Unit 5: Creating CC-licensed work

Introduction

‘Opens beautiful doors [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ’ was produced by Visual Thinkery for TIDE project, part of the UK-Aid-funded SPHEIR programme (spheir.org.uk), and is licensed CC BY 2.0

Now that we can attribute a CC-licensed resource created by others, let’s take a closer look at applying a CC licence to our own work and to work that we create by adapting OER.

In Unit 4 we looked at where to find openly licensed resources and how to evaluate them. We also looked at what information we need to provide when we reference or attribute a CC-licensed resource. This unit takes a deeper look at choosing and applying CC licences to your own work, and reviews what you should consider to make your resource easy to find and reuse. Finally, we also look at adapting openly licensed resources and how to attribute resources we create that blend a range of OER together in different ways.

This unit has three sections:

• 5.1 Choosing and applying a CC licence
• 5.2 Things to consider after CC licensing
• 5.3 Adapting and Remixing CC-licensed work

There are also additional resources if you are interested in learning more about any of the topics covered in this unit.