OER: Open Educational Resources: Creating OER

This guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.

A robust selection of toolkits and guides.

Projects contain resources, texts, and information about the project itself. Texts can come from many sources, including EPUBs, Google Docs, Markdown, HTML, and Word docs. Authors and readers can annotate texts and comment on resources. Students and instructors can form reading groups to annotate collaboratively. Manifold is, and always will be, 100 percent open source and free.

Allows faculty to create high grade custom textbooks in both digital and print formats.

Links to the authoring platform from OER Commons. Use Module Builder to create interactive content or Open Author to create course materials using text, files, images, etc. You will be prompted to set up an account to use this platform.

Access templates for creating tailored websites with a variety of designs, including e-portfolio structures, lesson plans, online courses, and others.

Pressbooks is useful for creating and publishing open textbooks and can be used much like a WordPress site. Used by the MN OER Network. FREE AND PRICED OPTIONS

A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources.

A report from UDLonCampus.

This site provides help with creating accessible content, evaluating the accessibility of OER sites, determining if your site is accessible, and advice on fixing issues.

Create a truly open textbook—one that is free and accessible for all students.

WAVE identifies many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) errors, but also facilitates human evaluation to help authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities.