Evaluating OER
Sample rubrics for evaluating Open Educational Resources:
Understanding Licensing
The Creative Commons license is the most commonly used license for OER. Open licenses allow for the OER content to be used in the following ways (known as the "5 Rs")
Look for the Creative Commons license to understand how an Open Educational Resource may be used. Some helpful resources for decoding Creative Commons Licenses:
Modifying OER
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need To Know - helpful resource for reformatting OER, how to modify PDF, etc.
Creating OER
The OER Creation Toolkit provides an introduction to the use and creation of OER. The text is broken into sections: getting started with OER, copyright, finding OER, teaching with OER, and creating OER.
Pressbooks User Guide - provides answers to common questions about writing and publishing with Pressbooks Create.