CVSD OER

Are you ready to add an open license to your work?

A person making a checklist in a notebook.

Use this checklist to make sure that all the requirements for open licensing are met. Please note that it is very helpful to review this checklist BEFORE you begin development work so that you are designing your resource with open licensing requirements in mind from the beginning.

The pdf version is downloadable and the content is displayed in an editable version below.

Open Licensing Checklist

All graphics (charts, pictures, clip art) are openly licensed or in the public domain.

All written content is original, openly licensed, or in the public domain.

An attribution statement for each element from a different source has been included. This attribution includes the title (if known), author, license and associated links to those items.

Work is available as both a PDF and editable format.

If your district holds copyright on staff-created work (most common),  you have permission to apply an open license.

Has the most flexible open license that is not in conflict with any other existing licenses on incorporated work been chosen. Creative Commons Attribution License  (CC BY) preferred.

Open license text, icon, and associated links have been added to document.

Link to unit  or course has been submitted or resource has been uploaded to or created in  OER Commons.

Resources

Quickstart Guide to Openly Licensed Resources | OSPI

OER Development - Resource Tracking Template | OSPI

Copyright and Open Licensing Guide | OSPI

Permissions Guide for Educators | OER Commons

Best Practices in Attribution | Creative Commons