Using Pictures Ethically

When we see various pictures on the Internet, whether that's through google searchers or various other search engines, many of us do not think about the rights those pictures encompass or the ethical usage of them. Personally, I had not true knowledge of this until we just got to this particular project in my Business Writing Course at UNCW.

Last time, I came to you all talking about slidecast, and how effective and cool they were. Now I want to discuss with you some of the images I will be using on slidecast project. I will also be going  more in depth about how I will be using these photos ethically.

There are three different ways to ethically use photos; which are fair use, creative commons and original. Fair use is any copying of copyrighted material that's done for limited and trans-formative purposes. In other words, this type of copyright is used without having to obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Both of these images are examples of fair use. I found them by simply using Google search.

Creative commons is defined as the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. To be more simplistic, creative commons is a simple and standardized way to give public permission to use and share your work. These photos can only be find when a particular creative commons search engine is used.

 

The above images are examples of those that are of creative commons. To obtain these images I used the creative commons provided to me by my professor (http://search.creativecommons.org/).

I will be using these images as graphics on my upcoming slidecast project. I feel they all contribute to the argument I'm creating regarding how Linkedin can be useful in the social media presence of real estate companies, and how it increases ones chances of finding a job.

The Perks of Google Presentations!

In my business writing course at UNCW, we are utilizing Google to create presentations. Here is the slide I created as an example of how to use PowerPoint on Google.

I chose to talk about LinkedIn because I think its very useful for many college students to utilize this resource when searching for jobs. The design of this slide was very beneficial to the concept of rhetoric. The color I chose for my slide was very subtle, it wasn't too bright, and didn't distract the viewer. I made the writing and the background color of the bubbles different to create a bit of contrast. I also kept my wording to a minimum, but I was still able to describe the photos and provide the necessary details to show people why this resource could be favorable to them. Its not visible in this photo but I was also able to incorporate some animations into this slide. I created it so that each photo and cluster of words would enter in from different sides of the slide by a click of the mouse. This made the slide more fun for the viewers

Slidecast: What are they?

For those of you that aren't familiar with slidecast, they are audio presentations combined with a slideshow without the presenter. In other words, they are like PowerPoint slides that are easily understood, but there's not presenter, just words and graphics. Cool right?

Watch this video below.

 

What did you think from the video? It was interesting right! I was amazed of how clear the message was in this slidecast without a presenter speaking on each point. I thought the layout was great. There were fun colors, and the comparison to hide and seek was phenomenal. The viewer was engaged throughout the presentation. In this slidecast, there was a great use of contrast with the font and background colors. None of the segments were too hard on the eyes, and the speed of each was perfect. The viewer had just the right amount of time to read and understand the point made on each slide. Overall, Billy Phillips did a great job on expressing his thoughts on  the question "Where's God?"