With the changes in our teaching environment and new technologies becoming available, now is a good time to re-evaluate our compliance with copyright. Don't Panic! Educational Fair Use still applies to most reasonable activities. Take a look at the resources below or ask a librarian if you have any doubts about something you want to do. We can help find ways to accomplish your goals without violating copyright.
Here are some "Rules of Thumb".
- Set a good example for your students and cite everything you borrow.
- You cannot charge students copying fees for things you hand out in connection to a class.
- Copying more than one chapter of a book or 250 words of a poem may not be a great idea.
- Don't forget that citations and attributions should be included for videos, blogs, emails, etc. as well as print.
- Be especially diligent about recording credit for unpublished material--yours or someone else's.
