I had a bit of a time figuring this assignment out. For one thing, Laura Tucker's blog post and the information on it is a bit out of date. YouTube now does allow you to search by license, fortunately, so the hack of putting a comma at the end of your search term with "creativecommons" no longer works.
This proved more fruitful than searching through the Wikimedia commons section or scouring Archive.org for resources for this assignment.
I decided to go with a Creative Commons licensed video I found through YouTube on how to use Photopea. Photopea is an online clone of Adobe Photoshop that has more features than Pixlr but it has a slightly sharper learning curve. I tend to use Pixlr.com when teaching students about graphic design, but I thought it would be worth looking into alternatives (particularly because the Pixlr model is moving more and more towards a premium service model).
Why Photopea? Another thing about using Creative Commons is the need for creative content. I think there's something to be said for using a free piece of software to create Creative Commons work by and for other students. I hope that this video might help reluctant educators to dive into graphic design projects with their students in a way that is safe, free, and encourages original content development.
Enjoy!
Works Cited
Voia [username], director. Learning to Use Photopea! - Freedom! Flash Fridays #1. YouTube, YouTube, 22 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=583Ev6de1I4.
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