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Open Educational Resources (OER): Find Courses Using OER

Open educational resources are openly-licensed educational materials without cost or access barriers.

OER and Zero Cost Course Materials

As a student, you can identify and register for courses that use OER (and save you money!) by searching for the Zero Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) attribute in Banner. See step-by-step instructions for each system below.

Finding Courses Using ZCCM

Searching in Banner

  1. Go to MyUSU (my.usu.edu) and log in.
  2. Click “Registration & Classes” under Tools in the banner to the left-hand side of the webpage.
  3. Select “Registration Menu,” this will open a new tab.
  4. Select “Register for Classes.”
  5. Select a term from the drop-down menu and press “continue.”
  6. Select Advanced Search.
  7. Enter “Zero Cost Course Materials” into the Attribute field.
  8. Type in the course or subject you want to search for or skip this step to see all classes that use ZCCM.
  9. Select “Search.”