Research Guides: Open Educational Resources at LCC: Creative Commons Licensing

Types of Licenses

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

Choose a License
Take this quiz to determine which CC license you should pick for your OER project

An Interactive Guide to Choosing CC Licenses
Learn about the four elements of Creative Commons licences and how they are combined to create six different licensing options! You'll also come away with an understanding of how Creative Commons licences are built using three distinct layers.
Things to Consider Before Licensing Your Work
Outlines things to think about before applying Creative Commons license to your material, or use Creative Commons-licensed materials.
Best Practices for Attribution
Provides some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.
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.
Open Attribution Builder
Easily cite open materials. This tool will automatically generate the attribution for you.

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

Copyright Jeopardy
Test your knowledge of copyright topics with this Jeopardy game created by librarian Suzanne Bernsten..

Basic information about copyright for college students and faculty.