Per the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or
limited restrictions.

Source: Open Educational Resources. Retrieved June 18, 2019, from United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Web site: https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer

Watch this video to learn more about Creative Commons!

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Attribution Made Easy

Sometimes you might use many different Creative Commons (CC) licensed works in one Canvas page or course. You can make an attribution for each page that allows others to know where the original works came from. Thanks to David Lippman of Pierce College and Lumen Learning there is a tool that you can load right into your Canvas course that makes CC licensing and attributions a snap. This tool is now available in the Rich Text Editor toolbar and it allows you to add an automatic license of your choice directly to any place where you might need to add a CC License.

Canvas Commons

How do I share my course on Canvas Commons?

How to I update a resource I shared on Canvas Commons?

Questions? Please email Kathleen Berry, Instructional Technology Specialist in Office of Online Learning. Copyright questions may directed to Kay Neary, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Massasoit Community College Library.