (advising, bookstore, PSC, etc.).