Using Media For Class

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This post will provide you info on how to look for content that you can freely and legally use. It will also show you how to cite a variety of media. This post is ideal for introducing students to Creative Commons if they are going to use images, videos, and audio in your final products. Continue reading to learn about these resources.

What is Creative Commons? 

• 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. 
• Video

 

What can Creative Commons do for me? 

• If you want to give people the right to share, use, and even build upon a work you've created, you should consider publishing it under Creative Commons license. 
• If you're looking for content that you can freely and legally use, there is a giant pool of CC-licensed creativity available to you. 
• Video

 

Search Creative Commons

• Images - Flickr, Fotopedia, Google Images, Open Clip Art Library, Pixabay
• Media - Europeana, SpinXpress, Wikimedia Commons
• Music - Jamendo, ccMixter, SoundCloud
• Web - Google
• Video - YouTube
• For all searches uncheck the box...use for commercial purposes. 

 

Searching with Foter  

Foter's search tool automatically generates a complete citation for content returned in its results. Gives proper credit to the original creator of Creative Commons content.

Searching with Google Images 

1. Go to Google and click Images.
2. Enter a keyword and search
3. Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and select Advanced search. 
4. Next to usage rights select the drop-down menu and choose free to use or share.
5. Click the Advanced Search button.

 

Cite Digital Media - The OWL at Purdue 

YouTube or Hulu
Simabukuro, Jake. "Ukukeke Weeps by Jack Shimabukuro."Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept. 2010

Digital Files (PDFs, MP3s, JPEGs)

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Moonlight Sonata. Crownstar, 2006. MP3.

Smith, George. “Pax Americana: Strife in a Time of Peace.” 2005.Microsoft Word file.

Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and National Writing Project. Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. CWPA, NCTE, and NWP, 2011. PDF file.

Bentley, Phyllis. “Yorkshire and the Novelist.” The Kenyon Review 30.4 (1968): 509-22. JSTOR. PDF file.

 
Films or Movies
The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.

Photograph
Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Gardener's Art Through the Ages. 10th ed. By Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace. 939. Print.