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WRT 254 - Advanced Professional Communication - PimaOnline: Multimodal Resources

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a group of licenses which enable use of many online images, videos, music and other digital materials. It is a great resource for academic institutions as most works covered by the license allow for use in an educational setting without the need to contact the copyright holder. There is also a Creative Commons license that allows use for any purpose.  Note that when using a work covered by Creative Commons you must always credit the work.

To search for images covered by Creative Commons licenses use the CC Search

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Image Resources from the Library

The PCC Library has some images you can download and use in your multimodal work. Check out the databases below:

Stock Images from the Web

The open web has even more free image sites, a few of our favorites are listed below. 

Unsplash

  • All photos can be downloaded and used for free

  • Commercial and non-commercial purposes

  • No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!)

Pexels

  • All photos and videos on Pexels are free to use.

  • Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is not necessary but always appreciated.

  • You can modify the photos and videos from Pexels. Be creative and edit them as you like.

Pics4 Learning

  • Images free to use in educational settings.

Jopwell Collection

  • Images of young working people of color

  • Images can be downloaded, copied and displayed freely as long as the website is credited.

Pixabay

  • All content can be used for free for commercial and noncommercial use across print and digital. 

  • Some downloads require registration, others do not.

  • Attribution is not required.

Images Reflecting Diversity (list assembled by Liz Yata at OE Global Connect)