Copyright Quiz

The Internet has opened up many new resources to both educators and learners. However, there are still copyright laws that we need to follow. Take this quick quiz to see if you know how you should use copyrighted materials on and off the Web.

1. A learner downloads 10 pictures from various Internet sites for his science presentation. On the last slide, he lists the Web addresses where he obtained the information and images.


2. An educator copies an article out of a journal, several excerpts out of an anthology, and an entire 30-page short story to create her own booklet of reading materials for her learners. She gives a full bibliography for each resource at the end of the booklet.


3. A learner downloads her favorite song to play as background music for a multimedia project. The presentation will only be shown in the classroom.


4. A educator creates an educational Web site including pictures and several pages of text from other Web sites, as well as stories and essays created by his learners. No permissions for any of these items were obtained.


5. A educator downloads a shareware programme from the Internet and installs it on all of the school lab computers for learner use for a particular project. He does not pay the R150 software fee for each installation. Within 30 days, he removes the programme.


6. A Social Sciences educator tapes the parliamentary debates and plays the tape in his class the following week. He uses the same tape for the next three years.