Green OA publishing refers to the self-archiving of published or pre-publication works for free public use.

Alkek One is a hub of technology-focused spaces located on the first floor of the Alkek Library at Texas State University.

to give credit or attribution to a creative work or idea. Attribution vs. Citation from the Gettysburg College Digital Humanities Toolkit. https://dh.sites.gettysburg.edu/toolkit/media/attribution/

Bronze OA publishing describes articles that are free to read on a publisher's homepage, but without clarity on the specific licenses covering an article.

Canvas "Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources. A digital library full of educational content, Commons allows Canvas users to share learning resources with other users as well as import learning resources into a Canvas course." - https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Commons/What-is-Canvas-Commons/ta-p/1788

"This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use." - https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. - https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. - https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. - https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. - https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. - https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

Citation managers are tools that help you collect and organize your citations and articles.

"Copyright law grants exclusive rights to creators of original works of authorship. National laws usually extend protections to such works automatically once fixed in a tangible medium, prohibiting the making of copies without the rights holder’s permission, among other things." Read more: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#what-is-copyright-and-why-does-it-matter

Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through the provision of free legal tools. - https://creativecommons.org/faq/#what-is-creative-commons-and-what-do-you-do

Creative Commons licenses provide an easy way to manage the copyright terms that attach automatically to all creative material under copyright. The licenses allow that material to be shared and reused under terms that are flexible and legally sound. Creative Commons offers a core suite of six copyright licenses. - https://creativecommons.org/faq/#what-are-creative-commons-licenses

A data management plan is simply a 1-2 page summary explaining how you are planning to manage the data gathered in the course of your research project. Most funding agencies are asking researchers to submit a data management plan as part of their grant application

Your students will be able to access their course materials before the first day of class, and after they have moved onto other courses.

Diamond OA publishing describes journals that are completely free to publish and to read.

A DOI acts in a similar fashion to your ORCID number, in that it assigns a customized, unique identification number that links permanently identifies your publication through a database at doi.org.

Disposable assignment: The audience is the student and the instructor only, and the content of the finished product is private to the two of them. The assignment carries little meaning for the student beyond the grade received, and the graded artifact is disposed of after the class is complete.

Gold OA publishing refers to works published in an open access journal and accessed via the journal or publisher's website.

Hybrid OA offer authors the option of making their articles open access, for a fee.

Omeka is a "web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits" (Omeka).

Open access publishing refers to a "set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers" (Open access, Wikipedia).

Journals that publish with no fees for readers.

“Open content is typically digital content that allows broader use than traditionally printed or copyrighted content. Open content is freed up content, for instance through permissive licensing, such as Creative Commons.” – Haßler, B., & Mays, T. (2015). Open content. In R. Mansell, & P. H. Ang (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society. Wiley. Credo Reference: http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/wileydcas/open_content/0?institutionId=1143

Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials that support course work – from textbooks to videos to digital learning objects to practice problems. Once an OER is created it is involved in the ecosystem of the 5Rs: Retain, Reuse, Remix, Revise, Redistribute.

A place where OER are involved in the 5R ecosystem- I.e. these are places where OER can be Retained, Reused, Revised, Remixed, and Redistributed. While the functions of these platforms can be similar, they can look drastically different.

OJS is an open-source editorial management and publishing system.

Open Pedagogy is a form of teaching that embraces collaboration, student agency, and authentic audiences. Faculty create learning experiences in which students demonstrate understanding through the act of creating learning objects for others. Created using open and participatory technologies, the student creators are invited to openly license their work so that the products of open pedagogy assignments may live outside of the classroom in a way that has an impact on the greater community.*

*Adapted from University of Texas Arlington's "Introduction to Open Pedagogy". 

An open license is one that grants permission to access, re-use and redistribute a work with few or no restrictions (definition from Openedefinition.org). - https://libguides.csudh.edu/c.php?g=679215&p=7626572

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher.

Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial and publication practices, a lack of transparency, and/or the use of aggressive and indiscriminate solicitation practices. - Nature

Predatory publishers are seeking to profit off of you and your work, not further scholarly research. They will often email you soliciting your manuscript. If you see these things; high article processing fees, extremely fast peer-review period, short time to publication, unclear or unethical authors rights, you should be sure to double check the journal or get a second opinion before engaging with them.

Pressbooks (the platform you are on now!) is a "book content management system that allows users to publish books to the public web and produce exports in multiple formats, including EPUB, PDF, and various XML flavours" (Pressbooks).

The public domain of copyright refers to the aggregate of those works that are not restricted by copyright within a given jurisdiction. A work may be part of the public domain because the applicable term of copyright has expired, because the rights holder surrendered copyright in the work with a tool like CC0, or because the work did not meet the applicable standards for copyrightability. - https://creativecommons.org/faq/#what-is-the-public-domain

Renewable assignment: The audience is the class, other classes, the university, or some segment of the larger community, and students are invited to share the finished product openly (for use/reuse by others without restriction). The assignment carries meaning in that student learning will impact other people’s lives, and the finished product can live in the world as an Open Educational Resource for others to learn from.

A research community is a group of scholars, researchers, and other interested persons who share a common area of study, research and interest. Often these communities create formal societies, such as The American Anthropological Association.

The organization, management, publication, and preservation of the products of research.

The research lifecycle refers to the stages that your research project moves through as you conduct it.

A researcher profile is a profile that is created using an online tool where you can track and maintain all of your work as a researcher. It helps to identify you and your accomplishments, track citations and impact, and disambiguate you from other researchers.

This will allow you to create simple websites or blogs, for your personal use, for a class, club, or your research.