Creative Commons for Teachers

Introduction

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How can you license educational materials you made, or compiled, under a Creative Commons License? This Wikiwijs arrangement teaches you how to do this without infringing on copyright.

Intended audience
This material is written for teachers at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. This means some of the content will focus on Dutch law. Note that as a teacher at a Dutch Universitiy of Applied Sciences you can make use of several exceptions to copyright. Creative Commons licenses do not reduce, limit, or restrict any rights under exceptions and limitations to copyright. This means that if an exception for education allows particular use, a Creative Commons license cannot restrict this. For information about what exceptions to copyright you can make use of as a teacher, check the website of the Copyright Information Point.

Important:
Please note that is guide is not intended to provide or replace legal advice.
The information provided represents the author's understanding of openly licensed content and copyright and is subject to change.

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The arrangement Creative Commons for Teachers is made with Wikiwijs of Kennisnet. Wikiwijs is an educational platform where you can find, create and share learning materials.

Author: Team Informatievaardigheid Hogeschool Rotterdam
Last modified: 2025-03-18 15:20:37
License: This learning material is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. This means that, as long as you give attribution, you are free to:

Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material

for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

More information about the CC Naamsvermelding 4.0 Internationale licentie.

Creative Commons for Teachers © 2023 by E. Langhorst, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Except when otherwise noted, content in this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Please note: This wikiwijs arrangement was made for the 2023 Creative Commons Certificate Course. This guide is not intended to provide or replace legal advice. The information provided represents the author's understanding of openly licensed content and copyright and is subject to change.

Additional information about this learning material

The following additional information is available about this learning material:

Description: This arrangement tells you how to use, alter and share material with a Creative Commons License, without infringing on copyright.
Education level: HBO - Master; HBO - Bachelor;
Learning content and objectives: Recht;
End user: leraar
Difficulty: gemiddeld
Keywords: auteursrecht, copyright, creative commons

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If you don’t want to copy the Launch URLs separately, but want to download them all at once, download the IMSCC package.

Creative Commons for Teachers

Creative Commons for Teachers

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