QMULibGuides: Social media for research: Images, podcasts and videos

Images

There are many different sources available that allow you to download freely available and reusable image resources which are openly licensed for reuse under certain conditions. You can use the resources in this guide to help you find and identify open licensed reusable images.

Google Image Search
Search for an image in Google images, then use the Tools button to select an appropriate licence with the usage rights filter.
The Noun Project
Over 5 million icons with public domain licensing
OpenVerse
Previously known as CC Search, Openverse has a facility to search across multiple sources for material labelled for re-use under a CC licence.
Pixabay
A large percentage of Pixabay images are openly licensed.
Unsplash
High resolution photographs all free to download and use.
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia operates on a copyleft principle so the majority of media, images, video, sound files are in the Public Domain, CC0, or CC BY-SA licensed.
Other image sources
Here's a list of sources from UCL on where you can find openly licensed images
Tin Eye
Tin Eye reverse image search will help you check that an image is genuinely free to use.

You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution.

Best practices for attribution
Creative Commons wiki page with guidance and examples for good attribution.
Will it bite me? Media, licensing, and online teaching environments 3: OER & Creative Commons
This video covers Open Educational Resources, Creative Commons licences, and attribution of materials in online teaching environments.

Visualisation tools

There are many free tools available which enable you to create professional-looking 'visuals' to help convey your research, such as infographics, flowcharts, timelines and context-sensitive explanation.

Easel.ly
Visualisation tool which enables you to create flowcharts (see above) and more, using templates.
Explanation with thinglink
Newcastle University Library has used thinglink to explain how to fill in an inter library loan form.
Timelines with Timetoast
Create interactive, visually appealing timelines.
Twitter visualisations
Visualisation of tweets designed for display in public places.
World Oral Literature Project
This Cambridge University project is using Google Maps to show where its collections are located.

Podcasts: research institute

Learn more: making podcasts

Podcasts

Audacity
Free open-source software for recording and editing sounds.
audioBoom
Listen, record, upload, edit, broadcast sound.
Freesound
Collaborative database of Creative Commons-licensed sounds.
Podcasting
Short overview of podcasting in an educational context from JISC Web2practice.
SoundCloud
Create and share sounds.

Presentation by Steve Boneham about recording and producing audio.

Audio visual material: sharing

CRASHH
This research centre is sharing videos, photos and audio materials online.
Historypin
Users can upload old photos,which are then geotagged and overlaid on current location. Enables sharing of stories relating to locations and topics.

Public domain Pride icons

The Noun Project Pride Icon Collection
Noun Project launches a new collection of 30 icons dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Created in partnership with Out & Equal, Human Rights Campaign, and Canva, all icons are available for free as Public Domain.

Researchers' videos and podcasts

iTunes U
iTunes U gives educators an easy way to design complete courses with audio, video, and other content and distribute them through the iTunes U app.
YouTube Edu
Search YouTube EDU for videos from university departments around the world.

Videos: public engagement

UCL's public lunchtime lectures are on YouTube.

Videos: research dissemination

60 Second Politics
Can you explain your research in 60 seconds? Nottingham University politics lecturers can...
Dance your PhD
This has now become a fiercely-contested annual academic contest!
Ellie Mackin Roberts
Personal 'vlog' from an academic researcher reflecting on her research.
JISC Virtual Research Environment projects
If 60 seconds is too easy, how about 30 seconds?
Postgrad researcher videos
Postgraduate researchers in arts and humanities made short videos about their research at a recent AHRC public engagement/social media training conference.