Title: Activity 2.1 - Identifying licenses in documents and various rich media resources.
Course: Working with Open Educational Resources (OERs) > Section: Topic 2: Understanding Creative Commons Licensing

Aim: To Identify different copyright licenses in different documents and websites on the internet.

Motivation: To gain an understanding of different licenses displayed on documents and media which will allow you to recognize the permissions and limitations for the usage of the material accessed.

Tools: Discussion forum; Internet search engine (e.g. Google).

Task: Identifying licenses in documents and various rich media resources.

Resources: Search engine such as Google;  OER repositories as well as free/open media storage repositories such as YouTube. Flickr and SlideShare.

What to do: Locate the license and copyright in documents, articles, videos and other information found on the web.

How:

- Using a search engine or one of the OER repositories on your list, find any resource that may be of interest in your teaching activities.
- Locate the license / copyright of the resource and make a note of the wording of permissions and restrictions that apply to this resource.
- Record the title of article, document or video accessed, its URL and the type of license found, and whether you think you will be able to reuse or adapt this resource under the terms of the license.
- Share this information on the forum provided using the type of license in your subject header.

Duration: One hour (60 mins)

Feedback:  Peer assessment (the list of sites accessed will be available for everyone to see and comment).