Documentation:Digital Images

This wiki is intended for faculty and students that are interested in using digital images for a variety of uses:

• Presentations / lectures
• Assignments
• Learning Activities
• Personal / Professional blogs, websites, etc.

The following structure is based on the Experiential Learning workshop presented by Melissa Jakubec and Kelly Warnock. Feel free to add/modify ideas and resources, or contact us for

How do I find free and open images?

• Google Advanced Search: http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search
• Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Compfight: http://compfight.com/
• Free Digital Photos: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
• Creative Commons search: http://search.creativecommons.org/

Here are some excellent resources from Alan Levine's site:

• Finding Media (images, audio, video, etc.): http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia
• Finding Flickr Photos: http://50ways.wikispaces.com/Finding+Flickr+Photos
• My Image Seek: https://cogdog.makes.org/thimble/LTEzODAzODQ3Njg=/image-seek
• Photo Tips: http://cogdogblog.com/photo/
• Image Q Bonus Tools: http://cogdog.wikispaces.com/Image+Q+Bonus+Tools

A couple more search engines for you to peruse:

• I'm Free: http://www.imcreator.com/free
• Raumrot: http://www.raumrot.com/10/
• Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/
• Picography: http://picography.co/
• WorldImages: http://worldimages.sjsu.edu
• Free Images: http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• Shutterstock: http://www.imageafter.com/images.php
• Dreamstime: http://www.dreamstime.com/free-photos
• The Noun Project (for icons): http://thenounproject.com/
• Gratisography: http://www.gratisography.com/

How do I create my own visuals?

Graphic Organizers

• Visio: a tool to create diagrams. http://visio.microsoft.com/en-us/pages/default.aspx ($) • Cacoo: Create diagrams online real time collaboration. https://cacoo.com/

Copyright concerns

• TRU Intellectual Property website: http://www.tru.ca/ipo/faq.html