About this Template

What’s the difference between interpersonal and presentational?

Interpersonal communication indicates some form of two-way communication. An oral example might be a phone call, face-to-face conversation, a debate, etc. A written example could include a blog post, letter, email, or social media post.

Presentational communication is usually a one way transfer of information, you, the speaker, to your audience. An oral example might include a presentation, a skit, commercial, etc. A written example could include an essay or research paper, a reflection journal, news article, promotional materials, etc.

What is an artifact?

An artifact is any type of project or assignment that demonstrates your language proficiency.

Images, Videos (Non-Web Hosted), Audio, and PDFs

To add these types of artifacts to your book, you’ll use the “Add Media” button. You can upload your files ahead of time using the media option on the left panel or when you click on the “Add Media” button. Pressbooks will support most common file types and each file can be up to 24 mb. You can learn more about the Media functionality with this Pressbooks Tutorial and the following table lists compatible files:

YouTube, Vimeo, and other Web-Hosted Videos

You can automatically embed media from a variety of providers (like YouTube, Twitter, Vimeo, TED, Flickr, Reddit, TikTok, Spotify, and more). To add the video, copy the URL of the video, audio, or other media (i.e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrcrFJVgbbs), paste the URL onto its own line, and click Save. The URL should be automatically replaced by the embedded content. After you save the chapter or post, the content will display in the book.

Google Docs

To embed a Google Doc, you will use an additional tool called H5P. H5P allows you to create interactive activities or display certain types of web content, like a Google Slideshow or Document. To begin, click on the Plugins ⚡️ button in the left panel. Look for H5P and click the activate button. H5P Content will now show up on the left panel as an option.

The first time you click on this option, you will accept the terms of using the tool. Next, you will click on H5P Content again and select the add new option. From the list, select iFrame Embedder. You’ll give the activity a name, such as French Literature Presentation. For size, Presentations will use 800 for minimum width and width and 600 for height. For Documents, you may need to play around with the height to get the content to fit. You can start with 800 for minimum width and width and 1000 for height. Increase the height size in increments of 100 if needed until all of your content is visible. Next, in a new tab, open the Google Doc you wish to include.  Within the file, go to File -> Share -> Publish to the Web. Click on the Embed tab and select publish. Copy the url in between <iframe src=”copy this url”…>, you will stop copying after the first set of quotations. Example: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vS7qegrBAnbTKXakSkYLN_IkqigJmjA6vTLInA0kDQSnvZ7QPopzjAvkZy0n1UFfjieuejsuq6RtX-N/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000. Paste it in the Source option.

Once finished, click the publish button in the right corner of the screen. You will be given a short code such as that you will copy and paste in your book where you want the document to appear.

1. Design a cover image for your book that is at 900 pixels wide and 1200 pixels tall. I recommend using Canva, a free, easy to use graphic design tool. Here is a Canva template for you and I’ve included a few options to get started if you’d like to use them or use the blank page at the bottom of the list.
2. Once you have a cover created, click on ‘Book Info’ in the left panel. Scroll down to “Cover Image”. Click Choose File and locate your book cover file on your computer .Click Choose to upload that file into Pressbooks and click Save to complete the cover image change.