Creative Commons Resources
Whether you are looking for the perfect image to use in your course or looking for the right sound for a video, 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, 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 resources to help you understand what CC licenses are, how to use CC licenses, and how to apply CC licenses to your own work.
Creative Commons (CC) Resources
Intellectual Property Policy
Creative Commons Certificate
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
Free Image Sites
Open Educational Resources (OER)
This website has resources and information to build understanding about OER and recommended OER practices
Reference for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks
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
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.