# Session 1 — Introductions **URL:** \ **Category:** February 2020 Cohort\ **Created:** [February 25, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/session-1-introductions/2646 "2020-02-25T16:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![apurva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/apurva/32/1843_2.png) [@apurva](https://forum.rebus.community/u/apurva)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/session-1-introductions/2646/1 "2020-02-25T16:25:23Z")
[@feb20-cohort](https://forum.rebus.community/groups/feb20-cohort) Our first session will take place tomorrow, Feb. 26, at 9am ET on Zoom (at our [standard meeting link](https://zoom.us/j/823176390)). We’ll start with what we think is one of the most important pieces of the program — introductions and getting to know more about each other, our projects, the platform, and the Rebus approach to publishing. Below I’ve included the slides and handouts accompanying this session, which I hope you’ll find as useful reference: 1. [Handout: Introductions](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LUgE_WJGxzh-Zm4nZWxJxxLmjpqc1lX4O_76m7NOGL0/edit?usp=sharing) 2. [Slides: Introductions](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pWMnH_GX1kbjPG5En4fKNK7InjAGgYrrzACWjSksXDE/edit?usp=sharing) All slides and handouts created for the program are licensed CC BY, so anyone is free to reuse, adapt, remix, and more, as they see fit. I look forward to chatting more tomorrow. See you all then! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![apurva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/apurva/32/1843_2.png) [@apurva](https://forum.rebus.community/u/apurva)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/session-1-introductions/2646/2 "2020-02-26T17:15:35Z")
Thanks to everyone who joined us at our session this morning! It was a pleasure to hear about each of your projects, and to learn a little more about you and your goals for your project and the program. As promised, I’ve saved a copy of the [chat transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E05T4HIRZogByqtCsupsFelJ-NG-wMk_u7JUOWjjtEY/edit?usp=sharing) for reference, and have also pulled out a list of the resources that we shared on the call: - [Cohort discussion space](https://forum.rebus.community/c/textbook-success-program/february-2020-cohort/347) - [Syllabus](https://forum.rebus.community/t/textbook-success-program-syllabus-february-2020-cohort/2487) for our Feb. 20 cohort - [The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)](https://press.rebus.community/the-rebus-guide-to-publishing-open-textbooks/) - Upcoming [Office Hours on Multimedia in Open Textbooks](https://forum.rebus.community/t/office-hours-multimedia-in-open-textbooks/2586) - [The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature](https://www1.rebus.community/#/project/7326cf7b-ac3e-4f20-baef-b2a506ff7541) and [project homepage](https://www1.rebus.community/#/project/7326cf7b-ac3e-4f20-baef-b2a506ff7541) - [Nursing Research project](https://www1.rebus.community/#/project/947047a4-3629-4624-b60d-1de8bc07771a) from the Oct. 19 cohort - [#OERWishList Open Ed Week event](https://www.openeducationweek.org/events/oerwishlist-a-twitter-chat-for-the-future-of-open-education) - [About Creative Commons (CC) Licenses](https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/cc-licenses/) - [Creative Commons Licensing Guide](https://press.rebus.community/makingopentextbookswithstudents/chapter/cc-licensing-guide/) - [CC Search](https://search.creativecommons.org/) - [The Gender Spectrum Collection](https://genderphotos.vice.com/) - [Redefining Women Icon Collection](https://thenounproject.com/Iconathon1/collection/redefining-women/) - [Stock Photos: Women of Colour in Technology](https://www.wocintechchat.com/blog/wocintechphotos) It’s great to see a few project homepages created already (good going @karasinc & @mfp11)! For anyone looking for instructions on creating a homepage for your project, please take a look at our [user guide](https://forum.rebus.community/c/help-questions/user-guide/344), where we have a [section dedicated to project creation](https://forum.rebus.community/t/creating-a-project-homepage/2358). I look forward to seeing notifications as new homepages are created. As I mentioned, next week, we’ll be covering Project scoping and framing your project, and I’ll do my best to incorporate some answers to your questions on selecting licenses. See you all face-to-face on Zoom next week, and in this discussion space in the meantime! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LeighKP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/leighkp/32/110_2.png) [@LeighKP](https://forum.rebus.community/u/LeighKP)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/session-1-introductions/2646/3 "2020-02-28T16:12:41Z")
Coming back to that question about where to find images, I want to share the recent news out of the Smithsonian. They’re sharing 2.8 million images and data now available in public domain! > **[Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images + Data into the Public Domain Using...](https://creativecommons.org/2020/02/27/smithsonian-releases-2-8-million-images-data-into-the-public-domain-using-cc0/)** > > CC0 is again being used to remove barriers to knowledge and creativity; from portraits of historic American figures to 3D scans of dinosaur skeletons.