UMFK OER Grant Program

Rubric

The following measures are the basis by which UMFK OER Grant applications are scored to determine if the proposal will be funded.  All applications are reviewed and scored by the UMFK OER Committee. Refer to the Guides home tab for grant categories and amounts. 

Measures:

1. Does not meet criteria or is limited
2. Meets criteria
3. Exceeds criteria

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Savings

Because the primary goal of the UMFK OER Grant program is student savings, the student savings per grant dollar as a result of the UMFK OER Grant is used as part of the rubric to score applications.

For instructors who are teaching classes for which there is no commercial text available to provide a cost, $117 is the SPARC average we've adopted for the cost of the text.

Savings = ((Cost of current or expected commercial textbook) x (expected enrollment for one year)) / (grant amount)

Rubric Questions for Adopting/Adapting

Scoring = 1-3

Timeliness

Is this the first time the course has been taught?

1 - No
2 - Yes

Community Benefit

Will the resource(s) that you implement be...

1 - specific to only your class?
2 - useful to instructors for other sections and/or other classes at UMFK?
3 - used not only by other instructors at UMFK but also by instructors on other campuses?

Access to resource(s) 

How will students access the alternative content? [the rubric will rank online access higher than print]

1 - Print-only option, available through the Campus Store, Amazon, or other booksellers
2 - PDF-only option, available through Brightspace, Website, Campus Store
2 - Website-only option, available through Brightspace, Campus Store, and/or Syllabus
2 - Interactive Website only option, available through Brightspace, Campus Store, and/or Syllabus
3 - PDF and Website (whether interactive or not) option, available through Brightspace, Website, Campus Store, and/or Syllabus

Student Cost Impact Factor

($500 - Adopt; from the formula)
1  -  Student savings per grant dollar: <= $8
2  -  Student savings per grant dollar: > $9 and <= $25
3  -  Student savings per grant dollar: > $25

($1,000 - Adapt; from the formula)
1  -  Student savings per grant dollar: <= $4
2  -  Student savings per grant dollar: > $5 and <= $12
3  -  Student savings per grant dollar: > $12

Accessibility

OER resources used at the University of Maine System campuses need to be ADA compliant. (For example, online materials need to be able to be used through text to speech software).

Have you verified or plan to verify that the resources you will use are ADA compliant?

1 - No, I do not plan to verify
2 - Yes, I have verified
2 - I plan to verify, but I will need help
2 - I have not verified yet, but I plan to do so

Rubric Question for Adapting 

All the above and the following:

Pedagogical Innovation

If you are ADAPTING one or more resources, please choose the answer that best describes your proposal.

1 - Will be using a resource that is a drop-in replacement for a previous traditional resource with some modifications.
2 - Will be using a resource that is a drop-in replacement for a previous traditional resource, but causes the course to be taught in a new way, which will include updating/modifying of content.
3 - Will be using a resource that is not a direct replacement for a previous traditional resource, significantly changes how the course is taught, and will include major updating of course content.
0 - I will not be adapting a resource.

Permission was granted by Jen Waller of the University Libraries at The University of Oklahoma to reuse and modify their guide originally called "Alternative Textbook Grant."