Copyright & Digital Copyright for Students and Teachers
- Ten Common Misunderstandings about Fair Use
From the Media Education Lab at Temple University.
- Center for Scoial Media
Includes information on copyright and fair use in education, teaching materials, and free video and audio downloads of clips relating social media literacy.
- Copyright Basics and the Internet
Chart showing what is permitted under Fair Use for educators, and what is not.
- Copyright Chart
Chart showing what is and isn't Fair Use for Teachers by source medium. Good site for quick checking.
- Copyright Guidelines
Short list showing "the guidelines for including work that is done by other people in your own presentation, report, or movie."
- The Copyright Website
"This site endeavors to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information...".
- Crash Course in Copyright
Information, links, tutorial, and discussions of copyright law and issues.
- Creative Commons: Sharing Creative Works
"A new comic about Creative Commons. It aims to explain the basics of CC licensing as simply as possible to a general audience."
- Get Creative
Video from Creative Commons about copyright, fair use, and creative commons licenses both for users and producers.
- The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
From Education World. With information about technology and copyright and fair use issues. [Slightly old. (2000) For most current info, see the link to the U.S. Copyright Office, below.]
- The Ethical Researcher
From Debbie Abilock (of Noodle Tools), presentations, templates, and links about research, copyright, plagiarism, and teaching student responsibility in the digital age.
- FAQ About Copyright Issues
From the University of Texas, information about copyright for teachers and students.
- Podcasting Legal Guide
Information on copyright for podcasters, including information on 'podsafe' sources of music and various options for licensing your own podcasts.
- TeacherTube: Copyright Tips
"How to make sure your video does not infringe someone else's copyrights."
- TeachingCopyright.org
"Teachingcopyright.org is a resource for educators to better understand what copyright is and how it works."
- U.S. Copyright Office
Official source for information about copyright laws, registration, fair use, and related topics.
- Citation Makers :
- Avoiding Plagiarism
Clear advice for the student researcher on recognizing plagiarism and giving a clear checklist for avoiding it.
- Bibliography Worksheet
Right-click and follow your browser's instructions to download a text-format version of our worksheet for keeping track of bibliography information. (Can be read in any word-processor.)
- MLA Citation Style
Shows how to cite sources with examples showing the different parts of a citation - author, publisher, date, etc - in differing colors for easy comprehension and comparison.
- OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Explanation of MLA format from Purdue University's Writing Lab.
- Plagiarism Court: You Be The Judge
Interactive tutorial about plagiarism and proper citation.
- Plagiarism Q&A
Clear definitions and examples of what plagiarism is, how to summarize and cite sources, and links to other sites on the topic.
- WebQuest: Plagiarism Workshop
Online workshop introducing students to copyright and plagiarism.
- You Quote It, You Note It
Short interactive tutorial about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
