This is part of a webinar presentation for a Digital Storytelling and the African

2. So what’s the deal about licensing
something on the web?

4. = COPYRIGHT
PROTECTION

5. 1 wanttoshare mycreations

7. Sheila Drew’s slide

8. Attribution
Attribution
Attribution
Attribution
Attribution
Attribution
Share alike
Share alike
No derivatives
No derivatives
Noncommercial
Noncommercial
Noncommercial

9. Sheila Drew’s slide

10. So how does one use these
licenses?

11. You upload a picture you have taken

12. You create an educational resource
to share with a license
1. What is the name of the bird
in the foreground?
2. Can you name three other
varieties of this bird?

13. The person who uses your resource gives
you attribution
1. What is the name of the bird
in the foreground?
2. Can you name three other
varieties of this bird?
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attirbution 3.0
Unported License
Citation: Sheila Drew, 2013

14. Someone else uses and changes your
resource and gives you attribution
1. The yellow hornbill on the left
is one of four varieties in sub-
Saharan Africa. Name the
other varieties
2. The large horny bill is the key
characteristic of this species.
What does this suggest about
their typical diet?
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attirbution 3.0
Unported License
Citation: Sheila Drew, 2013

15. There is no standard way to format
the attribution of a CC-licensed
work, and you can adapt the style or
phrasing to suit your needs.

16. This is the license we want to use on the
stories on the African Storybook Project
website
In it’s full meaning this sign means “This work
is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommerical 3.0 Unported
License

17. One more license: Public domain
From Sheila Drew’s slide

18. Public domain – must be stated and
is irrevocable

19. So how does one actually put the
license on one’s work?

20. Go to http://creativecommons.org/

21. Follow the prompts

22. The dangers of using other people’s
creations without permission

23. http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com

24. http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get-sued-for-
using-pics-on-your-blog.html

25. Where can I find Creative Commons
licensed items to use?

26. http://search.creativecommons.org/

28. The important words:
“Showing Creative Commons-licensed content for
commercial use, adaptation, modification or building
upon…”

29. Follow the picture to its license

30. For further help see:
The OER Africa Copyright and licensing
toolkit from Saide
http://www.oerafrica.org/copyright/CopyrightandLic
encingToolkit/tabid/1781/Default.aspx

31. That’s it for today! Thank you!