Youtube licences, what does it mean for educational materials

DigCompEdu Competence area

2.1 Selecting digital resources

Progression Level

Explorer (A2)

Minimum digital skills level of Students

A1

Minimum digital skills level of Educators

A2

Learning/Teaching situation

Students & teachers can embed youtube videos in their educational materials so make the learning process more interactive.

Target group

Teachers want to embed youtube videos in their materials

Ingredients

PC/laptop
Internet
Smartphone
Browser application.

Description

YouTube is one of the most commonly used video search engines in the world. Did you know you can use YouTube to find Creative Commons (CC) licensed Videos? Using the YouTube search filters, you can search for material by keyword and refine your search to show only material available under a CC license.

This recipe was created to help teachers find CC licensed material on YouTube. It forms one part of an information pack on CC for the education sector.

How to do it (step by step)

Step 1

Do a search and find the filters option

After you do a search on YouTube, click on the filters option.

Step 2

Filter results

Under ‘Features’ select Creative Commons.

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