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Don’t Just Copy

Featured image thanks to Nina Paley

http://mimiandeunice.com/2010/07/30/thief/

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You are making a Google Slides presentation for a class project, and you need pictures.

Where do you go to find pictures?

You use Google Images and copy any picture you want.

B. You use Google Images and use a filter to find images

that are Creative Commons.

C. You use curated websites like Pics4Learning, Photos for

Class, or Use Creative Commons to Search

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You are making a Google Slides presentation for a class project, and you need pictures.

Where do you go to find pictures?

You use Google Images and copy any picture you want.

✔ B. You use Google Images and use a filter to find images

that are Creative Commons.

✔ C. You use curated websites like Pics4Learning, Photos for

Class, or Use Creative Commons to Search

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Simply copying and pasting Internet content can be plagiarism!

How can you use images, videos, artwork or audio files properly?

Copying Images and Content to Use in Your Work?

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This template is free to use under Creative Commons Attribution license. You can keep the Credits slide or mention SlidesCarnival and other resources used in a slide footer.

This is a slide presentation template copied from a website. Notice it tells me it is okay to use under Creative Commons Attribution license.

Adding and using images, artwork, audio and video

From outside sources to your own work

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Visuals, Artwork, Audio and Video...

Can enhance and enrich your work!
You don’t want to plagiarize someone else by copying and pasting a picture or video...

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If you use photos, artwork, video or audio from the web, you should:

Include citation information
Use free content with Creative Commons license

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Using Google Image Search

images.google.com

It is important you use work that is not copyright protected; avoid plagiarism!

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images.google.com

After you enter the search term, select “tools” and “usage rights > Creative Commons Licenses.”

To find information on its license and how to credit the content, select “License details.”

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Filtering for Usage Rights

Search and in results, select “Tools”

2. Under “Usage Rights, select “Creative Commons Licenses.”

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What is Creative Commons?

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Why use a “Creative Commons” Filter?

Creative Commons licenses: These images are usually free to use, and may require credit. They may also have limitations on how, or in what context, you can use them. For example, an image’s license might state that you can’t modify it or use it for commercial purposes.