1. Copy?
Copyright only applies if you have made a copy of the material you wish to use. A copy means that you have reproduced all or part of the original material, and the reproduction is located in a different place than the original.
Did you make a copy of the material?
Did you make a copy of the material?
NO
NO
Examples of use in which no copy has been made:
- Linking or embedding a resource available through a Harper College library subscription into your course Blackboard shell
- Linking to a YouTube video in an email to students
- Sharing the web address of a news article in your Blackboard course site
- Embedding a video into your Blackboard course site
- Opening up an organization's web site in front of your students in class
YES
YES
Examples of use in which a copy has been made:
- Obtaining a DVD of a film
- Saving a video file from YouTube onto your computer or other storage device
- Scanning pages from a textbook
- Downloading a music file to your computer or storage device
- Copying and pasting an image from a website into a course PowerPoint presentation
- Making photocopies of a poem from an anthology
If no...
If no...
Copyright does not apply. Link or embed the content as needed.
Copyright does not apply. Link or embed the content as needed.
If yes...
If yes...
Copyright should be considered. Move on to Q2: Obtained legally?
Copyright should be considered. Move on to Q2: Obtained legally?
