Learning Exercise
What is Creative Commons?
This is an individual online investigative assignment to help students understand what is meant by Creative Commons and why, as part of copyright procedures, it is important recognize and use.
- Material:
- Creative Commons - intellectual property and copyright license options
- Date last modified:
- June 22, 2020
- Created by:
- Cris Guenter
- License:
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Exercise
This assignment is designed as an online investigation to help you discern the differences between Copyright and Creative Commons, recognize the six different CC License conditions, and know how to search and find appropriate Creative Commons material for use in your assignments.
1. View the Get Creative clip (6 min.) at http://creativecommons.org/videos/get-creative.
2. Review the six basic CC license choices and what each represents at http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses.
3. Then visit http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Firefox_and_CC_Search to see how easy it is to use Firefox to search for material with CC licensing.
4. Using CC search within Firefox, find music free to download and put in a movie. Type the kind of music you desire, choose the Google or Yahoo! tabs, and browse results from across the web.
Example Search: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcSearch#Examples
Technical Notes
Please use Firefox to complete this assignment. It has a CC search option built into the browser OR select the CC search option choice in your search slot.
Requirements
Basic Internet navigation skills.
Topics
Differences between Copyright and Creative Commons; How to find and use Creative Commons materials
Type of Task
Learning Objectives
The learner will explain the key differences between Copyright and Creative Commons. The learner correctly identify the six different CC License conditions symbols and explain what they represent. The learner will demonstrate how to search and find appropriate Creative Commons material for use in an assignment.
Assessment
Submit the following to your instructor by the due date established.
1. Write two or three sentences maximum explaining the differences between Copyright and Creative Commons.
2. List the six basic CC license choices and what each means.
3. Provide the name of your music choice, the URL where you found it, the actual type of CC license for it, and how you would use the music in a movie.