1. Keeping yourself right with copyright
Digital learning
Get copyright literate with our interactive tutorial!

2. Main menu Introduction Creating your own media Using existing media
Final tips and find out more

3. There’s lots of confusion about what we can do with media we find online, such as
VIDEOS
IMAGES
INFORMATION
Work through this tutorial to find out how to be a digital citizen and use media and information ethically!
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4. Click The symbols to find out what the key terms mean
All original work is automatically protected by copyright when it is first created. Usually the first owner of copyright is the creator or their employer.
Copyright CC
Creators can use CC licences to allow others to use their work subject to specified conditions. This encourages the sharing of resources.
Creative Commons C
Works in the public domain are available for public use. But just because a work is publically available online doesn’t mean it is Public Domain!
Public Domain

5. Are you going to create your own media?
Yes, I want to create my own media.
No, I want to use existing media.

6. Do you want to allow others to share your media?
Yes, I want to share it with others with attribution.
No, I do not want others to use it without my permission.

7. Your work will be protected by copyright
Copyright is automatically given to the creator (or their employer) when the work is created. Nobody else can use it without the copyright owner’s permission. You may wish to add a watermark or logo to the media to identify yourself (or the College, if it was produced as part of your work) as the copyright owner. CC C
Find out how you can share your media
Find out more about copyright

8. Use a creative commons licenceCC
Use a creative commons licence
Use a Creative Commons licence to give others permission to share and use your creative work subject to conditions of your choice.
Click the arrow to find out about the different licences available.
Find out how you can share your media
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9. Creators can choose the conditions they wish to apply to their work – Click the icons to find out more.
Others can use your work provided that they attribute it to you. All CC licences require that anyone using your work in any way must give you credit.
Attribution (BY)
Others can copy, distribute, display, perform and modify your work, provided they share any modified work under the same terms.
ShareAlike (SA)
Others can copy, distribute, display, perform, modify and use your work for any purpose other than commercially (unless they get your permission first).
NonCommercial (NC)
Others can copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work. If they want to modify your work they must get your permission first.
NoDerivatives (ND)

10. Do you want to allow others to adapt your work
Do you want to allow others to adapt your work? Select an option to find out which licence to use.
Yes, and they can use it commercially
Yes, but they cannot use it commercially
Yes, as long as they share alike
Yes, as long as they share alike but don’t use it commercially
No, but they can use it commercially
No, and they cannot use it commercially

11. Use an attribution (BY) licence to allow users to
Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Adapt – change or build upon the material
Use the work for commercial purposes
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence and indicate if changes were made.

12. Use an attribution-Non-commercial (BY-NC) licence to allow users to
Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Adapt – change or build upon the material
Except for commercial purposes
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence and indicate if changes were made.

13. Use an attribution-ShareAlike (BY-SA) licence to allow users to
Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Adapt – change or build upon the material
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence and indicate if changes were made.
If changes are made, users must distribute their contributions under the same licence.

14. Use an attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (BY-NC-SA) licence to allow users to
Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Adapt – change or build upon the material
Except for commercial purposes
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence and indicate if changes were made.
If changes are made, users must distribute their contributions under the same licence.

15. Use an attribution-NoDerivatives (BY-ND) licence to allow users to
Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Use the work for commercial purposes
Users must give appropriate credit and provide a link to the licence.
If changes are made, users may not distribute the modified material.

16. Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Use an attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives (BY-NC-ND) licence to allow users to
Share – copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format
Except for commercial purposes
Users must give appropriate credit and provide a link to the licence.
If changes are made, users may not distribute the modified material.

17. You can search for media online
Unless you are purchasing media, you will need to check if it is copyrighted.
If you can’t find any copyright information, you must assume that it is protected by copyright and you should not use it without permission, unless the use of the work is ‘fair dealing’. CC
Search for Creative Commons media
Find out more about ‘fair dealing’

18. Final Tips for avoiding copyright problems
Create rather than copy
Use Public Domain or Creative Commons works
Obtain permission from the copyright holder
Link to an official online source
As a last resort, consider ‘fair dealing’

19. Find out more! Intellectual Property Office Copyright User: Education
Copyright User: Education
Creative Commons