Blough-Weis Library: Open Access and Open Educational Resources: Publish OER

Creating OER

Affordable Learning Georgia Tutorial: Creating and Modifying Open Educational Resources
This is an excellent tutorial on how to create your own OER and adapt others' OER to your course.

Our Partnership with Leverpress

Susquehanna University is a member of Lever Press, an open access program that spans across 50+ liberal arts colleges and universities in the United States. Lever Press allows faculty to publish OER for free, as partnering universities cover the cost.

We encourage Susquehanna University faculty who publish OER to consider doing so with Lever Press. Susquehanna University is committed to sharing open resources with colleges across the country, and publishing through Lever Press is one of the most efficient ways of doing so.

Guides on Creation Tools

Open Education Self-Publishing Guide
The BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide is a reference for individuals or groups wanting to write and self-publish an open textbook.This guide provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook. Copyright, open-copyright licences, and the differences between citation and attribution are discussed as well as the importance of copy editing and proofreading. Checklists and templates are also provided. This guide replaces the BCcampus Open Education Authoring Guide.
Authoring Open Textbooks by the Open Textbook Network
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 Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students (from the Open Textbook Network)
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. This is a first edition, compiled by Rebus Community, and we welcome feedback and ideas to expand the text.
80 Open Educational Resources tools
ncludes 80 online resources that you can use to learn how to build or participate in a collaborative educational effort that focuses on publication and development of those materials. Although some choices focus solely on publication, development, or tools used to accomplish either effort, some provide multifaceted venues that offer communities in which to collaborate on one or all of these efforts.

Links to Guides

Creative Commons Search

Creative Commons Search
Search the web with Creative Commons filtered search engine to find web sites, articles, videos, images, and other resources licensed for sharing.

Creation Tools

Pressbooks
"Easily create e-books, typeset PDFs, and web books. Choose from professionally designed book themes. One button publishing." Free and priced options.
SoftChalk
Can be used to create interactive tutorials and mash up text/media.
Screencast-o-Matic
Easily record and edit videos of action on your computer screen.