Workshop: Understanding Copyright for Digital Media: Home

Aim

This session will provide an introduction to and overview of Creative Commons Licensing, an attribute associated with a number of freely-available information resources found on the internet, as well as common issues related to utilising digital copyrighted materials.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session students will:

• Further understanding of copyright guidelines for fair use of images from the internet

• Understand what Creative Commons Licensing is, as well as the attributes/levels associated with reproducing materials under this license.

• Demonstrate their understanding of the importance of following copyright guidelines with regard to reproducing images found on the internet  

• Articulate the concepts of fair use and copyright exceptions

• Find an image available from the internet, recognise what type of copyright (if any) the item is licensed under, and use appropriately

• Apply Creative Commons License to their own work

Outline of session

The session will include the following

• Overview of copyright and introduction to Creative Commons licensing

• Retrieval of image from internet (Case study)

• Practical application of searching/using images on the internet 

• Review of issues related to the session (Q&A)

• Quiz pertaining to copyright and Creative Commons

• Discussion of further sources available for locating images

Art and Humanities

Applied Social Sciences, Young People & Education, 
 Suffolk Business School and Science & Technology