LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Creative Commons Licensing

Overview of Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.

-- From Creative Commons website

Creative Commons Licenses

The licenses below and their descriptions come from the About the Licenses page of Creative Commons.

Choosing and Attributing Licenses

Things to Consider Before Licensing Your Work
Outlines things to think about before applying Creative Commons license to your work, or using Creative Commons-licensed materials.
Choosing a License
Learn how to choose the appropriate license for your work.
Marking Your Work with CC License
Learn how to mark your work with a Creative Commons license.
Best Practices for Attribution
Provides some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.
Open Attribution Builder
Allows you to easily cite open materials. Created by Open Washington, this tool will automatically generate the attribution for you.

Acknowledgements and Attribution

This guide is adapted from Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries OER Program Guide. Both the MSU Libraries OER Program Guide and this guide (OER @WOU) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.