How can teachers create and share their own educational content without fearing copyright infringement and to benefit the broader educational community? How do we identify materials that are specifically created for open sharing? How do we ensure proper attribution and respect for the original creators while using  digital materials made by others?
Â
Types of Creative Commons Licenses
- CC BY (Attribution):Â Allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the original creation.
- CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike):Â Similar to CC BY, but new creations must be licensed under identical terms.
- CC BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivs):Â Allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the creator.
- CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial):Â Allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge the creator and be non-commercial, they donât have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
- CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike):Â Allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as they credit the creator and license their new creations under the identical terms.
- CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs):Â The most restrictive license, allowing others to download the works and share them with others as long as they credit the creator, but they canât change them in any way or use them commercially.
Â
Practice selecting and displaying the most open Creative Commons (CC) license for a digital object you created.
- Create a Digital Object:
- Choose a digital object you have created, such as a photo, infographic, or a document.
- Select the Most Open CC License:
- The most open CC license is CC BY (Attribution). This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.
- Apply the CC BY License:
- Visit the Creative Commons license chooser .
- Select the âAttributionâ option.
- Fill in the required information about your work (title, creator name, etc.), this site does not store any information.
- Generate the license code. Copy this code to paste it with your digital object, this will make the selected CC license displayed with your work.
- Display the License:
- Add the generated license code to your digital object. This can be done by including the license text and link in the objectâs metadata, description, or directly on the object itself: in the footer of a document, s a caption for an image, or placed on your web site page.
- Example:
- If you created a photo titled âSunsetâ you would add the following text to your photoâs description or metadata:
"Sunset" by [Your Name] is licensed under CC BY 4.0. - Include a link to the license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- If you created a photo titled âSunsetâ you would add the following text to your photoâs description or metadata:
6. Share your object with the license and submit it using the form below. Your message will be displayed for peer comments in the collection of submitted posts at the bottom of this page.
Resources
- Traditional Knowledge Labels and Licenses implemented for Indigenous knowledge and contexts.
- CC license chooser Follow the steps to select the appropriate license for your work. This site does not store any information.
Leave a Reply