Special Release: Pressbooks Content Toolkit

Announcing the Pressbooks Content Toolkit (Free Trial through February 26th, 2026)

Accessibility remediation and content quality workflows can be time-consuming and complex. The Content Toolkit is built to ease that burden by:

• Empowering authors with real-time accessibility guidance as they write and edit
• Helping administrators scan content at scale
• Reducing time spent finding and fixing broken links

These tools complement your existing workflows and support both content creators and network managers as you prepare materials to meet institutional and regulatory expectations.

What’s in the Content Toolkit

The Content Toolkit brings together a set of time-saving features that help authors and administrators proactively identify and address common issues in learning content.

Accessibility Assist (powered by Editoria11y)

Pressbooks Accessibility Assist is a set of tools powered by Editoria11y that help authors identify, understand, and address accessibility issues in Pressbooks content, both while content is being created and across their published books.

The Accessibility Assist Author Tool helps authors create more inclusive learning materials from the start by providing real-time guidance on accessibility. It empowers creators to catch issues as they write, reduce remediation later, and ensure all learners can engage with content effectively.

NEW: Also included in the Content Toolkit is the Accessibility Assist Scanner Tool which saves authors time by automatically updating the report for a whole book with one click.

See how Accessibility Assist Author Tool works
See how Accessibility Assist Scanner Tool works

Link Checker

The Link Checker scans content for broken or unreachable links, making it easy for authors to identify and fix issues. The Link Checker helps authors keep learning materials reliable and provides visitors with a smooth, error-free reading experience.

See how the Link Checker works

Network Book Scanner

The Network Book Scanner allows network managers to request bulk scans of multiple books and view the most recent results in one place. This tool makes it easy to identify issues, prioritize fixes, and ensure materials meet accessibility and quality standards.

See how the Network Book Scanner works

Scan limits: During the free trial, there will be a daily combined limit of 20 scans per network (including accessibility and link scans)

New user: You may notice a new system user named botccpb appear on your network. This is a Pressbooks-managed system account used to securely run automated accessibility scans for the Content Toolkit

About the Free Trial

From February 10 through February 26, the entire Content Toolkit will be free and automatically enabled on every Pressbooks Enterprise Network, unless a network has opted out. During the trial period, logged-in users will see helpful in-product guidance and how-to resources to make the most of each tool.

Add-on tool pricing: After February 26th the Content Toolkit will become an add-on feature for Enterprise networks. Networks will not be billed unless they choose to opt-in to the Toolkit at the end of the free trial. You can contact your account manager at any point to let them know you are interested in adding the Content Toolkit to your network.

Learn more: To help users get the most out of the Content Toolkit, we’ll be hosting a how-to webinar on February 18 where we’ll walk through how to create and maintain accessible publications using Pressbooks, combining these tools with practical, real-world best practices.
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Register now for Designing for Accessibility: Publishing Compliant Content in Pressbooks.