Session 1 Guide
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, you will
- Understand the program objectives.
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of program participants.
- Be able to navigate the course materials.
- Be familiar with the basics of the publishing process.
Agenda
We’re at the project scoping stage now. This stage is all about making decisions, designing your book, and documenting your plans. Here’s what we’re going to do today to support you in this stage.
- Introduce ourselves and our projects.
- Define OER.
- Review the program objectives.
- Review the roles and responsibilities of the facilitator, authors, and CUNY OER Fellows.
- Get to know the course materials and publishing process.
- Learn about project scoping.
You can download the Session 1 slides [PDF] for an additional overview of the session.
Activities
Homework
Complete the following activities before the next session.
- Complete a draft of your project summary. While doing so, you may find it helpful to review one or more of the following sample project summaries created for the Rebus Textbook Success Program:
- If possible, preview the publishing platforms we’ll be discussing in the next session.
✅ Checking In
Instructions: To make sure you are set up for our next session, please check off all completed items on this checklist.
Additional Resources
General Resources
- The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)
- Making Open Textbooks: A Video Guide, an alternative format from the Rebus Guide from the Rebus Community
- Scope an OER Adoption or Creation, University of Hawai’i OER
Publishing Platforms
Pressbooks
- CUNY Pressbooks Network
- CUNY Pressbooks Guide, a guide to creating OER in Pressbooks for the CUNY community
- Pressbooks Directory, an index to thousands of the books published via Pressbooks
Manifold
- Manifold @CUNY
- Manifold Guides, a collection of guides for creators on CUNY Manifold
Resources on Open Licenses and Fair Use
- Creative Commons Licenses: What Are They & How Can You Use Them? (video)
- CC Licensing Guide, Rebus Community
- CC License Chooser, Creative Commons
- When Making an Adaptation, What’s Compatible? What’s Not??
- Traditional Knowledge Licenses, Local Contexts
- Copyright and Open Licenses, BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide
- Office Hours: License To …?, Open Education Network and Rebus Community (video)
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources, Center for Media & Social Impact
- Fair Use Evaluator, Copyright Advisory Network – American Library Association
Attribution
This page is adapted from “Session 2: Project Scoping,” a handout created by the Rebus Community, licensed CC BY 4.0. The structure of this page is based on that of the handout, but elements are new or have been revised according to the needs of our program, especially the learning objectives, agenda, and checklist.
