Documentation:Digital Images
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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/
- Flickr Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons
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
- Flickr Attribution Helper: http://cogdog.github.io/flickr-cc-helper/
A couple more search engines for you to peruse:
- I'm Free: http://www.imcreator.com/free
- Veezzle: http://www.veezzle.com/
- 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/
Why use digital images?
Where can I use images?
Copyright concerns
- TRU Intellectual Property website: http://www.tru.ca/ipo/faq.html