Tips for organizing resources on OER Commons

On OER Commons

• You must have an active user account and be logged in to OER Commons to utilize any of these options.
• You can utilize any or all of these options to keep your OER organized. 

For your personal use

My Items

Identify resources: 

• Search: Use the Advanced Search or search by Hubs to identify resources you’d like to curate, share, use, etc.

• Collections: Click on a collection to show resources in the collection. 

Save to My Items > a folder is required (click the create a folder button) 

• Screenshot_OERC_save-to-My-Items.png

• see this help article  

Search results and/or Collections page

Identify resources: 

• Search: Use the Advanced Search or search by Hubs to identify resources you’d like to curate, share, use, etc.

• Collections: Click on a collection to show resources in the collection. 

Sort: Default is relevance; you can resort by Title, Date added, etc. 

Using this collection on the National Geographic PowerED Hub:

• Screenshot of collection default: 

  • Screenshot_OERC_sort-default1.png

  • Screenshot_OERC_sort-default2.png

• Screenshot of collection sorted by Title:

  • Screenshot_OERC_sort-title1.png

  • Screenshot_OERC_sort-title2.png

Bookmark: Once sorted, bookmark the page (or send the URL to share with your colleagues). The sort option you select will save with the URL you bookmark / send. 

Share with others 

Group > folders 

Create or join a group: Anyone can create a group on OER Commons. You can request to create a group through our support center. 

Curate resources: Use the Advanced Search or search by Hubs to curate resources you’d like to save in your group. 

Save resources to the group: You can save any resource to a group and a group folder or subfolder. 

Screenshots: 

• Save resource to a group Screenshot_OERC_save-to-group.png

• Save resource to a group folder / subfolder Screenshot_OERC_save-to-group-subfolder.png

Build a Course 

Courses on OER Commons can be leveraged as a way to organize lessons into Units, stacking in an order of your design. 

• Example course / textbook on OER Commons: Fossil Forests: Finding Clues to Our Past

• Anyone can create a course on OER Commons. Reach out to info@oercommons.org if you'd like us to help you.