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=Images in WikiEducator= This page is designed as a hub to contain general information about Images (copyright, types, best practices, tools, libraries and repositories available for using in WikiEducator. == Copyright permissions and restrictions== Images used in WikiEducator content should conform to the same copyright permissions as the text content.

Just because there are some restrictions, doesn't mean you can't use them. However, you do need to check that the use you will make of the image is allowed within the copyright permissions.


 * Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike - default WikiEducator permissions


 * Bound by Law - Duke University's guide to copyright law in comic book format - this stuff doesn't have to be dull and boring


 * The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) collections - Copyright and Other Restrictions That Apply to Publication/Distribution of Images: Assessing the Risk of Using a P&P Image

Creative Commons in Flickr "Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright." http://creativecommons.org The number of CC-licensed photos on Flickr has reached over 100 million — the largest pool of CC images to date. Within Flickr, there is the ability to search for images by copyright type.


 * Attribution - You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.


 * Noncommercial - You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.


 * No Derivative Works - You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.


 * Share Alike - You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

= Image libraries and repositories= Here are some libraries and repositories of images that comply to the same copyright permissions as the text content in WikiEducator. CC-BY-SA ...learn more


 * Library of Congress
 * Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) collections
 * Women's History Month
 * OER Fair Use, Copyright, and TEACH Act
 * Open Clip Art Library
 * Wikimedia Commons
 * Wikipedia ? images
 * Free Web Headers
 * Flickr - Creative Commons - overview of the different Creative Commons licenses and links to millions of images with each license type.
 * Teacher Tap - Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media - great list of links to really good sources of images
 * Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!) for Use in Multimedia Projects and Web Pages - lists of links

... please add to the list - include the name of the image library, a link, a description of the types of images AND information about copyright permissions and restrictions.


 * Note - some FREE images have advertising associated with them. Some are scams to get email addresses. Still others transmit viruses. Every effort was been made to provide links to repositories that are appropriate to WikiEducator use.

=Image file extensions for images allowed in WikiEducator:=

= Images - tutorials=


 * Picture tutorial - assumes all images files are uploaded into WikiEducator


 * Looking for inline linking to external images? This is not allowed; see the Wikipedia policy on inline linking.

= Best Practices managing Images in WikiEducator=

General:
 * Many WikiEducator users have uploaded image files to WikiEducator. Unless explicitly stated, it is best not to assume that these images are in compliance with any copyright permissions.
 * Before uploading any new image, look for existing ones which might serve for your project. Let's promote reusability.

Uploading images:
 * Images must be less than 2mb
 * When trying to upload an image systems warns you image name is already in use, rename yours.
 * Use a name system for images you upload. Avoid generic titles like "image", "pic", "me", "home", etc. Some WiKieducators use a two digit personal prefix (initials) for images they upload.

Resizing images and thumbnails Galleries
 * While you can resize the image directly in the [Image] information, the whole image is downloaded every time the page is displayed and there is additional processing to resize it. This takes time and uses bandwidth and processing.
 * Consider making a smaller or thumbnail image that is already resized.
 * Irfanview - a free image editing application. It works really well and the price is right!
 * Consider using Galleries ( wikitags ) for showing more than two (2) related pictures in a page.

Editing Image page:
 * Any pre-existing or just uploaded image should be categorised. Add as many categories as necesary for your image
 * Use the metadata template to apply additional background information to the image. Example of a well edited image page: http://www.wikieducator.org/Image:Jim_Tittsler.jpg
 * For uploading a new version of a previous image, look for all pages are linked to it. Some pages could be seriously affected by changes.

Templates:
 * Declan McCabe is successfully using templates   and   . See how they look like:







== Image editing applications==


 * Irfanview - fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows. It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.


 * Free Online Image Editor - nothing to install - works in your browser window


 * Inkscape- Open source scalable vector graphics editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator, that strives to be SVG compliant, responsive and extensible.


 * GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

= Tutorials, Tools and Image Repositories in WikiEducator= == Tutorials, Tools and Help Pages==
 * WE tutorial - Images and Media
 * WikiEducator tool for uploading files (images, audio, video, text, etc)
 * For help on uploading images see: Help: Images
 * For help on categorizing images see: '''Help: Categories and Categorizing

== WikiEducator Repositories==
 * WE categorized images: Category: Images
 * WE New Images: Special:NewImages
 * WE uncategorized images: Special:UncategorizedImages
 * WE images by MIME-type: Special:MIMESearch

== Learn more...==


 * Analysis of 100M CC-Licensed Images on Flickr

== Add suggestions for improving this page==


 * Good page. I think this is more appropriate than a tutorial on the topic, but can be given to participants in tutorials like L4C. I still can not find a delete button for my duplicate image. Can you explain that here? --Philbartle 10:05, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Phil, found the answer to that question (any many more) at Wikipedia FAQ Editing--Lebreton 14:26, 26 March 2009 (UTC)