This is the hand out provided to the participants of the Sourcing Copyright Friendly Images webinar. TESL Ontario Sept 23rd, 2015.

1. Copyright Friendly Images Webinar Hand out September 23rd
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Overview
This worksheet contains instruction steps and links to resources that were included in the TESL Ontario
webinar “Sourcing Copyright Friendly Images”.
Google Advanced Search steps:
1. Surf to https://www.google.com/
2. In the search box, type trees
3. Click on the Search button
4. Select the option Images
5. Note the screen is filled with tree images
6. Click on the Options icon
7. Choose the option Advanced Search
8. Scroll down the screen until you can see the blue Advanced Search button
9. Click on the usage rights field
10. Select free to use or share
11. Click on the blue Advanced Search button
12. All of these images can be downloaded and used for your materials development purposes
13. Click on the first image in the top left corner
14. Please note that it is a good idea to note the source of the image, by publisher and web address
15. In this case it is Wikipedia - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Ash_Tree_-
_geograph.org.uk_-_590710.jpg
16. Download the image and use for your materials creation.
Creative Commons Search
1. Surf to https://search.creativecommons.org
2. In the search box, type trees
3. Check or uncheck, I want something that I can use for commercial purposes.
4. Check or uncheck, I want something that modify adapt or build upon.
5. Click on the Flickr image button
6. Note the screen is filled with tree images
7. Click on an image
8. Take note of the author and image details (optional)
9. Download the image and use for your materials creation.
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Additional Resources
Quality Matters
Quality Matters is an international, inter-institutional program. QM's quality assurance processes are
designed to certify the design of online and blended courses. https://www.qualitymatters.org
Creative Commons
Creative Commons Licenses
https://creativecommons.org/licenses
This page provides a detailed description of the six common CC licenses.
Creative Commons License Generator
http://creativecommons.org/choose/?field_jurisdiction=ug
This interactive web widget allows the image author to answer a few simple questions to generate a
Creative Common license.
Creative Commons Search Page
https://search.creativecommons.org
Use this resource to quickly search for Creative Commons media. Read the warning message at the
bottom just to be informed.
Common Craft’s Explanation of Creative Commons
https://www.commoncraft.com/video/copyright-and-creative-commons
For a good introduction to copyright and Creative Commons licensing watch this video.
Copyright and Images in Depth
http://www.2learn.ca/ydp/copydigital.aspx
This page provides a great deal of information, lessons and examples related to copyright and images
A Creative Commons Infographic
http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEyLzEyLzA4L2RkL0NDaW5mb2dyYXBoLmpJei5qcGc/f9f19a65/
65e/CC-infographic.jpg
A graphical representation of the details related to Creative Commons and media licensing. If viewing
on a browser, use the zoom feature.
Sources of Icons
The Noun Project http://thenounproject.com
IconFinder https://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=image&license=2&price=free
Free icons web http://www.freeiconsweb.com
All kinds of Images: allkindsofimages.com
Pixabay http://pixabay.com/en/photos/?q=icons&image_type=&cat
Speckyboy http://speckyboy.com/2010/05/14/30-fresh-icon-sets-for-developers-and-designers/
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Public Domain Resources
The Public Domain Review
http://publicdomainreview.org
The PDR purports a huge collection of works that have “fallen” into the public domain. Use the
Collections link to locate images.
Flickr -- The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/commons
It is the ambitious goal of this resource to archive all of the world’s photographs starting with
photograph archive from institutions across the globe.
The Library of Congress Photography Collection
http://loc.gov or http://loc.gov/search/?in=&q=images&new=true&st=gallery
Close to a million historical and images. Once at the library site, search for photographs or images.
Sources of Photographs
MorgueFile
http://www.morguefile.com
Free stock photos can be found here. Be careful not to stray into the commercial tabs of this site if you
are look for free images.
Edupic
http://www.edupic.net
Edupic is a source of images that can be used for your instructional or the students’ purposes. It is a
community driven resource.
ELTPics.com (thanks Jen Artan)
http://eltpics.com
Teachers can use photos for whatever they like – flashcards, classroom material, illustration for blog
posts or presentations. Consider contributing to this amazing rsource.
Flickr Creative Commons
https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons
Find images from the Flickr community based on their Creative Commons licensing preferences.
Pics4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com
A good place for picture that you or your students can use to add photographs to your assignments,
worksheets or any other in class project.
Source of ClipArt
Open Clipart
https://openclipart.org
A project dedicated to sharing over 3000 artist’s clip art with the world. There are over 60,000 images to
download and use for free.
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Make Your Own Images
Pixlr editor
https://pixlr.com/editor
A very sophisticated photo editor that is completely online and free.
Pixlr Image Editing Workshop 1
http://www.slideshare.net/mrpottz/pixlr-image-optimization-workshop1
 email mailto:johnharoldallan@gmail.com for the compressed workshop files
Pixlr Image Editing Workshop 2
http://www.slideshare.net/mrpottz/pixlr-image-optimization-workshop2
 email mailto:johnharoldallan@gmail.com for the compressed workshop files
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