Open Education has never been easier

Creating with Open Author

Introducing Open Author

Welcome to the OER Community

Open Author helps you build and publish Open Educational Resources for you and for the benefit of educators and learners everywhere.

Why create on OER Commons?

Remixable

Improve and change: remix resources to customize learning for your needs

Curate-able

Curate resources for a specific group or task using groups and folders

Findable

Search and find: get your resources out there, and find what you need

Powerful Editing

Easy to use Editor

What you see is what you get. A rich text editor with robust features.

Drag and Drop

Our new drag-and-drop upload feature makes it easier than ever to add images, video, and other media to your resources.

Import from Your G Drive and One Drive

Got resources on the cloud? Create new resources by uploading them directly from Google Drive and One Drive.

Accessibility Features

Now you can ensure your resources are accessible to people with disabilities with the Accessibility Checker - build right into our editor and designed to keep you compliant with WCAG 2.O, WAI-ARIA, and more, just click to get started.

The best OER is made with tools designed with OER in mind