Find missing image metadata or or verify license
Why do we need to find missing image metadata or verify licenses?
- Metadata may not have been available in an OER we imported
- Metadata may not be complete, or be missing a key element
- We need to verify that the image(s) are openly licensed and can be legally used in our OER
- We want to give attribution/credit to content creators
Video Demonstration
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Watch Missing Image Metadata on Screencast-o-matic (12 mins)
Video source: Except where otherwise noted, “Missing Image Metadata” by Jen Booth is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0, except where otherwise noted.
Process to Find/Verify Missing Image Metadata
| Step |
Description | Time stamp |
Editor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Examine the image, caption and any metadata available through Media library. | 0:30 | Visual/ Media Library |
| 2 | Review image for indicators that it may be copyrighted – eg: copyright symbol, watermarks, the words “stock” in the image name/file name, link to image/page that is clearly copyrighted, etc. | 2:42 | Visual |
| 3 | Check the original OER source to see if metadata was available, but not imported or copied into our text. | 3:38 | Browser |
| 4 | Check to see if the images appear to be created specifically for the source OER. If so, add attribution / metadata that reflects the source page. | 4:35 | Browser |
| 5 | If you can identify any partial information, such as creator, source URL, image collection or title of the image, use these to locate the original content. | 6:05 | Browser |
| 6 | Reverse image search in Google | 8:32 | Browser |
| 7 | Add in what metadata you can find to the caption and Media Library. If you’re unsuccessful in locating the required metadata, flag the image as an issue for faculty review. | not shown | Media Library |
Resources
- Create image attribution statements
- Create end of page attribution statements
- Google Image Search
- Internet Archive: Wayback Machine: for older OER content, the links back to original content may be broken. You can sometimes track back to an original OER by using this tool!
Attribution & References
Except where otherwise noted, “Find or verify Missing Image Metadata” by Jen Booth is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
