To make your OER as accessible and usable as possible, it’s important to offer it in a variety of formats. While a Creative Commons license allows for broad reuse, the actual technical openness of your resource—how easily others can access, edit, and adapt it—matters just as much.
For example, a PDF is useful for printing, but offering your OER in web, editable, and offline formats ensures it can be used in more flexible and inclusive ways.
If you're using Pressbooks, you're in luck—it allows you to export your OER in multiple professional formats, including web, PDF (print and digital), EPUB, MOBI, ODT, XML, WXR, and XHTML.
Congratulations—you’ve completed and formatted your OER! Now it’s time to think about how you’ll share it with the world.
Promoting your resource is an important part of the publishing process. It helps ensure your OER reaches the learners and educators it was created for. If your institution supported or funded your project through a grant, there may also be an expectation to demonstrate its reach and impact.
Consider how you’ll share your OER with colleagues, students, and your professional network. Promote it through institutional channels, conferences, or social media. Track usage and gather feedback to showcase the success of your project. A thoughtful promotional plan not only helps your resource gain visibility but also highlights the value of open education and the impact of your work. Consider using these resources to support promoting your OER.
To encourage your OERs' use, adoption, or adaptation, you must make your resource easy to find in the RRC Library Collection and OER repositories.
Metadata is the descriptive information that helps others find and cite your resource. Each platform may have different metadata requirements; the Library Resources Management team is here to help support you with this step.
Contact Library Resources Management for Metadata and Library Deposit for your resource
Contact Campus MB to submit your resource to the Open ED Repository
If you require printed copies of your OER for your students, RRC Print Services and Campus Store are available to help. RRC Polytech offers a full-service digital print shop. Friendly and helpful staff from Print Services work with state-of-the-art equipment that produces results at an affordable price. You can print your project using a print request in Maestro and selecting the Course Pack Options. Students will be able to pick up printed copies in the Campus Store.
Now it’s time to officially release your resource and begin using it to support your students. Your OER is now live in the Library collection and open repositories—congratulations! This is a major milestone in your project.
Share the news through your promotional plan with colleagues, students, and professional networks. Promoting your OER helps ensure it reaches the learners and educators who can benefit from it most.
Celebrate your achievement—you’ve contributed to a more open, accessible, and inclusive learning environment! Be sure to report the use of your new OER!
