Copyright & Licensing in Commons

Instructure offers a range of copyright and license options for you to choose from when adding new content to Canvas Commons. These include the following combinations, which are listed in increasing order of restrictiveness:

• Copyrighted
• Public Domain
• CC – Attribution
• CC – Attribution ShareAlike
• CC – Attribution NoDerivs
• CC – Attribution NonCommercial
• CC – Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike
• CC – Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs

*CC = Creative Commons

Instructure provides general information about each of these options, as well as basic guidance about which option may be most appropriate for your content.

• What types of content licenses are available in Commons? 

More information about each copyright and license combination can also be found via the following links:

• Copyrighted
  • Creating Copyright (UW info)
  • Scholarly Publishing (UW Libraries)
• Public Domain
  • Creative Commons 
  • What is Public Domain? (Instructure)
• Creative Commons (“CC”) options
  • Creative Commons Licenses
  • UW Bothell Learning Technologies

For more information about topics such as the assignment of copyright and licensing, visit the UW Copyright Connection’s portal on “Managing Rights.”