LibGuides: Open Educational Resources: Create OER

Overview of Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs. -- From Creative Commons website

Choosing and Attributing Licenses

Things to Consider Before Licensing Your Work
Outlines things to think about before applying Creative Commons license to your material, or use Creative Commons-licensed materials.
Choose A License
Contains information on how to choose the appropriate license for your work.
Marking Your Work with CC License
Learn how to mark your work with a Creative Commons license.
Best Practices for Attribution
Provides some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.
Open Attribution Builder
Easily cite open materials. This tool will automatically generate the attribution for you.

Types of Licenses

The licenses below and their descriptions come from the About the Licenses page of Creative Commons.