Downloading the OpenStax Canvas Cartridge on Canvas Commons

Please note that the course cartridge includes individual links to each section of the OpenStax textbook. Additional resources can be found under the Instructor Resources tab in .docx. .pptx, .pdf, or google form formats. If you plan to use these additional resources in your LMS, they will need to be converted, as OpenStax currently does not have LMS-compatible files for these resources. We recommend contacting your institution's technical support team, LMS support team, or IT administrators for assistance.

To download the OpenStax Canvas Cartridge on Canvas Commons:

1. Log into your Canvas account.

2. Create an empty course shell.

• Depending on your Canvas permissions, you may need to reach out to your LMS administrator to set up a new course on your dashboard.

3. In your course, click on the symbol for Commons from the toolbar on the left side.

4. You will be directed to the general Canvas Commons search. In the search bar, type in:
CCC CVC-OEI: OpenStax Textbook Title, this will pull up a list of our official cartridges.

If you do not see the title or edition you would like to use, please consider downloading a Canvas Course cartridge from openstax.org. Click here to get started. 

5. Click on the OpenStax Title you would like to use. We will use OpenStax Biology 2e in the screenshots below.

6.  Click the blue Import/Download button on the right once on the resource's page.

7. Choose the course where you want to import this cartridge.

8. Click on Import into Course to start the process. The import will begin automatically, and the cartridge resources may take a few minutes to load in the selected course.

 

9. Return to your course shell; the content will be in Modules. You may need to refresh the page if the content doesn't load immediately.