Adding a Resource to a Group

Adding a Resource to a Group

Ensure the item is OER

• If you are the creator of the content, please make sure that there are no copyrighted items within your work. You may link to another website without violating copyright, but you may not have any content that is under another copyright contained within your resource.
• If you are remixing, or sharing another OER, please make sure the item is in the public domain or otherwise openly licensed. For information on the Creative Commons copyrights, please see the Creative Commons website.  If you have questions, you can contact info@oercommons.org and the team at OER Commons can help clarify the resource's copyright status. 

Choose an Authoring tool

OER Commons provides 3 authoring tools and a resource submission tool. To create an original resource, choose one of the Open Author tools. For most library settings, the Resource Builder is most applicable. 

three open authoring tools from OER Commons.

Write or upload your content

• Using the tool, begin writing your content. You can also import from Google Docs or a OneDrive Word document.
• If your lesson/resource has multiple sections, separate them by Unit. If it's a single section, separate by headings and subheadings.
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Describe your resource

Once you've completed writing or uploading your resource content, give your resource some descriptors using the form on the "Describe" page. 

Describe your resource.

Submit your resource

Submit your resource to be included in the group. Remember, fields with an asterisk are required. 

Resource submission form.