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The Internet is a rich source of text OER. Two ways in you can access text OER are explained below.

The Internet is a rich source of text OER. Two ways in you can access text OER are explained below.

# The most popular text OER repository is the digital encyclopedia, Wikipedia. You can access Wikipedia on <nowiki>http://http://en.wikipedia.org</nowiki>. Wikipedia is available in more than hundred other languages, so you may also be able to search for text OER in your native language. You can search for your topic in Wikipedia, by simply typing this text 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.

# The most popular text OER repository is the digital encyclopedia, Wikipedia. You can access Wikipedia on <nowiki>http://http://en.wikipedia.org</nowiki>. Wikipedia is available in more than hundred other languages, so you may also be able to search for text OER in your native language. You can search for your topic in Wikipedia, by simply typing this text 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.

Image to search and display DST on Wikipedia <br>

Image to search and display DST on Wikipedia <br>

[[File:COL - Searching in Wikipedia.png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Searching in Wikipedia.png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Searching DST using DuckDuckGo search engine.png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Searching DST using DuckDuckGo search engine.png|450px]]

Images to display DST using  Google search engine<br>

Image to display DST using  Google search engine<br>

[[File:COL - Google Search - Adavance Search for OER 1.png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Google Search - Adavance Search for OER 1.png|450px]]

“Digital storytelling involves using images, narration and music to tell a story. It includes writing a story,  adding images / photos, audio clips and preparing a video finally. The production of these images, audio and video will involve many software applications”.

“Digital storytelling involves using images, narration and music to tell a story. It includes writing a story,  adding images / photos, audio clips and preparing a video finally. The production of these images, audio and video will involve many software applications”.

Images to display – Inserting note in Freeplane <br>

Image to display – Inserting note in Freeplane <br>

[[File:COL - Entering the note in a concept map.png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Entering the note in a concept map.png|450px]]

Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through Applications → Office – LibreOffice Writer.

Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through Applications → Office – LibreOffice Writer.

Images opening LibreOffice Writer<br>

Image opening LibreOffice Writer<br>

[[File:COL - Opening LibreOffice Writer.png|450px]]

[[File:COL - Opening LibreOffice Writer.png|450px]]

=== Formating text ===

=== Formating text ===

You can format your text in many ways. Click on the Format menu option of LibreOffice Writer to see the options. Commonly used formating includes selecting text to highlight it through the ‘bold’ ‘italic’ or ‘underline’ functions. You can change the font, font colour and font size of select text as well. All these can be done through the Format → Text menu, or by clicking the relevant icon in the menu tool bar. Remember to select the text before clicking on these options.

You can format your text in many ways. Click on the Format menu option of LibreOffice Writer to see the options. Commonly used formating includes selecting text to highlight it through the ‘bold’ ‘italic’ or ‘underline’ functions. You can change the font, font colour and font size of select text as well. All these can be done through the Format → Text menu, or by clicking the relevant icon in the menu tool bar. Remember to select the text before clicking on these options.<br>

 

Image to display – Formatting a text document using LibreOffice Writer

<nowiki>***</nowiki> Images to display – Formatting a text document using LibreOffice Writer

 

=== Inserting a numbered list ===

=== Inserting a numbered list ===

You may be making a list of items in your document. Instead of manually entering the numbers, you could use automatic numbering.

You may be making a list of items in your document. Instead of manually entering the numbers, you could use automatic numbering.

In our document, we have inserted the document name and page number in the footer.

In our document, we have inserted the document name and page number in the footer.

<nowiki>***</nowiki> Images to display –  Inserting document name and page number in the footer

Image to display –  Inserting document name and page number in the footer<br>

 

You should insert a footer for your document.

You should insert a footer for your document.

Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through Applications → Office – LibreOffice Impress.

Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through Applications → Office – LibreOffice Impress.

<nowiki>***</nowiki> Images opening LibreOffice Impress

Images opening LibreOffice Impress<br>

[[File:COL - Opening LibreOffice Impress.png|450px]]

You will learn the following basic functions in LibreOffice Impress which you need to use in creating OER.

You will learn the following basic functions in LibreOffice Impress which you need to use in creating OER.