Seven Platforms You Should Know About: Share, Find, Author, or Adapt Creative Commons-Licensed Resources

Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:30am-12:30pm (EDT) - (This is an in-person and live-streamed event.) Creative Commons licenses allow no-cost access, redistribution, remix, and reuse with attribution. This session is for faculty (and others) who want to know about platforms which enable sharing, finding, creating, and/or adapting of openly licensed or public domain resources. This session features live demos by expert users or creators of a selection of no-cost platforms and/or collaborative communities listed below. Virginia Tech attendees will also have the opportunity to sign up for consultations.

9:30 A.M. Introduction - Why Share?
9:45 A.M. VTechWorks/Merlot/Open Textbook Library/OER Commons
10:15 A.M. VT’s Odyssey learning object repository
10:40 A.M. Discussion/Refreshments

Adapt or Author

11:00 A.M. OER Commons
11:25 A.M. Overleaf (formerly WriteLaTeX) focusing on book templates
11:50 A.M. Pressbooks and Rebus textbook editing community
12:15 P.M. Discussion & Next Steps
12:30 P.M. Adjourn

Presenters include: Anita Walz, Virginia (Ginny) Pannebacker, Kayla McNabb, Lisa Petrides, Ryan Looney, Hugh McGuire

Recording of the Event