Open Education Resources (OER)

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Read more about Creative Commons at the FAQ site.

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization. Learn the basics of a creative commons, as well as about the licenses and how to choose a license.

You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. Here are some good (and not so good) examples of attribution

The following list sets out some basic things that you should think about before you apply a Creative Commons license to your material, or use Creative Commons-licensed material.

You have chosen a CC license for your work. Now how do you go about letting the world know? Here are some examples of how to mark your work with the CC license.

Steps to help you select your creative commons license.

Kleinman, Molly. "The Beauty of Some Rights Reserved: Introducing Creative Commons to Librarians, Faculty and Students" C&RL News, November 2008. 594-597.

Use these PowerPoints to teach students about "Open Licenses." From Open Oregon

This is a tool to help you build attributions for your Open Source.

Provides brief explanation of creative commons and a video about what is a creative commons.

This is a tool to help you build attributions for your Open Source.