Why does this matter?
According to their website, the following use cases might help you understand the role of the licenses.
- You want to let people share and use your photographs, but not allow companies to sell them.
- You’re looking for access to course materials from the world’s top universities.
- You want to encourage readers to re-publish your Newsletter, as long as they give you credit.
- You’re looking for access to images to use in your Newsletter.
- You’re looking for songs that you can use and remix, royalty-free.
What CC licenses are available?
You can also view this resource on how to post, promote, and protect your content online using CC licensing. The following graphic below gives some quick guidance on the licenses.
How do you find & use CC licensed content?
There are tons of possibilities when you want to find and use CC licensed images. When I’m searching in Google Images, I click on “Advanced Search” in the settings for Google Images. Here I can select images that are “free to use of share” under the “usage rights” section. You can also find and use CC licensed images in Flickr. Please review this post for more explicit guidance on how to find and cite CC licensed images.
To find and use CC licensed music, check out the Free Music Archive, or search Soundcloud.
Finding CC licensed videos on YouTube is a little challenging…but it can be done. Vimeo makes it much easier…and allows you to download many of the clips. :)
Use this page to search for and share course planning materials and evaluation tools.
How do you license and share CC licensed content?
Cite what you use. Cite what you make.
I recommend that you force yourself to use and cite content that has been CC licensed by others. I also recommend that you assign a CC license to your own work as you share it online. In education this is extremely important as we consider issues of copyright, ownership, and intellectual property now…and in the future.
By sharing openly, and only using the content of others that do the same, we help create an atmosphere of creativity, collaboration, and access in online spaces.
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