{"id":11068,"date":"2017-09-25T02:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:34:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T16:34:05","slug":"finding-images-to-use-in-your-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/finding-images-to-use-in-your-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Images to Use in Your Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often instructors are looking for images to use in their courses because images can liven up the course and help students understand the course material. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/magnifying-glass-29398_640.png?resize=320%2C253\" alt=\"magnifying glass clipart\" width=\"320\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Be careful using a Google search for images. Many of the images that you find in a Google search are copyrighted. Images you use for your courses should be free of any copyright restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>There are several sites that I like to use to find free images that are either in the public domain or covered by licenses that allow you to reuse images under certain restrictions. Those sites are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\">Pixabay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photosforclass.com\/\">Photosforclass.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\">Unsplash.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may have found an image you want to use, however, you would like to make changes to it. You can find <a href=\"http:\/\/xula.libguides.com\/c.php?g=666600&p=4688458\">image editing software suggestions<\/a> in the Xavier Library <a href=\"http:\/\/xula.libguides.com\/dh\">Digital Humanities Toolbox<\/a>. Just make sure the image copyright gives you permission to modify the image.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your favorite site(s) for finding free images? Let us know by leaving a comment on this blog post.<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI, read my blog post on <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/digital-copyrights\/\">Digital Copyrights<\/a> for copyright information.<\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/vectors\/magnifying-glass-hand-glass-magnify-29398\/\">image<\/a> by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often instructors are looking for images to use in their courses because images can liven up the course and help students understand the course material. Be careful using a Google search for images. Many of the images that you find in a Google search are copyrighted. Images you use for your courses should be free <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/finding-images-to-use-in-your-courses\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Finding Images to Use in Your Courses\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[84,173],"class_list":{"0":"post-11068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"tag-copyright","8":"tag-image","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2Sw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19077,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/icymi-find-free-images-to-use-in-your-courses\/","url_meta":{"origin":11068,"position":0},"title":"ICYMI: Find Free Images to Use in Your Courses","author":"Janice Florent","date":"February 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Often instructors are looking for images to use in their courses because images can liven up the course and help students understand the course material. 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