(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center at Northwestern University)
Registration is open for our first CC (Creative Commons) Certificate courses for 2026. Whether you seek support for open licensing, or a better understanding of open efforts and related considerations, such as: OER, accessibility, open access, or openly licensing your digital collections, our CC Certificate courses provide the key building blocks to support you in just 10 weeks. Register for our next CC Certificate course to gain insight and support.
In our course, you will learn the basics of:
- Copyright
- The public domain
- Limitations and exceptions to copyright such as fair use
- CC licenses and how to use them
- Additional considerations in open access efforts, such as accessibility needs, traditional knowledge efforts, data, and AI
Beyond the basics, CC courses connect participants to kindred colleagues, copyright, and open access experts around the world, including our alumni community of over 2,200 people in 71 countries.
Participants note the CC Certificate helps them become local experts for open licensing at their institutions and better engage in open movements, globally. If you’d like to hear more about what to expect directly from a course graduate, contact certificates@creativecommons.org, and we’ll connect you!
Register today, and start 2026 off strong with CC Certification! Our next courses run from Monday, January 26, to Sunday, April 5, 2026.
We understand many people would like to join our courses but cannot at this time. In case it helps, our course content is openly licensed and freely available. And, thanks to generous funding by the Arcadia Foundation, we are able to offset the cost of the January CC Certificate for Open Culture courses by 60%. To access this reduced rate, use the scholarship code Y5OC60 with registration. Important note: this discount applies to Open Culture courses only (not to Educators or Academic Librarians courses).