LibGuides: Open Source Education Resources: Creative Commons

Creative Commons Overview

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.

Source: Creative Commons website

Creative Commons Openverse Search Tool

Use this prototype to find text, images and audio that you can use and remix across several open archives such as:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Europeana
New York Public Library
Rijksmuseum

Creative Commons Attribution

Choosing & Attributing Licenses

Things to Consider Before Licensing Your Work
Outlines things to think about before applying a Creative Commons license to your material or before using Creative Commons-licensed materials.
Choose A License
Contains information on how to choose the appropriate license for your work.
Marking Your Work with CC License
Learn how to mark your work with a Creative Commons license.
Best Practices for Attribution
Provides some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.
Open Attribution Builder
Easily cite open materials. This tool will automatically generate the attribution for you.

Types of Creative Commons Licenses

The licenses below and their descriptions come from the About the Licenses page of Creative Commons.