OER Textbook Templates
OER falls under the 5-r's of open content: Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix and Redistribute.
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Open ArizonaThis resource provides many different authoring platforms for you to use to build OER.
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Open Book Project TemplateThis is a template intended to be used by the Open Book Project Fellows to copy, remix, upload and insert media, write, describe, license and publish their OER Projects.
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Rebus Community Appendix: TemplatesHere you will find templates for many different kinds of OER creation beyond simply a textbook
Homework, Tutoring and Instructor Resource Platforms
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LibreText AdaptThis is a test bank collection designed to work with LibreTexts books.
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LibreTexts WorkbenchWorkbenches provide an enhanced user experience for your creating and managing your OER on the LibreTexts libraries.
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OpenStax - How to Access our Free Instructor Resourceswill show you how to access all the resources available to you as an instructor. You must create an instructor account, which is always easy and free, to use these resources. They include may test banks, solutions manuals, slides, and book customization. Student resources may include reading and note taking guides as well as time management guides.
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OpenStax TutorCreate interactive readings with embedded questions to keep your students engaged, and build your own homework assignments. You must create an OpenStax account to use this resource but it is free and easy to sign up.
Publishers for your OER Book
OER gets published, just like your textbook, and there are many companies who publish OER textbooks and tools.
Check out this Publishing OER LibGuide by the librarians at Albert S. Cook Library at Towson University.
On this same page you will find a number of great planning tools as well.
Attribution Builders
Think of these as the citation style for OER, similar to the MLA, APA or Chicago style you may already be using - but easier!
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Open Washington Attribution BuilderThis site was built and is maintained by Open Washington.
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Deakin University Creative Commons Attribution BuilderThis builder will help you comply with the attribution requirement of a Creative Commons licence
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OER Attributions - Tacome CollegeThis LibGuide provides a number of different attribution links and videos.
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Best Practices from OER CommonsThe OER Commons is a a great place to start any OER project.
Attribution Statements Resources
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Attribution Statements for Remixed OER ContentAmy Hofer, Statewide Open Education Program Director for Open Oregon, provides some examples.
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Chapter 11, Attributing adapted materialsThis guide is from BC Campus, a leader in the OER field.
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Attribution Style GuideThis guide provides a method for writing attributions along with examples to illustrate the expected style of attributions for Open Oregon Educational Resources projects but it is applicable to programs in other states.
Examples of Attributions
Examples of attribution statements:
Attributing a text that has been borrowed and modified with edits and additional content, from Chapter 11 of BC Campus's Adaptation Guide :
This chapter is an adaptation of Physical Geography and Natural Disasters by R. Adam Dastrup and is used under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Changes include rewriting some of the passages and adding original material.
Attributing a text that has been adopted without changes, from Chapter 11 of BC Campus's Adaptation Guide:
This chapter is composed of text taken from Chapter 2.2 of Physical Geography and Natural Disasters by R. Adam Dastrup and is used under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. No changes have been made nor original material added.
Attributing a photo that has been altered, from from Chapter 11 of BC Campus's Adaptation Guide:
Dog by David Locke is used under a CC BY 2.0 license. Modifications to this photo include cropping.
Attributing an unaltered photo using a caption, from Chapter 9 of a textbook by PCC authors titled Understanding New Media Arts:
Mark Rothko, No 1. (Royal Red and Blue), 1954, oil on canvas, 288.9 cm × 171.5 cm (113¾ in × 67½ in), Private collection. Source: Wikipedia, License: Fair use.
OER - Open Educational Resources: Licenses & Attribution by PCC Library under a Creative Commonts Attribution 4.0 International