Copyrighting and how it works in the classroom

Group #2 Copyright in an Eletronic Enviornment


Quote:

"Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia projects, with proper credit and citations. They may retain them in personal portfolios as examples of their academic work"(Information Technology Evaluation Services).

Response:
This is something that all students need to keep in mind, you must ALWAYS cite something that isn't yours. It's extremely important that you have a citation page, wheater it'd be a video, photo, or a quote. If students were not to follow these rules, they could eventually get caught for plagiarism. Plagiarism is taking someone elses work and using it as your own. The consequences are very intense if you get caught plagiarizing, so do whatever you can to avoid it. 


Copyright Questions:

1. Can students upload their multimedia project to YouTube?
2. Are the limitations to the amount of pictures or length of music or video that can be used in a multimedia project?
3. Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignment?

Copyright Answers:


1. Yes, with the proper citations, credits and permission.
2. Yes, there are certain limitations for a multimedia project. "Multimedia selections falling within the above guidelines may be altered to illustrate a specific technique or to support a specific instructional objective.If more than one person has created the multimedia presentation, each principal creator may retain only one copy. Also, Notation of the alteration should be documented within the presentation itself"(Information Technology Evaluation Services).
3.For certain projects you need permission. It's always safe to ask for permission rather than submitting it and maybe having the risk of getting in trouble. "Educators or students need not write for permission if their presentation falls within the specific multimedia fair use guidelines; however, "educators and students are advised to note that if there is a possibility that their own educational multimedia project incorporating copyrighted works under fair use could later result in broader dissemination, whether or not as commercial product, it is strongly recommended that they take steps to obtain permissions during the development process for all copyrighted portions rather than waiting until after completion of the project" (Information Technology Evaluation Services).


References:

• Information Technology Evaluation Services, Public Schools of North Carolina, 1997
• YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2AR5-sDfbU&feature=related


Relate able material:
This is relevant because this video actually shows you how important citing is and the consequences of plagiarism is. Even though its for another college. We can still learn from it! Enjoy.