Guide to source citation and licences

This page provides an overview of the sources and licence rules that must be observed when creating educational content.

📢 General rules & recommendations 📢

  • Always check the licence conditions. These are often specified in the legal notice.

  • Sources must be cited if third-party content is used. If unsure: create your own content or use public domain materials.

  • If you find sources that are not correctly cited, correct them yourself if possible or write a message to @teameducation.

  • If you find graphics or illustrations that are under copyright and are being used incorrectly, remove the graphic/illustration or write a message to @teameducation.

✅ General copyright law

Copyright protects creative works such as texts, images, videos and music. Only the author or rights holder may decide how their work is used.

Rules

  • Works may only be used with the permission of the author or a corresponding licence (copyright).

💬 Use of texts

Texts from books, articles or websites may not simply be copied.

Rules:

  • Short quotations (a few sentences) are permitted if they are labelled as quotations and contain a reference to the source.

  • It is better to summarise (paraphrase) content in your own words.

  • Entire articles or paragraphs may not be copied.

🖼️ Images and graphics

Photos, illustrations and infographics are protected by copyright.

Rules:

  • Use licence-free images.

  • Use images with a Creative Commons licence and cite sources.

  • Do not use Google images or third-party photos without permission! No screenshots either.

  • Note your own graphics and images, e.g. own illustration by CorrelAid e.V. in ‘Understanding and using data. The basic course for civil society organisations, Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

📹 Videos & music

Film clips and music are almost always protected by copyright.

Rules:

  • Use your own videos and music or with a Creative Commons licence.

  • Embed YouTube videos instead of downloading them.

  • Do not simply insert third-party videos or pieces of music into presentations.

👤 Personal rights & data protection

Images and videos of people may not be published without their consent.

Rules:

  • Obtain prior written consent from the person depicted.

  • Do not use images without express permission.

  • Use the #pr-general-organisation and #pr-content-feedback-approval channel for social media content.

💡 Creative Commons (CC) licence overview

For content that is available online, the licence conditions are usually specified in the legal notice or noted directly. Always read these and apply them as indicated. More information on the CC licence overview can be found here. If material that may be used via CC licences is quoted, it is important to always state the CC licence with a link (see indication of sources).

Overview:

  • CC0 (Public Domain Dedication): Completely free to use, no restrictions.

  • CC BY (Attribution): Use permitted, but the author must be named.

  • CC BY-SA (Attribution - ShareAlike): Use permitted, but edited works must be published under the same licence.

  • CC BY-NC (Attribution - Non-commercial): Use permitted, but not for commercial purposes.

  • CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike): Use permitted, but not for commercial purposes, and edited works must be published under the same licence.

  • CC BY-ND (Attribution - No Derivative Works): Use permitted, but no editing of the work.

  • CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution - Non-commercial - No Derivative Works): Use permitted, but no editing and no commercial use.

📝 Indication of sources

All content used (texts, images, videos, graphics) must be correctly cited.

Rules:

  • Always cite the source when using external content.

  • This can be in the presentation, on the last slide or directly under an image or quote.

  • Own content:

    In German:

  • Content that has a CC licence:

    • Adopted content: Source: ‘Fundamentals of Statistics’ by Michael Aydinbas in ‘R Lernen - der Datenkurs von und für die Zivilgesellschaft’ by CorrelAid e.V., (year where applicable), Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

    • Customised: Source: Adapted from ‘Fundamentals of Statistics’ by Michael Aydinbas in ‘R Lernen - der Datenkurs von und für die Zivilgesellschaft’ by CorrelAid e.V., (year where applicable), Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

    In German:

    • Übernommene Inhalte: Quelle: “Grundlagen der Statistik” von Michael Aydinbas in “R Lernen - der Datenkurs von und für die Zivilgesellschaft” von CorrelAid e.V., (ggf. Jahr), Lizenziert unter Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

    • Eigens angepasst: Quelle: Nach “Grundlagen der Statistik” von Michael Aydinbas in “R Lernen - der Datenkurs von und für die Zivilgesellschaft” von CorrelAid e.V., (ggf. Jahr), Lizenziert unter Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

  • Content from websites:

    • Source: Name, ‘Title’, website link, retrieved on date.

    • Source: SocietyByte, Anne-Careen Stoltze, ‘Traumatische Klickarbeit: Die Menschen hinter ChatGPT’, https://www.societybyte.swiss/2023/06/07/traumatische-klickarbeit-die-menschen-hinter-chatgpt/, accessed 25/04/2024.

    In German:

    • Quelle: Name, „Titel“, Website-Link, abgerufen am Datum.

    • Quelle: SocietyByte, Anne-Careen Stoltze, “Traumatische Klickarbeit: Die Menschen hinter ChatGPT“, https://www.societybyte.swiss/2023/06/07/traumatische-klickarbeit-die-menschen-hinter-chatgpt/, abgerufen am 25.04.2024.

  • Authors often specify themselves how their work should be cited, especially if it has a CC licence → then follow the author's individual preferences!

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