day 3 lesson 3 finding and using images

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Finding and Using Images

Day 3 Lesson 3

Johanna RiddleInstructional Designer

Seminole Academy of Digital Learning

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Many of your research projects will include visual

information, such as: photographs charts maps diagrams drawings

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You can find lots of visual information on the Internet.

But everything you see on the Internet is not available for public use. It is not okay to

use images without permission of the owner!

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You need special permission from the writer or artist to use images and text that is copyrighted.

Creative Commons enables you to use and share work created by others. You do not need to ask for special permission to use Creative Commons material. However, you still need to give credit for the material you use.

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Anything that is part of Creative Commons is okay to include in your school projects. You can

find images that are okay to use by using the phrase “Creative

Commons” in front of your search term.

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Let’s look for images of butterflies. We will use the

search terms “Creative Commons” and “butterflies.”

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Go to Google. Type “Creative Commons” and “butterflies” in the search bar.

Press the magnifying glass icon to search the Internet.

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You can select the type of information you want to find. You are looking for

images. Choose the Images option and press Enter.

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Move the scroll bar with your mouse to view all of the

photos. Select the one that best supports your research and

writing.

A selection of images will appear on the screen.

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Right click on the image that you want to save. Select Save

Image As.

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Choose a name for your image. Be sure to leave the jpg extension at the end of the name. Then decide where you want to save the image. This picture of the butterfly is being saved to the Pictures File. Finally,click Save.

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Check to be sure that your image was saved to your computer.

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To use your image, open the program you want to use. Then find your picture and click on

it.

Then click “Insert” at the bottom of the screen.

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Your image will appear in the

document, program, or

slideshow you are creating.

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This concludes today’s tutorial.

Tomorrow, you will learn how to use information and cite

sources.