Skyline College students have shared that high course material costs are a barrier to accessing college classes. To increase Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) course development, Skyline College and SMCCCD are providing professional development support and incentive funding for faculty to convert courses from commercial materials to no-cost course materials such as OER and library resources.

The award especially encourages coordinated ZTC implementation within programs of study to create ZTC degree pathways. 

It is noteworthy that:

  • The incentive awards are over and above compensation for base and overload (when applicable) faculty work assignments
  • All awardees commit to using materials developed with project award(s) for at least two academic years
  • Faculty may only receive one award per course
  • The initial determination regarding approval of ZTC project applications shall be made by the Zero Textbook Cost Work Group

Contact Us

Want to participate? Have questions?

Contact the ZTC Team at: skylineztc@smccd.edu

Eligibility

This award is available to all faculty at Skyline College.

All full-time and part-time faculty are encouraged to apply.

ZTC Project Application  

ZTC Project Funding Levels

All projects include:

  • Selecting OER/ZTC content
  • Revising in response to peer reviews of content, design, and licensing
  • Sharing final project under a CC BY license in an open repository
Hours Project Scope
5 - 15
  • Minimal adaptation of content to support Course Outline of Record (COR) and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism (IDEA) principles
  • Minimal remediation for accessibility
16 - 40
  • Minimal to moderate adaptation of content to support COR and IDEA principles
  • Minimal to moderate content development, including activities and assessments
  • Minimal to moderate remediation for accessibility
41 - 60
  • Significant adaptation of content to support COR and IDEA principles
  • Moderate to significant content development, including activities and assessments
  • Commensurate remediation for accessibility
61 - 100
  • Extensive adaptation and/or authoring of content to support COR and IDEA principles
  • Significant content development, including activities and assessments
  • Commensurate remediation for accessibility
100+ or .2 FTE

Original authoring of OER if no content exists, in consultation with the ASCCC-OERI discipline lead

Steps to submit a ZTC course project proposal

  1. Review the ZTC project level descriptions.
  2. Consider your project goals and deliverables, as well as your timeframe and anticipated workload.
  3. Complete all sections of the project proposal form. Be sure to click "Submit Form" when you finish.

Questions?

Please reach out to the ZTC Team at Skyline at SkylineZTC@smccd.edu for additional information.