Effective Presentation Skills - Tutorial
- Effective Presentation Skills (Tutorial) 30 minutesAn interactive tutorial to help you effectively prepare for an oral presentation by using PowerPoint or creating a poster presentation.
Creative Commons Explained
Creative Commons licenses give content creators the option to license their works for others to use for free. This means you can use the content, provided you abide by the license agreement.
The six CC license types
- CC BY: Reuse as you wish (you can distribute, remix, adapt and build upon the medium in any format). You must give credit to the creator.
- CC BY-SA: Reuse as you wish and you must give credit to the creator. If you make any modifications, you must also license this with CC BY-SA
- CC BY-NC: You can reuse as you wish, but only for noncommercial purposes.You must give credit to the creator.
- CC BY-NC-SA: You can reuse as you wish, but only for noncommercial purposes. You must give credit to the creator. If you make any modifications, you must also license this with CC BY-NC-SA
- CC BY-ND: You can copy and distribute, but you cannot adapt the material. You must give credit to the creator.
- CC BY-NC-ND: You can copy and distribute, but you cannot adapt the material or use it for commercial purposes. You must give credit to the creator.
Aside from these six licenses, content creators can also designate their content with a CC0 - this is when they have given up the copyright to the content, allowing it to be reused with no conditions attached.
- Creative Commons LicensesWebpage explaining Creative Commons Licenses.
Creative Commons: Giving Credit to the Creator/Owner
The four things to include when attributing or giving credit to a creator, are:
- Title - If there is a name provided, include it. In cases where there is no name, do not worry about it.
- Creator - Give the name as provided.
- Source - Include a link to where you found the material
- Licence - Include which licence is in use.
Example of attribution
'Actors in scenes from the play 'A treasury of loyal retainers' by Chushingura. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1856.' by Kunisada. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
Note: Wellcome Collection provides examples of how to credit images from their collections.
The Creative Commons webpage on best practice for attribution provides further examples.
Finding Images - CC0, Attribution Free, Royalty Free
If you are looking for images to use for an assignment or presentation, there are two important things to consider.
- Do I know who owns the copyright?
- Is there enough information for me to reference the source, if I need to?
Use of images may be allowed for educational purposes, but for content shared outside of the classroom or with the wider public, then you should not use copyrighted images.
For content that will be publicly available, you should ensure that you use images that are royalty free, copyright free, attribution free or have been designated a Creative Common - CCO Licence. Images found on Google may not necessarily be free from copyright, and infringing copyright can lead to substantial financial penalties.
Free to use online image collections
- Burst from ShopifyRoyalty free high resolution images.
- MorguefileAll images are available under CC0 licenses; no attribution is required.
- NappyWebsite with copyright free photos - the objective of this site in their own words is "to improve representation of black and brown people in media."
- PexelsAttribution and royalty free stock photos.
- PixabayAll the images on Pixabay can be used anywhere, without attribution. However, depicted content may still be protected by trademarks, publicity or privacy rights. Some sponsored content is returned with search results.
- UnsplashRoyalty free high resolution photos.
- New York Met MuseumThe Met collection are available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Over 375,000 images of artworks from our collection are available for you to use, share, and remix—without restriction.
The website listed below does require attribution, but it has been included as it is a great source to use for broadening representation.
- The Gender Spectrum Collection.The Gender Spectrum Collection is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models. These photos can be used under CC BY-NC-ND license. Please read the guidelines.
Finding Images - Library Content
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Over 2 million high quality images, rights-cleared for use in education and research, in 300 curated collections.
Working with Images - Useful Tools
There are many free to use tools online there that can help you to create great presentations. We have listed some of these below.
Please bear in mind the Library does not provide support for these tools, and as they are free, the conditions of use may be subject to change.
- CanvaOnline tool for creating posters and presentations, includes professional looking templates, images and icons. There is a basic version that is free to use.
- PiktochartOnline tool for creating presentations and infographics. There is a basic version that is free to use.
- PhotofuniaFun image editing website. Put your photo into a billboard poster, or your text into a movie marquee.
- Break Your Own NewsWebsite for generating your own 'breaking news' image and headlines.
Finding the source of an image
- TinEye - Reverse Image SearchIf you do come across an image via Google that you feel it important for you to use. You can use TinEye to see if you can find the original source for referencing purposes.