Vertebrae and Spine	Skeleton	Muscle	Systems	Skin
Objectives are the vertebrae, organized into the spine of your OER.	The Table of Contents acts as a skeleton for your OER.	The Content you create or revise adds muscle to the skeleton of your OER.	The Assessments you add are the systems that make your OER work.	The Images and Figures are the skin of your OER.

^{Thoracic Vertebrae by Unknown Author, used under CC BY-SA 4.0; Vertebral column – colored by Henry Vandyke Carter, used under CC BY-SA 4.0; Anatomy, man, human body by Unknown Author, used under CC BY 4.0. ; Flo by Theresa Huff, CC BY 4.0.}

Considering the visual

From the cover of your OER to the captivating snapshots and interesting infographics, the images and figures act as the skin of your OER. Many of you have reflected on the need to include visuals in your OER. As you know, visuals can break up a sea of text by stimulating a learner’s interest, giving everyone a common visual, or presenting information in an alternative manner (more on this later). In addition to thinking of the learning benefit of a visual, you may reflect on the advice from the BCcampus OER production team:

1. Consider the quantity of images and illustrations, and the individuals and populations represented therein.
2. Consider the role, depiction, connotation, and purpose of the people represented and the context that you are using the image in.

In other words, consider how you can critically engage with inclusive images to support your students’ learning. Here we will give you tips on how to plan for and locate inclusive images.

Tracking graphics

As you are looking for other OER content portions, you may come across images you want to use later. In the sheer volume of things you view, it’s easy to forget where you found them. While images and figures are something you will add to your OER after the text is written, you will use the OER Images and Figures tab to help keep track of the images you plan to use.

Key information about your graphics

The OER Images and Figures worksheet is crucial to the creation of your OER, as each image you use will require a license and attribution statement within your OER. As you may recall from the summer workshops, Creative Commons is a primary open license, but creators may also use TK (Traditional Knowledge) Labels. If your source is licensed under a TK Label, please note the specifics of that license. Otherwise, identify openly licensed materials using the citation practice from Creative Commons, TASL: Having links to all images and their TASL will save you hours of work and frustration down the road.

What is This Tool? – H5P Hotspot

You looked at what the TASL stood for in the last section. Take a look at the image above and its attribution underneath. Select the + to explore the TASL. Your attribution statements for images, figures, videos, and other content you plan to reuse or remix will follow this format.

The OER Images and Figures tab is something you will develop as you work on your OER. You may have one person assigned to finding or creating all the images, or you may look for images as a team. Either way, keep track of them here. You’ll thank us later.

Resources

BCcampus OER Production Team, “Diverse and Inclusive Representation in OER,” University of Virginia OER Learning Community Guide. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.