What is Jorum?
Jorum is a national repository for teaching and learning resources, deposited by staff from UK HE/FE Institutions. The repository contains information about resources, i.e. "metadata" to enhance users searching/browsing, and in most cases the resources themselves. Jorum has two main collections:
- Jorum Open
This collection is free to use for everyone, resources have been offered by staff or Institutions from UK HE and FE to share under the terms of Creative Commons licences. This does not require any registration or User account setup. For information on becoming a depositor for this service, click here. - Jorum UK
This collection is accessed using the UK Federation Management Gateway and isonly available to staff from UK HE/FE Institutions. Jorum UK requires an Institutional subscription and a User account.
- Check if your Institution is registered
- Learn more about Institutional subscription
- Register for a user account
- Support
- Register as a User guide (.doc)
- Register as a User guide (.pdf)
What is available in Jorum?
Jorum hosts learning and teaching materials of all kinds, ranging from simple one-file assets and links to external resources, to more complex learning objects including content packages.
Learning Resources
Resources that teaching staff can use with learners, in blended learning, classroom or online learning activities. Examples include single assets (documents, images, video clips, diagrams) or more comprehensive learning objects (interactive units made up of several elements such as illustrations, articles and assessment exercises).
Teaching Resources
Resources of this type support teaching staff in doing their job. Examples include tutor guides, lesson plans, schemes of work and staff development materials.
What if I have further questions?
If you want to ask us anything about Jorum that you can't find an answer to on this website then please contact us at support@jorum.ac.uk
