Accessibility for Videos and Images
- BCcampus Accessibility ToolkitThe goal of the Accessibility Toolkit - 2nd Edition is to provide resources for each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open textbook—one that is free and accessible for all students. This is a collaboration between BCcampus, Camosun College, and CAPER-BC.
- W3C: Making Audio and Video Media AccessibleThis page gives guidance on making media accessible.
Open Source Software
When creating or editing OER content, it is not necessary to use open software.
However, when use of the software is built into the OER, creators should find an open source option--for example, designing activities for an OER science module using open source simulation software.
Similarly, in open pedagogy, activities in which students interact with or create OER materials should be designed to incorporate open source software when possible to ensure equity of access. For example, if students are tasked to create an openly licensed infographic, instructors could help identify open source image editing software.
More examples of open source software can be found on the OER and Library Resources by College LibGuide.
Audio
Video
- Da Vinci ResolveA free-to-use (not open source) video editor with lots of features.
- OpenShot Video EditorAn open-source video editor.
Images
Searching & Hosting
Google Image searches can be filtered to show only images published with a Creative Commons license. In the past, these filters allowed users to limit results to various CC licenses (e.g., licenses that allow commercial reuse, etc.), but the filter now shows all CC licenses mixed in together so you will need to double-check the exact license of the image you have selected.
There are two ways to filter results. From the search results page, click the Tools button, then select Creative Commons licenses from the Usage Rights menu.
You can also filter by usage rights in the Advanced Search menu.
The image site Flickr allows users to narrow their search results to images with different open licenses. The options given under the "Any license" drop down correspond to different Creative Commons licenses.
On an image's information page, there is more information about the license assigned to the image. As you can see in the screenshot below, Flickr does not use the license name (e.g., CC-BY) but instead shows icons indicating the permissions and links through to the Creative Commons website for more information. The image referenced in the screenshot below shows only an icon of a person, so this is a CC-BY license.
Searching
In a YouTube search, users can filter their results to find videos that have been given a Creative Commons license. The screenshot below shows the search filters and highlights the Creative Commons option under the Features heading.
Creative Commons licenses are also identified at the bottom of each video's description, as shown below. Uploaders may also give attribution to videos that were remixed or revised.
Uploading
When uploading a video, users have the option of assigning the Standard YouTube license or a CC-BY license. YouTube states that CC licenses can only be given to videos that contain original content, CC-BY content, or public domain content. The option to change the license is on the Video Details page for a specific video within the YouTube Studio.
