Quick Reference Guide to Finding Creative Commons Material

for Teachers and Students

This information guide was jointly developed by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation through Creative Commons Australia and the Copyright Advisory Group of the Ministerial Council of Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. For further information contact Creative Commons Australia at [email protected].

Information about Creative Commons

http://www.creativecommons.org CC international site http://www.creativecommons.org.au - CC Australia site http://www.icommons.org iCommons CC-founded open source community http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Content_Curators - List of sites which host CC-licensed material

Search tools for finding Creative Commons and open access resources
These sites have material which is searchable by how they can be used, including whether they are under a Creative Commons licence: http://search.creativecomm+ons.org/ - main CC search engines http://unlockingip.org/au/ - search engine for Australian open content material http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en Google advanced-search allows you to search for material based on its usage rights http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced?ei=UTF-8 yahoo advanced-search allows you to search for CC licensed material only http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ - allows you to search the Flickr photo archive for CC material http://blip.tv/posts/?search= - video site that allows you to search based on licence http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ - internet browser with a built in CC search function http://www.owlmm.com/ - Owl offers a next generation music discovery engine which compares your favourite songs to thousands of others to find similar songs, all of which are CC licensed
This information pack is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the work, so long as you attribute the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, the National Copyright Unit and Creative Commons Australia. A copy of this licence is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au or write to [email protected].
Photos (left to right): Teaching Math or Something by foundphotoslj, www.flickr.com/photos/foundphotoslj/466713478; Learning by stefg, www.flickr.com/photos/stefg/99303072; Teaching by Jacob Btter, www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/2924964056; telemachus: the tower, 8 a.m., theology, white/gold, heir, narrative (young) by brad lindert, www.flickr.com/photos/bradlindert/139377645. All images licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.

Web resources where all material is CC licensed or open access Text

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Books - CC wiki listing notable CC licensed books http://freewords.org/freepress/ - an artistic project which releases an eclectic mix of writing under CC licensing http://www.austlii.edu.au/ - collection of Australian state and federal legislation, case law and journals. AustLII participates in the free access to law movement.

Images
http://www.geograph.org.uk/ - photographs of the British Isles all under CC licences http://openphoto.net/ - a moderated photo community with over 3000 CC licensed photos in various categories

Sound
http://ccmixter.org CC sound remix tool and archive http://www.opsound.com CC music archive http://www.magnatune.com CC record label http://jamendo.org CC music distribution site http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ - collaborative database of CC licensed sounds http://cchits.org/ - collaborative podcast where users can contribute, find, and share music under CC licences http://www.artistserver.com/ - music community http://soundtransit.nl/ - archive of field recordings from various locations around the world published under a CC Attribution licence

Video
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Film - CC wiki listing notable CC licensed films. http://www.revver.com advertising supported CC video site http://elephantsdream.org - Elephants Dream, open source film http://www.overmundo.com.br/overblog/cafune-na-rede - Cafune, feature-length CC film http://www.oddjobjack.com/freejack.php - Master flash files and bitmaps of every piece of art used in the Odd Job Jack cartoon, available under a CC licence.

Collections
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html - provides free, searchable, access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. http://www.opendoar.org/ - a directory of open access academic repositories, featuring collections such as: o o http://www.tlrp.org/ - the Teaching and Learning Research Programme supports and develops the UK's educational research to improve outcomes for learners of all ages. http://www.hsdvl.org/ - the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, has built an extensive collection of digital video materials supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education reform.

http://www.overmundo.com.br/banco/banco.php - Overmundo Banco de Cultura - Brazilian multiformat CC archive (in Portuguese, but you can view the licences in English).

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http://www.berkleeshares.com/ - provides music lessons in text, audio and video format under CC licence.

Web resources where some material is CC licensed or open access Images

http://www.flickr.com online photo album CC licensed material can be accessed via the main site, or through a dedicated portal at http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons http://www.pictureaustralia.org Australian themed images, some of which are CC licensed. Includes the following Flickr groups: o o People, places and events - http://www.flickr.com/groups/83633840@N00/ Australia Day - http://www.flickr.com/groups/69431001@N00/

Video
http://www.blip.tv free video distribution site

Other
http://www.archive.org/ - The Internet Archive is an internet library, hosting thousands of CClicensed and Public Domain video, audio, and text items. http://secondlife.com Second Life, a resident built virtual world, which allows open licensing for content created in the world http://www.remixreading.org/ - Remix Commons is a network of free culture projects in the UK http://openclipart.org/ - Open Clip Art Library http://www.lightandmatter.com/ - The Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks is available for free under a CC licence.

Remember that all CC material you use must be attributed. For information on how to attribute CC material, see information guide How to Attribute Creative Commons Material at www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/956.

What is Creative Commons? for Teachers and Students