#GoOpenVA: Creator Tools
(View Complete Item Description)Are you ready to level up and create resources in #GoOpenVA? Use these tools to get started. Share with other educators too!
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
All resources in Create Resources in #GoOpenVA
Evaluating Copyright to Determine Use Rights Slides
(View Complete Item Description)This set of slides provides an overview of copyright issues that need to be considered by anyone who contributes to #GoOpenVA.
Material Type: Reading, Visual Media
#GoOpenVA Metadata Planning Document
(View Complete Item Description)This document lists all of the metadata (desriptive information) choices that you can use when PUBLISHING an Open Author resource on #GoOpenVA. It is a helpful reference for those new to publishing resources and can ehlp you plan ahead before you get online to add the resource. A printable Word document is added.
Material Type: Reading
READ ME FIRST: Rules and Notes for Creators
(View Complete Item Description)These are the rules and notes all Creators should read before getting started!
Material Type: Reading
Choosing Metadata for Your Resource: Best Practices
(View Complete Item Description)Some best practices for adding metadata to your customized (remixed) or created resources.
Material Type: Reading
Accessibility
(View Complete Item Description)This short guide to accessibility in OER provides links to sites that maintain up-to-date guides, tips, directions, and helpful tools for creating accessible materials.
Material Type: Reading
Attribution
(View Complete Item Description)This text provides links to up-to-date resources on how to properly attribute OER within your own creations, as well as how to create your own attribution to include in your materials as a helpful guide to others.
Material Type: Reading
Copy-and-Paste Resources for Use by Creators (OER images, audio, video, etc.)
(View Complete Item Description)This is a list of links to help Creators on #GoOpenVA locate openly-licensed videos, images, audiofiles, etc. for using in their own creations.
Material Type: Reading
Linking to Google Docs from #GoOpenVA
(View Complete Item Description)Short tips for those using Google Docs to post on #GoOpenVA
Material Type: Reading
Adding PL Resources to #GoOpenVA Graphic Guide
(View Complete Item Description)This graphic guide helps you go through the process of adding resources to the Professional Learning Hub on #GoOpenVA. Download as an editable PPTX or a non-editable PDF.
Material Type: Reading
Updating SOL Correlations for Your Resources
(View Complete Item Description)A short step-by-step with screenshots for how you can easily update the SOL correlations for your previously published resources on #GoOpenVA.
Material Type: Reading
READ ME FIRST: RULES AND NOTES FOR CUSTOMIZERS
(View Complete Item Description)Anyone who is customizing resources, or remixing as it is often called, should read these rules and notes to ensure they do the correct things when remixing. Following these rules will make your customized resources much more usable for other educators, and that is what #GoOpenVA is all about!. And the various notes probably answer questions that have already occured to you, so definitely read them all.
Material Type: Visual Media
Types of Resources for Remixing Screencast
(View Complete Item Description)When you are customizing, or remixing, you need to understand the differences between two types of resources on #GoOpenVA. One is a resource that is located on a different site; the other is a resource that has been loaded on to #GoOpenVA using Open Author. This 1:45 minute video explains the two types.
Material Type: Visual Media
Finding Open Author Created Resources Screencast
(View Complete Item Description)If you wish to find only resources that have been loaded into #GoOpenVA using the Open Author software, this screencast shows you how.
Material Type: Visual Media
The Ultimate Guide to Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use for Teachers, Students, and Bloggers
(View Complete Item Description)Copyright is important for all teachers, students, and bloggers to know about. And it doesn’t have to be as complicated as you think. We’re here to break down the basics of copyright and other related topics like fair use, public domain, and Creative Commons.
Material Type: Reading
Copyright, OER, and #GoOpenVA: What Every Librarian Should Know
(View Complete Item Description)Presentation for the VAASL Spring 2022 virtual conference. About 30 minutes.
Material Type: Visual Media
Paste Creative Commons License into Document You Wish to Add
(View Complete Item Description)Instructions on how to paste a Creative Commons License into a document that you wish to add to #GoOpenVA. This takes you to the Creative Commons site to pick the proper license and make a copy to paste.
Material Type: Reading
Copyright Considerations for GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums)
(View Complete Item Description)Designed for curators at Virginia's own GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums), this presentation introduces OER (openly-licensed resources) and #GoOpenVA.
Material Type: Reading
Diagrams of Creative Commons Licenses for Reference
(View Complete Item Description)These public domain images are helpful when trying to explain how Creative Commons works, from the least restrictive (public domain) to the most restricitive (all rights reserved, or traditional copyright).
Material Type: Reading
For Creators: Summary of What You Need to Know about Creative Commons, Copyright, and OER
(View Complete Item Description)A summary of the key things every creator needs to know about how to ensure their materials are truly openly licensed and that they don't run afoul of copyright law.
Material Type: Module