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In this chapter of the tool-kit, you will learn how to create and re-purpose image OER. You will learn

In this chapter of the toolkit, you will learn how to create and re-purpose image OER. You will learn

# about popular repositories for accessing image OER

# about popular repositories for accessing image OER

# how to create image resources using your camera (on your feature mobile phone)

# how to create image resources using your camera (''on your feature mobile phone'')

# how to create image resources using a drawing tool (''Tux Paint'')

# how to create image resources using a drawing tool (''Tux Paint'')

# How to create a simple animation (''Tux Paint'')

# How to create a simple animation (''Tux Paint'')

# how to create image resources using a screen capture tool (''Screenshot'')

# how to create image resources using a screen capture tool (''Screenshot'')

# how to edit image resources using an image editor (''GIMP'').

# how to edit image resources using an image editor (''GIMP'').

# How to embed / insert images in a text document to create a picture story (''LibreOffice Writer)''

# How to embed / insert images in a text document to create a picture story (''LibreOffice Writer)''

# how to present image resources in a ‘slide presentation’ format (''LibreOffice Impress'').

# how to present image resources in a ‘slide presentation’ format (''LibreOffice Impress'').

== Accessing image OER repositories ==

== Accessing image OER repositories ==

# Like Wikipedia is a popular text OER repository, Wikimedia commons is a popular image OER repository. You can search for your topic in Wikimedia Commons, by simply typing the topic name in the search bar. We will do this for ‘Digital Story Telling’ (DST) which is the OER proposed to be created as an exemplar by this tool-kit.

# Like Wikipedia is a popular text OER repository, [[commons:Main_Page|Wikimedia commons]] is a popular image OER repository. You can search for your topic in Wikimedia Commons, by simply typing the topic name in the search bar. We will do this for ‘Digital Story Telling’ (DST) which is the OER proposed to be created as an exemplar by this toolkit. [https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Flickr] is also another source of OER images

 

Image to search and display DST on Wikimedia Commons<br>

Image to search and display DST on Wikimedia Commons<br>

[[File:COL - Wikimedia Commons Search Image - DST .png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Wikimedia Commons Search Image - DST .png|450px]]

# You can use a search engine such as Google search engine or DuckDuckGo search engine, using a FOSS web browser such as Mozilla Firefox.   

# You can use a search engine such as [https://google.com Google search engine] or [https://duckduckgo.com/ DuckDuckGo] search engine, using a FOSS web browser such as [https://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Firefox].   

You can search for images relating  DST to simply typing in Digital Story Telling in the search bar of the search engine and selecting the ‘images’ link

You can search for images relating  DST to simply typing in Digital Story Telling in the search bar of the search engine and selecting the ‘images’ link