CSU THINKSPACE

There are some great sources for free videos and images online, however, please consider your copyright and intellectual property responsibilities whenever you add an video or image to your Thinkspace site.

You can read the CSU Copyright Guidelines for Students here.

Useful Resources

• CSU Library Guides: Using Images at University
• CSU Library Guides: Copyright @ Charles Sturt University
• Edublogs Ultimate Guide to Copyright
• Smartcopying: The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE

Sometimes you’ll need to edit images so that they appear in your post at the right size and cropping. If you are doing simple edits you can use the WordPress image editor that are built into your Thinkspace Media Library. Check out the Edublogs Image Editing Guide for more info.

For more detailed image editing, we suggest the following image editing tools:

• Adobe Photoshop Express (Windows and Mac)
• inPixio (Win)
• GIMP (Windows and Mac)
• Apple Photos (Mac)
• Pixlr (Online)

Support Resources:

• Edublogs Guides: Add images to posts or pages
• Edublogs Guides: Editing Images
• Edublogs Guides: Managing Files in your Media Library
• WordPress Guides: Using Images
• WP Made Simple: Adding images in WordPress

Finding Images to use in your blog:

• Articles:
  • Where to Find Free Images for Your Blog
  • ProBlogger: How to Find Images for Your Blog That Won’t Get You Sued
• Photo Archives:
  • Flickr – Creative Commons
  • FreeImages
  • Unsplash
  • Pixabay 
  • Wikimedia Commons

Remember to carefully consider copyright when adding images to your Thinkspace blog.