Multimedia Presentation Resources
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Copyright Issues
There is a wealth of digital media available online that has been created by people who are happy to share what they have made. At the same time, it is unethical and illegal to use material if you do not have permission from the author to do so.
If you see this symbol , or if you see the words "All Rights Reserved", you may not use the material without the express permission of the author.
On the other hand, if you see this symbol , the work is licensed under the Creative Commons, and you may well be able to use the material. There are, however, several conditions that apply. These need to be respected.
Attribution. You let others copy, u distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.
Noncommercial. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon itu — but for noncommercial purposes only.
No Derivative Works. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
Share Alike. You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
Terms of Commonly used Creative Commons License
Watch the video below to learn more about sharing digital media with Creative Commons.
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Visit theCreative Commons website for more informaqtion..
7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons
Graphic Resources
Convenient Online Image Editing with Picnik
- To help make your images work where you want to use them
Searching Flickr for Creative Commons Images
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Pics4Learning
- Good source of well organized copyright-friendly photos and graphics
Freebyte's Links to Free Clipart and Images
Comp Fight
- Versatile search engine for finding Creative Commons images on Flckr
- search by tags or by all text
- search only for images licensed under Creative Commons, or not
- search for originals to find high quality images
- "Safe Search" option
Creative Commons Search
- Find images licensed under the Creative Commons in Flickr, Google, Yahoo, or BlipTV (for video)
Wikimedia Commons
(part of the Wikipedia family)
Freebyte's Guide to Free Graphics Software
Audio Resources
The websites linked on this page offer free music, sound effects, and other audio resources for use in muti-media presentations. All of the sites offer audio material that may be used freely in your work, but please be sure to honor the terms stipulated by the author. Please pay attention to terms of the license. For example, if there is a Creative Commons license that requires "attribution", then be sure to acknowledge the author when you use his or her work.
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