MOOC Resources for Educators: Creative commons licenses, search tools

Creative Commons licences facilitate sharing and reuse of creative content. These licences provide a standardised way to give the public permission to share and use creative work — subject to conditions of the author's choice. No matter which licence is used, you must always attribute the creator of the material.
The above link explains the 6 licence types and the symbols to look out for on CC material.

is the affiliate that supports Creative Commons in Australia and administers the Australian Creative Commons licences.

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

Creative Commons created this dedicated search portal to search for reusable content using keyword, licence type and type of material.

This guide was created to help teachers, students and curriculum units find CC licensed material using Google’s Advanced Search.

Click Search Tools, choose Usage Rights, select type of licence. Click on an image, then on Visit Page. On the image’s original website, you can check that the image is legitimate and has been licensed correctly.

This guide was created to help teachers, students and curriculum units find CC licensed material on YouTube. Users may mark their videos with a Creative Commons "CC BY" license. These videos are accessible to YouTube users for use in their own videos via the YouTube Video Editor.

A guide to help teachers and curriculum units find CC licensed material.