Instructor Resources
Open Access Availability
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Locating Additional Resources for Your Course
The following additional resources are available:
- Instructor-only test bank http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93404
- Instructor resource sharing portal https://www.oercommons.org/groups/fundamentals-of-business-user-group/1379
- Links to 3rd edition PDF, ePub, and print on demand versions http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99283
- 1st edition (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961 and 2nd edition (2018) http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84848
- Errata http://bit.ly/FunBus3Errata
- Instructor listserv https://groups.google.com/a/vt.edu/forum/#!forum/fundamentalsofbusiness-g
- Links to additional resources will be added here http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99283
Sharing Resources You’ve Created
Have you created any supplementary materials for use with Fundamentals of Business such as presentation slides, activities, test items, or question banks? If so, please consider sharing your materials related to this open textbook. Please tell us about resources you wish to share by using this form: http://bit.ly/business-interest or by directly sharing non-assessment resources under an open license to the public-facing instructor sharing portal https://www.oercommons.org/groups/fundamentals-of-business-user-group/1379.
Request for Feedback
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