Creative Commons Resources

Whether you are looking for the perfect image to use in your course or looking for the right sound for a presentation, it is important to get permission, and more importantly, the right kind of permission to use works created by others. It doesn’t matter if you want to use audio, video, images, icons, etc. Whatever the media type is, you need to have rights to use the material legally.

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work". A CC license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that they (the author) have created. This curated list provides links to other resources to help understand how to use CC licenses and how to apply CC licenses to your own work.

Creative Commons (CC) Resources

Intellectual Property Policy

• Xavier University of Louisiana Intellectual Property Policy and Procedure
  

Creative Commons Certificate

• Creative Commons Certificate
• Creative Commons Certificate Resources (CC BY)

Copyrights

• Copyright Basics
  
• Copyright Made Simple(ish)
  
• Digital Copyrights
  

Creative Commons Licenses

• Anatomy of a CC License
  
• How to Choose the Best CC License
  
• Search for CC Licensed Images
  
• CC Search Browser Extension
  

Using CC Licensed Works

• Using CC Licenses and CC Licensed Works
  

Free Image Sites

• Free Image Sites and Tools for Educators
  

Open Educational Resources (OER)

This website has resources and information to build understanding about OER and recommended OER practices

• OER Africa
  

Reference for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks

• BC Campus Open Education Adoption Guide - 2nd Edition
  

CC License Attribution

• Best Practices for CC License Attribution
  
• Attributing Creative Commons Materials (CC Australia)
  
• CC Licenses - Use Creative Commons Tools to help share your work
  
• Guide to Using Public Domain Tools
  

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Image credits:
Creative Commons Logo by Creative Commons is available through Public Domain
"Share your ideas" by Nassim Tiachachat is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

This work "Creative Commons Resources" by jflorent is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, except where otherwise noted.