Creative Commons

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons is an non-profit organization that created tools (licenses) for artists, musicians, graphic designers, filmmakers, writers, and photographers to share their work. Why is this important?

• We can use their work! And we can license our work, and our students can license their work
• Creative Commons offers a number of different types of licenses we can apply and/or use
• What are the licenses you can apply to your work or use when using other's works? Find out from Creative Commons*

Finding and Using Creative Commons works

• Creative Commons: What is it and How do I use it (to find images I can use)? TLC Workshop
• Where can we find images we can use in Sakai? (Instructional Technologies Blog post)
• Where is a location I can find lots of different types of Creative Commons works (images, music, video)? Try out CC Search
• What are examples of applying Creative Common's licenses? Here are a number of good, ok, and not-so-good examples

What are and where do I find Public Domain works?

Public Domain works have been dedicated by their authors to the worldwide public domain and/or are free of known copyright restrictions.

• Where can you find images you can *easily* add to your classes (without getting in trouble)? (Instructional Technologies Blog post)

Copyright information

• Copyright Info for Instructors