Exercise : NON-Profit Licensing

Creative Commons (CC)

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal tools to help creators easily share and license their work under standardized terms. Ask yourself:

• Do you have something creative to share with the world?

• Do you want to maintain ownership aka Intellectual Property (IP)?

• Do you want ensure how it's used, distributed, and/or modified?

Awesome Creative Commons Examples

• Knowledge on WikiPedia

• Photos on Unsplash

• Icons on The Noun Project

• Music from The Free Music Archive

• Art from The MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

• Learning on the Khan Academy

• ...and so many more.

Be Creative

• Make something new -or- find something you've already made.

• Make or find something you want to share

• Ensure you have ownership of it. Ask:

  • Are any of the elements borrowed from another source e.g. a font, source code, etc.?

  • Was this created on equipment you own? Or equipment with shared-ownership? e.g. lab computer vs. friend's computer ?

  • Is there proof that this originates from you e.g. meta data on file?

Instructions

1. Make/share anything creative that you own.

2. Create a Google Doc page

3. Upload it to the Google Doc page

4. Understand and explore available CC licenses

5. Use CC chooser tool to determine with license is right for you.

6. Fill out appropriate fields

7. NOTE: From Google Docs, click "Share" and get URL for Link to Work field

8. Take screenshot of the license

9. Upload screenshot of the license to your Google Doc

Requirements

Grading Rubric

Item	Points
Made a tangible creative element	10
Google Doc that's publicly accessible	5
Determined a Creative Commons (CC) license	5
Submitted to Canvas by due date	5