Today you make one short piece of your own, about something you care about, from the image and clip in your source log.
You choose one tool only: Canva for an image with text, AudioMass for about thirty seconds of sound, or Snip Studio for two or three short clips. You credit every borrowed part, then a classmate checks those credits.
A small finished piece beats a big unfinished one. Keep it simple and finish it.
Compare two versions of the same short piece: a still of a local GAA pitch with the words Home ground across it.
| Version A | Version B |
|---|---|
| Same image, same words, no credit anywhere | Same image and words, plus one small credit line at the bottom |
| A viewer cannot tell who made the photo, where it came from, or whether reuse was allowed | The line names the creator, gives the link, states the licence, and shows the date the maker checked it |
Pitch at dusk. Creator: A. Byrne. Link: pixabay.com/photos/pitch-at-dusk-24131. Licence or permission: Pixabay Content License. Accessed: 3 November 2026.
What can a viewer check in version B that they cannot check in version A? Be ready to say one thing out loud.
Open your source log first: the list you started in the sourcing lesson, with each file's name, where it came from and what its licence allows.
Choose one tool. Make one small piece from your logged material. Fill in Enter Your Work as you go, and press Save often.
Pick only one of these:
If you use Canva: sign in, bring your own file in through Uploads, add short text of your own, and download the finished design.
If you use AudioMass: choose File, then Load from Computer, build about thirty seconds (your own voice over it is fine), and export the MP3 before you close the tab, because AudioMass keeps nothing.
If you use Snip Studio: open the video editor, add two or three clips with Add media or Upload file(s), and before you leave click the project name at the top and choose Save a backup.
If you need material: find the image and the short clip in your source log. If a download is missing, go back to the page the log names, download again, and check the licence line is still under the Download button. You may add one extra file from Pixabay if the piece needs it, logged the same way; skip anything marked Sponsored or iStock. Use Freesound only if your teacher has already set it up; do not create accounts in class. If you have no log and no files, spend the first five minutes finding one image and one clip on Pixabay, log both, then start the piece.
In Enter Your Work, fill in: My piece is about; The tool I used; The files I used (from my source log). Draft one credit line per borrowed file in the box before you export. Each needs the four checks from the referencing lesson: creator, link, licence or permission, and the date you looked. If your log does not have the creator or the link yet, they are on the page your log names. You will place credits on the piece and do the partner check next.
You are done when a short finished piece is open on your device, the first three Enter Your Work lines are saved, and draft credit lines are written.
Put a credit on the piece for every borrowed part, then swap with a partner.
Credits first (about 2 minutes), partner check and fix (about 5 minutes), save and Send (about 2 minutes).
You are done when every borrowed part has a credit that passes the four checks, your partner has named one thing that works, the piece is saved where the class keeps its work, and your Enter Your Work box is sent.
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