Instructional Design Consultation: Work with the ITRC for assistance with incorporating OER into your course.
: Educators from many institutions and disciplines meet regularly to share ideas and interests.
Create Your Content
: Members of Idaho's academic community are publishing open textbooks and course materials on Pressbooks, providing digital access and increasing affordability.
: Open works authored by ISU faculty, staff, and students. (Note: In Summer 2026, the Idaho Pressbooks Consortium replaced the ISU-specific Pressbooks instance. All maintained works remain available at their new Consortium web addresses.)
: Information about OER and how to publish with Idaho Open Press
Search for Resources
Instructional Materials
: Curated by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. Lists both textbook titles and the courses in which they have been used.
: Expansive repository with textbooks, individual lessons, and software. Many items have reviews. Content spans preschool through graduate school, so using the filters on the left is highly recommended.
: A curated collection that includes hundreds of complete, open, college-level textbooks. Includes reviews.
: Search cataloged Pressbooks made discoverable by their publishing institutions.
: Hand-picked open textbooks, many reviewed by British Columbia faculty. Some include supplementary materials.
Openly-Licensed Content
: The Advance Search uses the power of Google to help narrow down results based on “Usage rights”. This allows you to scan multiple repositories for open content.
: Multimedia repository with free-use images, sound, and video files.
: An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.
Additional Resources
Share Your Content
: Use Creative Commons (CC) tools to help share your work. Free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give your permission to share and use your creative work with conditions of your choosing.
: A public digital library of open education resources for exploration, creation and collaboration with educators around the world.
: (ITLC) is a network hub that promotes Idaho education by creating and sharing OER content through an interactive platform, fostering student-centered learning.
