Creative+commons

  This page is all about locating and using only resources or materials that you have a right to use **and** giving credit where credit is due. What does this symbol - © - mean? If you look in the front pages of a book, or at the credits at the bottom of a website or on the label of a CD you'll likely see this symbol.

What does this symbol - - mean?

This is the symbol of Creative Commons. Take 10 minutes or so now and visit the Creative Commons Australia website. Read about Creative Commons. Have a look at the FAQs. See if you can make sense of what Creative Commons is and how it relates to copyright. Use the note-taking template to note down important ideas or thoughts or words.

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Creative Commons Australia issues licences for creators to assign to their works. All Wikispaces wikis have a CC licence at the bottom of the page. Check out the CC licence for this wiki. Now, go to the Creative Commons Australia licence pageand read about CC licences. Use the information to decipher the licence for this page.

__Creative Commons - Session 2__
Create a group PowerPoint called 'Creative Commons'. Each group member is to contribute to the slideshow presentation by completing one or more slides. You will each write a sentence or two explaining about one of the CC licence icons. You'll explain clearly - in your own words - just what your chosen icon means. Make sure you put the explanation in your own words - not just copy and pasting! Include the letter abbreviation for the icon and a picture of the icon.

As well as being one of the CC licence options, __**Attribution**__ is a really important concept to understand and action to perform. If we use something that we've found on the web - video, image, slideshow, etc.- we should always remember to give credit to whoever created it. It might be an author, composer, performer, actor or other person involved in the creation of the material.Or it might be more than the one person.

Giving credit is called 'Attribution'. On this wiki there's a Credits page that keeps track of works used in this wiki and making attribution.

TASK
Use the rest of this session to work on your group PowerPoint presentation. As well as using the Creative Commons website to find the answers, do a bit more research and include information from at least two other sources - websites, videos, etc. In your presentation the group needs to:
 * explain in simple to understand language, 'What is Creative Commons?'
 * explain each of the individual licence options
 * explain about at least two of the mixed licences, eg BY-SA
 * explain why we should use Creative Commons resources rather than just 'borrowing' stuff off any regular website
 * explain about 'attribution' - not the licence option (you've already done that) but the concept
 * include a bibliography slide to ensure that the group gives credit for ideas and resources used in the creation of the presentation

__Creative Commons - Session 3__
So, now we know about Creative Commons, what it is, how it works and what it means for us. Next thing is knowing //**WHERE**//to find CC items that you can use in your school projects, assignments, powerpoints, etc. **If you try to use CC licenced items only then you'll know that your use of them __is permitted, not breaking copyright and is ethical__.**

Using Google image search to locate Creative Commons images

 * 1) go to []
 * 2) type your search terms in the box
 * 3) select the radio buttons for the type of image you want returned
 * 4) in the usage rights section, select the radio button next to 'only images labeled for reuse'
 * 5) click the 'Search images' button

Images that are returned in the search results will be those that are able to be reused.


 * Remember that you still have to give credit in a bibliography for any resources you use that you haven't specifically, originally created yourself.**

Take some time now to individually have a look at some of the following websites. See if you can find pictures and/or sound effects - CC information - on a couple of the following topics:
 * rice
 * rain &/or thunder
 * endangered animals
 * bird chirping or animal growling
 * pyramids
 * greek vases
 * netball

Here is a photo I found on Photos8.org The free licence terms say I have to give credit by including a clickable link to the website and a statement, "By Photos8.org".

Here is a beeping alarm sound effect - - taken from PD Sounds & created by Stephan. All sounds on this site are created by volunteers and are in the Public Domain.

Double-check the CC licence for anything you discover that you may later want to use.


 * Photos / Pictures**
 * Flickr - Creative Commons
 * Free Digital Photos
 * Public Domain Pictures
 * Dreamstime free photos
 * Image*After
 * Image base
 * Photos8
 * Flickr CC
 * morgueFile
 * Open Photo
 * Search CC


 * Music / Sound effects**
 * CCMixter
 * OpSound
 * PD Sounds
 * Sound Transit
 * Community Audio