REMEMBER when searching the internet -  check the copyright statement, terms of use, or terms and conditions stated on the website to establish what is permitted.

The statement will advise if the works on the site can be used for educational purposes, within your organisation, under a Creative Commons licence or are free for use.

Concepts of 'Free' Meanings:

• Royalty free – pay once use under licence.
• Educational use – teaching purposes only
• Non-commercial use – no profit or money to be made - where the use is "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.”
• Personal use – your home or personal use.
• Within your organisation – use for teaching, report, admin purposes within your organisation – no marketing.
• CC0 “No Rights Reserved”. A Creative Commons licence that indicates the work is in the public domain.

THINK ABOUT – Searching the Creative Commons website to find images from Flicker, Google images or Wikimedia commons, etc.

Searching Google Images

Using Creative Commons to find images on Google Image (0:30 min) by WhatcomElearning (YouTube)

Other images sites

The sites below host free, creative commons and licensed images for use.

The sites below contain images with no copyright restrictions and no requirement to attribute the source.

Finding the source of an image

How To Do A Reverse Image Search In Google (1:03 min) by The Gooru (YouTube)

How to use Music for YouTube Videos | TECH TALK (9:22 min) by Shameless Maya (YouTube)