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Instructional Guides on Creating Accessible OER: Home

Learn how to use LibGuides, WordPress, Scalar, Manifold, Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro

Purpose

Basic "How To" Guides, videos and instructions on creating open educational resources (OER) using various platforms and how to create accessible content.

OER Developer and Assistant Professor

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Contact:

Have questions about OER or Digital Accessibility? Then email me at: amy.wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Subjects: Open Education Resources

General Accessibility Best Practices

Accessibility
Easy to follow instructions on how to create accessible content and site.

LibGuides

LibGuides (Springshare)
Brooklyn College LibGuides CMS
Springshare v2

WordPress Classic Editor

WordPress Classic Editor
Brooklyn College Instance
Classic Editor
The classic editor is a text editor with formatting buttons very similar to Microsoft Word.

WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)

WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)
CUNY Academic Common's Instance
Block Editor (Gutenberg)
The new editor uses blocks. Blocks are content elements that you add to the edit screen to create content layouts. Each item you add to your post or page is a block.

Manifold

CUNY Manifold
CUNY Installation
Open-source publishing platform

Scalar

Scalar
Open-source publishing platform
Media-rich content

Word Documents

Word Instructions
Easy to follow Instructions on how to evaluate and make your syllabus and other word documents accessible.

PDF

PDF Instructions
Easy to follow Instructions on how to evaluate and make your pdf documents accessible.

PowerPoint [Updated 2020]

PowerPoint Instructions
Easy to follow Instructions on how to evaluate and make your PowerPoint presentations accessible.

Last Updated: Jun 26, 2025 3:53 PM
URL: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/howtocreateoerguides
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Subjects: Faculty Services, Library Services, Open Education Resources

Tags: Accessibility, Instructions, LibGuides, Manifold, Scalar, Training, WordPress