What are non-original graphics?

For the final project you must provide an Acknowledgments page to account for non-original graphics used on your site. In addition, you must secure permission to use non-original graphics if required.

All graphical elements are assumed to fall into three categories (1) obvious original graphics (obvious because they have the name of your site or parts of your site in them); (2) obvious non-original graphics (obvious because they have another site's name in them, e.g, a graphical link to Yahoo! using a Yahoo! logo); and (3) non-original graphics whose source is not obvious. The latter ones are the ones that you should include on your Acknowledgments page.

Examples of obvious non-original graphics:

In these examples you would be using such images without permission as examples for your student Web site. For any "live" use, you would need to secure permission from the copyright owner.

Examples of non-obvious non-original graphics:

Most clip art sites place no restrictions on the use of the clip art they make available. But some ask that you acknowledge the origin of the clip art you use or even place a link back to their site. Some sites may require permission to use clip art. Please follow the policies of the clip art site.

If you cannot remember where you got the clip art, simply note—Source: Clip art from the Web—or equivalent.

If you would like to use graphics, artwork or photographs from any site that is not a clip art site or if you have scanned copyrighted material, you must secure permission from the copyright holder, whether or not you plan to take the site live.

Finally, one way to avoid clip art source, permission or acknowledgment issues is to just not use any, creating all necessary graphic elements for your site yourself.