TAACCCT Grant OER Repository
MoWINs OER Compliance
MCCA Conference - Branson, Missouri
November 6, 2014
Kevin Talbot
St. Louis Community College
Looking for this to meet your TAACCCT OER Mandate?
These are the things we’ve agreed to do –
• DOL Disclaimer on all work developed with grant funds
• Conduct a 3rd Party Curriculum Review with SMEs
• All work developed with grant funds will be licensed to
the public with a Creative Commons license
Priorities for today’s discussion:
I. Marking grant-funded materials with a Creative Commons
(CC) License
II. Uploading CC Licensed materials into SkillsCommons
III. Using SkillsCommons to
search for TAACCCT OER
materials
MoHealthWINs
Complete by 6/30/15
I. Marking grant-funded materials with
Creative Commons Licensing
Applies to:
• Work developed with grant funds, or
• Work already CC Licensed and enhanced with
grant funds, and
• Work delivered in grant-funded programs
Does not Apply to:
• Copyrighted materials utilized in grant-funded
programs
Example of CC Licensed material - STLCC
Creative Commons Licensing
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range
of creative works that are available for others to build upon legally and to share.
Web address: https://creativecommons.org/
• Creative Commons support 6 different licenses
• Each Creative Commons license ensures licensors get the credit for their
work as they deserve.
• TAACCCT grantees will use the CC BY license
CC BY
•
Legally enables sharing,
reuse and remix
•
Users must attribute your
work in the way you have
specified
•
License is added to your
work to accomplish both
•
Added to Microsoft Office
Suite documents
•
Interactive materials
• Webpages
• Video files
TIPs:
It is best to stage your CC BY licensed documents:
• On a shared drive
• Have a Folder for each Program of Study
• Create a file structure naming convention to name your documents
• Place your documents in the appropriate folder as you go
• Communicate this structure to your team
Example – File Naming Convention:
College_Program Abbreviation_Course Abbreviation_Curriculum Item_Document Name
STLCC_ITHD_IS130_Learning Activities_Hardware Fundamentals Assignment.docx
6 Easy Steps!
Adding a CC BY License to a document
1.
Web address: https://creativecommons.org/
2.
Click Choose a License
3.
This brings up the Chooser
4.
In the box labeled “Help others attribute you!”
• Choose Offline in the “License mark” drop down
5.
The “Non-digital works?” label appears in the box to the right
• The license language will appear in the dialog box
6.
Copy/Paste the license language into your document
• Hit Enter to activate the license link
STLCC Job Aid available!
demo
The Creative Commons Chooser - document
Select Offline
Copy/Paste into
document
The Creative Commons Chooser - webpage
HTML Selected
Copy/Paste into
Webpage/Video
The webpage chooser
creates the CC license
machine-readable code
that will be used by your
technical support
individual to update
your web pages.
The license language
can also be edited using
the chooser – in the
“Help others attribute
you!” section
MoWINs Project Website by MCCA Grant Staff licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
6
easy
steps
II. Uploading CC BY materials into
SkillsCommons
• Official Repository for TAACCCT OER
• MoWINs participated in early adoption of the
application during the summer
• MHWs and MMWs are entered as Grant Programs
• Here’s the link: https://www.skillscommons.org
• Submissions are the items you
place into SkillsCommons
• Recommend submissions at the
Program level. These will match
your college TAACCCT Product
Inventory. (College Programs of Study)
• CareerOneStop-TAACCCT Finder
for online view of your Inventory
• Individual level submissions are
recommended for materials that will
have more granular search capabilities
• Upload File(s) are Learning Resources
and Program Support Materials that are
attached to your submissions
• Processing submissions/uploads by
program level will feel similar to our MHWs Weebly project
• Logins requested from your MoWINs OER Workgroup member
• Let’s demo a SkillsCommons TAACCCT Repository submission
exits
SkillsCommons Demo
TIPs:
Item Status = Your Submission at the Program or Individual Item level
Bitstreams = Uploaded materials within your submission (attachments)
Metadata
= Describes the data entered and is the information about
the item content
Recommend your submissions have:
• A very thoughtful Program Description
• Numerous, but very focused Subject Keywords
• Effective Subject Keywords will enable your colleagues across the
country to more easily search and locate your program materials
• Uploaded materials with easy to read file names that follow your file
structure naming convention
• Place your documents in the appropriate folder as you go
• Communicate this model or your model - to your team
You can do this!
Additional Resources SkillsCommons User Guides:
Learning Resources
Program Support Materials
Both have:
Appendix A – Taxonomy
Appendix B – NAICs Codes
Appendix C – SOC Codes
Appendix D – CIP Codes
Embargo Procedure
SkillsCommons
Screen Cast
Join the Google+ Community:
OPEN for TAACCCT
Videos/Resource links on MCCA Website - Programmatic Documents:
http://open4us.org/resources/
OER Course – SBCTC
Creative Commons
OPEN4us
OLI
CAST
OER Research Hub
III. Searching for TAACCCT Materials in
SkillsCommons
• Browse and Search without a Login
• Browse
• By Grant Project
• By Authors
• By Subjects
• By Industry
• By Material Type
• Search
• By Keywords
• Maximize results using “quotes”
To Do List MoHealthWINs Teams:
 License and Upload, Get Finished!
MoManufacturingWINs Teams:
 License and Upload, Comply As You Go!
MoSTEMWINs Teams:
 Start Searching for Program Materials!
Questions or Comments?
Resources:
Picture on slide 4:
State of Mind by Wang Shein is licensed under CC BY
Picture on slide 5:
Changed Priorities Ahead Sign by R/DV/RS is licensed under CC BY
Picture on slide 23:
Question Box by Raymond Bryson is licensed under CC BY
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