{"id":22550,"date":"2021-09-30T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T01:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educationaltechnology.wooster.edu\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:51:30","slug":"copyright-free-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/copyright-free-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright-free Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please see our article <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/knowledge-base\/copyright-fair-use\/\">Comply with Copyright and Fair Use guidelines in Course Material<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"media-sources-that-offer-audio-image-video\">Media Sources that offer Audio, Image, Video<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\">CC Search Portal (creativecommons.org)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/louisvilledcc.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/copyright-fair-use-public-domain-and-creative-commons-1.pdf\">Copyright Fair Use Public Domain and Creative Commons<\/a>.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/creazilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creazilla<\/a> creates and distributes free graphic designs and assets. One of the largest collections of media files under a Public Domain license \u2014 including photos, illustrations, scanned art images, vectors, videos, and audio files.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/about\/\">Internet Archive<\/a> building a digital library of Internet sites&nbsp;including webpages, books, images, audio, video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/openverse\/\">Openverse<\/a> (<em>formerly CC Search for Creative Commons Search<\/em>)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>all Openverse content is under a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons license<\/a>&nbsp;or is in the public domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pixabay<\/a> Photos, Videos, Music, Sound effects. https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>royalty free images, illustrations, videos and music. All contents are released under the Pixabay License, which makes them safe to use without attribution &#8211; even for commercial purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videvo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Videvo<\/a>: Freemium stock video footage that also includes audio and sound effects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>\u201d https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a&nbsp;media file repository&nbsp;making available public domain and freely licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"audio-sources\">Audio Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk\/\">BBC Sound Effects<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensound.com\/royalty-free-music\">Bensound<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensound.com\/royalty-free-music\">https:\/\/www.bensound.com\/royalty-free-music<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freeplaymusic.com\/\">Freeplay Music<\/a>&nbsp;The Best Music Library on the Planet!\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/freeplaymusic.com\/#\/pricing\">Education &gt; Classroom Use<\/a> details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freesound<\/a> <strong>free sound effects and recordings<\/strong> shared under various Creative Commons licenses. Some require attribution, but many allow free reuse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Music Archive<\/a> offers free access to open licensed, original music by independent artists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamendo.com\/en\/\">Jamendo<\/a> Royalty-free music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/musopen.org\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musopen<\/a> royalty and copyright-free <strong>classical music<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/music\/search\/no%20copyright%20music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pixabay | No Copyright Song &amp; MP3 Free Downloads<\/a> (specifically audio without copyright)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/discover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a> (Not all tracks are downloadable. If you are logged in to your SoundCloud account and don&#8217;t see a download file button, it means the user who uploaded it did not intend for it to be downloadable.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opsound.org\/\">opsound<\/a> Free music for commercial use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/\">Zapsplat<\/a>&nbsp;Free music &amp; sound effects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"image-sources\">Image Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imghp\">Google Image Search<\/a>&nbsp;(see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/29508?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=3180360\">Google search article<\/a>)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To do a search in Google for material only under Creative Commons licensing: Image Search &gt; Settings &gt;Advanced Search, and under &#8220;usage rights,&#8221; select \u201cfree to use or share\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/search\/advanced\/?\">Flickr Search<\/a>&nbsp;under Any license, select &#8220;All creative commons&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/royalty-free-images\/\">Pexels \u00b7 1+ Million Royalty Free Images<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pixabay<\/a> (listed above for images, videos and music)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Try the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/en-us\/product\/office\/WA104381335\" target=\"_blank\">Pixabay Word and PowerPoint plug-in<\/a> which lets you search for public domain images without having to leave your Word document or PowerPoint slideshow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In PowerPoint &gt; On the&nbsp;<strong>Insert<\/strong>&nbsp;tab, in the&nbsp;<strong>Images<\/strong>&nbsp;group, click&nbsp;<strong>Pictures<\/strong>&nbsp;and then&nbsp;click&nbsp;<strong>Online Pictures<\/strong>. In the online pictures frame under the search box, select the checkbox for &#8220;Creative Commons only&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedaln.org\/#\/home\">Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives<\/a>\u201d http:\/\/www.thedaln.org\/#\/home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see our article Comply with Copyright and Fair Use guidelines in Course Material for more information. Media Sources that offer Audio, Image, Video Audio Sources Image Sources \u201cDigital Archive of Literacy Narratives\u201d http:\/\/www.thedaln.org\/#\/home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[102,77,82],"tags":[],"coauthors":[178],"class_list":["post-22550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-digital-media","category-images"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Please see our article Comply with Copyright and Fair Use guidelines in Course Material for more information. Media Sources that offer Audio, Image, Video CC Search Portal (creativecommons.org) &#8220;Copyright Fair Use Public Domain and Creative Commons.\u201d Creazilla creates and distributes free graphic designs and assets. One of the largest collections of media files under a Public Domain license \u2014 including photos, illustrations, scanned art images, vectors, videos, and audio files.\u00a0 Internet Archive building a digital library of Internet sites&nbsp;including webpages, books, images, audio, video Openverse (formerly CC Search for Creative Commons Search) free stock photos, images, and audio, available for&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/category\/technologies\/digital-media\/audio\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Audio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/category\/technologies\/digital-media\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/category\/technologies\/digital-media\/images\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Images<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Emily Armour (she\/her)","url":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/earmourwooster-edu\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Emily Armour (she\/her)","author_link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/technology\/author\/earmourwooster-edu\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Please see our article Comply with Copyright and Fair Use guidelines in Course Material for more information. 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