Copyright includes moral rights. It is the moral right of creators of artistic works to be attributed for their work.
When using images in your Canvas course you should acknowledge their use by the following methods:
For accessibility purposes, ALT text needs to be provided for all images. The text should be a helpful description of the image.
Referencing tools such as Easy Cite and Open Attribution Builder will aid in acknowledging the images.
Easy Cite provides examples of how to reference images in several referencing styles, and the Open Attribution Builder can be used for creative commons images.
To assist in building your attribution to openly licenced material.
This Library guide by RMIT University Library is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence, except where otherwise noted. All reasonable efforts have been made to clearly label material where the copyright is owned by a third party and ensure that the copyright owner has consented to this material being presented in this library guide. The RMIT University logo is ‘all rights reserved’.