PDF textbooks

If your course uses a textbook, you can add a PDF version of it for students to download and use. Each textbook that you add is displayed to students as a tab in the course navigation bar.

Note

To avoid forcing your students to download one large file, it is recommended that you upload a separate PDF file for each chapter of your textbook.

1. Select Textbooks from the Content menu:

   

2. Click on the green + New Textbook button:

   

3. Enter Textbook Name and Chapter Name.

4. Add a PDF file from your computer by clicking on the Upload PDF button. Follow the prompts to upload your file as shown in the following screenshot:

   Note

   It's possible that you could encounter errors when uploading a PDF file with Firefox; if that is the case, you should try again, using Google Chrome.

   

5. Hover your mouse over the + Add a Chapter bar to add more chapters.

6. Click on it when it turns blue.

7. Repeat the preceding steps as many times as needed as shown:

   

8. Click on the blue Save button when you are done.

With your textbook added...