Part 6

Which One Fits You?

Everything in this guide is free and open-source:

  • "I want to share an open textbook or guide" → Open Publishing Space 2: demo · download
  • "I want an open home for my course" → Open Course Hub 2: demo · download
  • "I already have a Pressbooks book or LMS course" → the Pressbooks or Common Cartridge Converter

Both are edited in the browser with Grav's new Admin 2 panel, or as Markdown files with any editor or via Git.

Important

Good to know: publishing as a website keeps things simple, but there's no one-click ebook (EPUB or PDF), you'll need a PHP web host (no database), and Grav extras like definition and objectives boxes are shortcodes that other tools would need converted.

Tip

Take this whole guide with you: its full text link gives every page as one Markdown file.

With thanks to the authors of the openly licensed book and course used as examples, for sharing their work in the open 🙏

Paul Hibbitts – hibbittsdesign.org

This work by Paul Hibbitts is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cover photo by chris robert on Unsplash.