On this page, you will find a list of of different open or free tools that you can use to create open Educational Resources (OER). OER can be created in a host of different programs, but these are just suggestions for tools that can be used for more specialized forms of OER. Please note that these tools are not formally endorsed by the University of Groningen, and we highly recommend looking into them on your own before downloading or otherwise engaging with them.

If you would like to discuss how you could use these tools in the creation of OER, or how you could share works made with these tools can be openly shared, please send the OER support team an email at: oer-library@rug.nl.

• Google's collaborative spaces: Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sites: all usable with your UG email account
   
• General OER creation and remixing tools: OER Commons Open Author, Libretexts Remixer
   
• Written documents and textbooks: Pressbooks*, Libreoffice, Bookdown (R package), Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab, Rebus Community platform
   
• Screenshots and image editing: Greenshot, GIMP, Inkscape, Pixlr
   
• Audio capture & editing: Ocenaudio, Audiotool, Audacity**
   
• Video capture: Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)***, Screen-O-Matic
   
• Video editing: Shotcut, OpenShot, DaVinci Resolve (very powerful, but complicated), CADET (captioning tool), Adobe Premiere Pro (Free for UG staff)
   
• In-house knowledge clip creation: DIY studio in the Harmoniebuilding (Faculty of Arts). More information is available at the university's audio visual services: avservices@rug.nl.
   

*The University of Groningen press utilizes Pressbooks as its main platform for open textbook publishing, and can provide you with support when working on this platform. Please reach out to us via: oer-library@rug.nl.

**There are some questions regarding Audacity's handling of personal data, with some people fearing that it may be harmful software. No conclusive evidence for these claims exist, but you may wish to use alternative software for audio editing.

***OBS is widely used, and relatively simple to use software. As such, the AV services also generally advises the use of OBS for creating your own videos at home.