Adding Images
Images help to illustrate your ideas and engage your readers and are an important part of any online publication. Thinkspace allows you to include images in posts and pages, and even link to documents (eg Word, PDF etc).
Follow the slides below to learn how to use images in posts or pages:
Click here to download this guide in PDF format
HANDY TIPS – Copyright!
There are some great sources for free videos and images online, however, please consider your copyright and intellectual property responsibilities whenever you add an video or image to your Thinkspace site.
You can read the CSU Copyright Guidelines for Students here.
Useful Resources
- CSU Library Guides: Using Images at University
- CSU Library Guides: Copyright @ Charles Sturt University
- Edublogs Ultimate Guide to Copyright
- Smartcopying: The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE
HANDY TIPS – IMAGE EDITING
Sometimes you’ll need to edit images so that they appear in your post at the right size and cropping. If you are doing simple edits you can use the WordPress image editor that are built into your Thinkspace Media Library. Check out the Edublogs Image Editing Guide for more info.
For more detailed image editing, we suggest the following image editing tools:
- Adobe Photoshop Express (Windows and Mac)
- inPixio (Win)
- GIMP (Windows and Mac)
- Apple Photos (Mac)
- Pixlr (Online)
USEFUL LINKS
Support Resources:
- Edublogs Guides: Add images to posts or pages
- Edublogs Guides: Editing Images
- Edublogs Guides: Managing Files in your Media Library
- WordPress Guides: Using Images
- WP Made Simple: Adding images in WordPress
Finding Images to use in your blog:
- Articles:
- Photo Archives:
Remember to carefully consider copyright when adding images to your Thinkspace blog.