What is "Creative Commons"? What does it mean?

Owned by Carol SoftChalk
Oct 26, 2023
5 min read

When you upload learning content to the public SoftChalk Cloud site, it is automatically assigned a Creative Commons By license. If you do not want to assign a Creative Commons By license, do not make your learning content public - make it personal or no-access. The Creative Commons By license says that you are allowing others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright.

You can designate the type of Creative Commons licensing that you want for this content.

Click on the below topics to view additional information.

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Log into your SoftChalk Cloud account.

Under My Content>Lessons, click on a lesson name.

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Scroll below the preview window to view the Lesson Actions menu at the right.

 

Click on Edit Lesson Properties

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You can modify the lesson name, add a description or change the privacy setting of your lesson.

 

Use the License drop-down menu to select the desired Creative Commons Attribution.

For more information about Creative Commons, visit the Creative Commons Web site.

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Select to Show License.

Check this box to display a Creative Commons License for your content. If your Privacy setting is "Public", a Creative Commons License is automatically displayed with your lesson. If your Privacy setting is "Personal" or "No Access", you may enable or disable a Creative Commons License by checking or unchecking this box.

 

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Enter Keywords to help locate the item when searched.

You may enter as many keywords or phrases as you like separated by commas.

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Select the Subjects and Levels the content should be associated with.

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When you have finished making changes to the Lesson properties, click Save Changes.

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Log into your SoftChalk Cloud account.

Under My Content>Learning Object, click on a learning object name.

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Scroll below the preview window to view the Learning Object Actions menu at the right.

Click on Edit Learning Object Properties

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You can modify the Learning Object name, add a description or change the privacy setting of your Learning Object.

 

Use the License drop-down menu to select the desired Creative Commons Attribution.

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Select to Show License.

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Enter Keywords to help locate the item when searched.

 

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Select the Subjects and Levels the content should be associated with.

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When you have finished making changes to the Learning Object properties, click Save Changes.

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Log into your SoftChalk Cloud account.

Under My Content>Files, click on a file name.

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Scroll below the preview window to view the File Actions menu at the right.

 

Choose Edit File Properties

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You can modify the File name, add a description or change the privacy setting of your Learning Object.

 

Use the License drop-down menu to select the desired Creative Commons Attribution.

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Select to Show License.

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Enter Keywords to help locate the item when searched.

 

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Select the Subjects and Levels the content should be associated with.

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When you have finished making changes to the File properties, click Save Changes.

For more information about Creative Commons, visit the Creative Commons Web site.

For more details on SoftChalk Cloud, please see the FAQ:
How do I get started with SoftChalk Cloud?, the SoftChalk Cloud Guide and the SoftChalk Cloud website.

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