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OpenUCT LibGuide: Finding an Open Educational Resources

Libguide of the open access institutional repository of the University of Cape Town (UCT)

Step by step guide on how to find an Open Educational Resource on OpenUCT

Step 1: Go to the OpenUCT homepage and click on the Open Educational Resources community as indicated by the arrow in the screenshot below:
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Step 2: The previous step will take you to this page. On this page click on Sub-Communities and Collections and view the  dropdown options that appear like in the screenshot below:

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Step 3: For an Open Educational Resource click on the Teaching and Learning Sub-Community/Collection and that will take you to the page in in the screenshot below:

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Step 4: Choose from the Browse by list the method by which you would like to search. For example to search by author you need to click on author option and type the surname of the author/creator of the Open Educational Resource you are looking for in the search box and click on Go like in the screenshot below:

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Step 5:  Click on the name of the author you were looking for from the search results.

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Step 6: The previous step opens up the list of Open Educational Resources created by the author. From the list retrieve the specific Open Educational Resource you were looking for like in the screenshots below:

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