TeachCenter-Plugin for Open Educational Resources (OER)

When you upload a file to the TeachCenter, you can set its licence.

• Activate the editing mode in your TeachCenter course (slider at the top right: Edit).
• Click on Add Activity or Resource in the desired section. Select File from the pop-up menu and click Add.
• Name the file. In the Select Files section, click on the small file icon. A pop-up window for file upload opens.

  

• Click on Select file to select the desired file from your computer.
• You can now specify author and licence in the upload window.

  

• Click Save and go to the course.

If you have dragged and dropped a file into the course or want to correct the licence of existing files, you can do this in the file settings.

• Click on the three dots > Edit settings next to the file to open the activity settings.

  

• Click on the file in the Select Files section. The file menu opens as described above, where you can change author and licence.

  

The licence information set during file upload is only visible to those who have editing rights in the course and can change the file. To make the licence visible to students as well, you have the following options:

• Insert the licence information directly into the file, e.g. in the footer. Keep in mind the TASL rule for correct licensing information for OER.
• Add the licence information to the description of the file in the activity settings. Don't forget to tick the box Show description in course so that your students can see the description.
• If you host videos on YouTube, you can select the licence "Creative Commons" in the settings on YouTube and also add the corresponding licence to the video description.

Once you are registered as an OER-certified teacher, you can use the plugin in TeachCenter via the main menu: More - OER.

All OERs that are set to “release” in the TeachCenter will be uploaded to a library repository at regular intervals. The date of the next upload can be seen directly in the plugin. This makes it easier for other teachers to find your OER. You can also search other teachers' files on OERhub.at.

All files marked as OER in your TeachCenter course are listed in the plugin as a list or on cards. You can see at a glance whether all the necessary information for release has been added and whether the file has already been flagged for release or has already been published.

Some metadata is automatically collected, e.g. file names, course metadata and licences.

If the message Not all requirements for release are met is displayed on the tile for a file, this means that mandatory metadata is still missing. Click on the gear icon and complete at least the missing mandatory fields (file name, author, licence, context).

By ticking the item Mark for release, the file will be added to the library catalogue the next time it is uploaded. You can also ignore files if they are not to be published.

If you often produce OER with similar metadata (e.g. always the same subject area or licence), you also have the option of defining a default setting that is automatically applied to all files. To do this, click on Preferences directly in the OER plug-in at the top right.

A menu opens in which you can define default values that are applied to all new files when they are edited for the first time.

Despite the default settings, you can enter other metadata for individual files by clicking on the gear icon on the file card. If you want to reset a file to its default settings, you can also do this by clicking on the gear icon next to the file, scrolling down and clicking Reset.

Each file also has course metadata, i.e. information about the course(s) in which this file is used.

By clicking on the Course Metadata button, you can see in which course(s) the file is used. Some metadata are read automatically from TUGRAZonline. If you are not satisfied with these, you can also overwrite the course metadata (e.g. add a description of the contents and learning objectives).

You can also exclude the metadata of a course by ticking the corresponding box. This means that this course information will not be added to the file when uploading.