Research Guides: Finding Creative Commons Content: Welcome

Creative Commons Licensing 101

Most Open Educational Resources have Creative Commons licenses, which allows you to use the content freely- but there are some requirements to be mindful of. Watch for these different types of restrictions:

BY
Attribution: all creative commons licenses require that you give credit to the content creator.
ND
No Derivatives: some licenses do not let you modify the content you reuse.
SA
Share Alike: some licenses require that you adopt the same license restrictions when you reuse content.
NC
Non-Commercial: some licenses do not allow reuse for commercial ventures (most educational use at HSU is not commercial). more info

Meet the CC Licenses

Click on the slides to learn more and test your understanding by completing the quick quizzes.