Zero Textbook Cost Technical Assistance Provider
Welcome to the website of the Technical Assistance Provider (TAP) for the California Community College Chancellor's Office Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Grant Program. We offer California Community Colleges free resources and services to support their successful development and implementation of ZTC pathways, leveraging the largest-ever public investment in Open Educational Resources (OER).
Get help on the following topics
Professional Development
Learn about, and register for, professional development courses offered by ZTC TAP.
Help Desk: Searching for OER
Request assistance from the ZTC TAP Team to find OER materials for your course.
Help Desk: Open Licensing
Get help with Creative Commons licensing.
Community of Practice
A place to discuss the ZTC adoption best practices and processes with other educators. More info to come. Request assistance from the ZTC TAP Team to find OER materials for your course.
Accessibility
Resources related to learning about and ensuring courses are accessible to all students.
External Service Providers
A list of organizations working to support institutions in the adoption of Open Education initiatives.A place to discuss the ZTC adoption best practices and processes with other educators. More info to come. Get help with Creative Commons licensing.
OER: The What and the Why
OER Definitions and Information for AdvocacyRequest assistance from the ZTC TAP Team to find OER materials for your course.
OER Textbooks
Links to online textbook repositories.Open Office Hours
The ZTC TAP Team is pleased to offer open office hours each month in a variety of subject areas. Complete log-in information is sent to the ZTC email list. To subscribe, please send a request to ztc@cccco.edu.
ZTC Librarian
For questions related to the intersection of Libraries and ZTC. Topics might include eBook licensing, reserve copies of ZTC/OER texts, Alma-D, cataloging OER, library roles on OER/ZTC teams, and more!
These office hours will be co-hosted by California Community College Librarians who have deep experience in OER and ZTC initiatives.
- Aloha Sargent, Technology Services Librarian & ZTC Coordinator
- Ame Maloney, Librarian & ZTC Coordinator
ZTC Licensing
(2nd Friday of each month @12pm)
For questions about open licensing such as Creative Commons licenses. During this OER Licensing Open Office Hour, pose those questions to Jonathan Poritz, veteran faculty member, multiple-OER author, and experienced facilitator of the Creative Commons certificate program.
Bring your questions or just drop by to learn from the informal conversation about all-things-open licensing!
- October 10
- November 14
- December 12
ZTC Open Publishing w/Rebus
(2nd Tuesday of each month @2pm)
Topics might include:
- Content Development and Storytelling
- Strategies for Collaboration and Managing Publishing Teams
- Enhancing your OER: Photos, Media, Illustrations
- Publishing and Marketing your OER
And more! Drop in to ask a question or share what you are doing at your college around publishing OER and improving the capacity of inter-departmental units to sustain this work.
- October 14
- November 11
- December 9
Celebrating ZTC in the CCC- Year 2:
A presentation of the ZTC programs implemented by California Community Colleges and a convening of communities of practice.
Celebrating ZTC in the CCC- Year 2 was be held May 9, 2025 on the College of the Canyons campus in Santa Clarita, California.
Thank you to all of the presenters and attendees!
More information and the agenda can be found on the Conferences page.
TAP Blog
Dr. Barbara Illowsky shares predictions on what's next in Open Education,
focusing on open individualized tutoring.
Contact Info
For questions about support, please contact the Technical Assistance Provider team: ztctap@canyons.edu
For updates and information about the ZTC Grant Program, please subscribe to the state Chancellor's Office ZTC mailing list: ZTC@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET
The Tap Lead Team
