A Creative Commons license has three layers and four elements.

Three Layers

Select the hotspots below, which share more information about each of the three layers within the license.

Four Elements

The four license elements are BY, NC, SA, and ND.

• BY is attribution. This element requires giving credit to the creator.
• NC is Non-Commercial. This element, when on a license, means the work cannot be used to earn money.
• SA is ShareAlike. The ShareAlike element requires the new work to be shared with at least the same license. It is similar to the golden rule: Share unto others as others have shared unto you.
• ND means NoDerivatives. This element means the content is free to use but cannot be modified (with the exception of changing format (like Word to PDF) or spelling errors, or modifying to meet the needs of the visually impaired.) and publicly shared. You can modify the work and not share it publicly, however!

Review the slides below to see easy ways to remember each of the four elements. Select the left and right arrows on the sides to navigate forward and backward.

Quiz 1

Purpose: The purpose of this quiz is to review important parts of the content thus far. Please aim for 85% or better before moving onto the next section. There are seven multiple-choice questions in this quiz.