General Collections
4 Multimedia and Tool Collections
General Multimedia
HippoCampus (Various CC licences)
HippoCampus.org is a free, core academic website that delivers rich multimedia content—videos, animations, and simulations—on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students, free of charge.
OpenSimon Tools (Various licences)
The mission of the Simon Initiative, through it’s OpenSimon Toolkit release, is to create and grow a community of educators who use and expand on the Learning Engineering toolkit and the larger Simon Initiative ecosystem to improve learning outcomes for individual learners, while collectively advancing our larger understanding of human learning.
PhET Interactive Simulations (CC BY)
Free, interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
Videvo (Various CC and other licences)
Thousands of free stock videos, motion graphics, music tracks and sound effects.
Audio
Bach’s ooGoldberg Variations (CC0)
The Open Goldberg Variations (Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 988), played by Kimiko Ishizaka on a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial piano, are free to download and share.
Free Sound (Various CC licences)
A collection of searchable audio clips uploaded by users.
Images
AllGo Plus Size (Public domain)
A photo collection featuring plus-size people doing normal, everyday things.
American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action (CC BY-NC)
A photo collection featuring students and teachers from preschool to high school, including pictures focusing on trades, COVID, science, language, art, and more.
Creative Commons Search (Various CC licences)
A search tool developed by Creative Commons that searches more than 300 million open images.
Disabled and Here (CC BY)
This collection is a disability-led effort to provide free and inclusive stock photos featuring disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) across the Pacific Northwest.
Flickr (CC search filter)
The Flickr Creative Commons Search allows you to search all of image sources for items that are either CC-licensed or public domain.
The Gender Spectrum Collection (CC BY-NC-ND)
A stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés. This collection aims to help media better represent members of these communities as people not necessarily defined by their gender identities—people with careers, relationships, talents, passions, and home lives.
Google Images (CC search filter)
Google Images will allow you to filter results to only show openly licensed images. Under “Tools” set “Usage Rights” to be “Labelled for Reuse.”
Human Development Institute (Public domain)
Photos that represent all people with disabilities in all aspects of society.
Images of Empowerment (CC BY-NC)
A library of images celebrating women’s lives