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Unit 4: Copyright - Finding reusable resources

  • Creative Commons (CC) search allows you to discover CC licensed content from across the web. Enter your search terms and select a service to search depending on whether you want to find images, music or video. Check the licence applied to each resource to see what you can and cannot do with it.
  • JISC MediaHub is a subscription service for UK higher education. Log in with your domain username and password and browse by collection. Alternatively enter your search terms and chose to search for video, images or music using the tick boxes at the top of the page. Check the rights statement for each resource to see what you can and cannot do with it. If this does not provide enough information then the Terms of Use link on each resource should provide greater detail.
  • Jorum is a UK service which collects and shares 1000’s of Open Educational Resources (OERs). Enter your search terms or browse using the drop-down menu on the right of the page. Most items in Jorum are licensed using Creative Commons, so check the licence applied to each resource to see what you can and cannot do with it.
  • Morguefile is a database of photographs contributed by a wide range of artists. Enter your search terms and select Free Photos from the drop-down search, or browse by selecting Free Photos at top left of the page. Check the licence terms applied to each image to see what you can and cannot do with it.
  • Xpert is an OER repository run by the University of Nottingham providing data for over 100,000 learning objects from over 8,000 providers. After conducting a search select a resource to download it together with a built-in attribution statement. Check the licence applied to each resource to see what you can and cannot do with it.

Creative Commons Licence
SMILE - Copyright by Marion Kelt, GCU is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.