Copyright and Citing Your Sources!

The Basics What is copyright? “In general, the sole right to produce or reproduce a work or a substantial part of it in any form.” Canadian Intellectual Property Office

The Basics O Canadian and American copyright laws are not the same O Our copyright law has changed – we now have the Canadian Copyright Modernization Act (received Royal Assent June 2012). O Educational Fair Use Guidelines apply to schools

The Basics How does this affect you as a student? O When you are working on projects for your classes you use information from other sources (encyclopedias, websites, pictures, etc.) O If you use information from a source, you must abide by copyright law and give credit to show where your info. comes from. O Showing where your information comes from avoids plagiarism.

Copyright Resources Telus 2Learn – Your Digital Presence x

Copyright Resources cont. Alberta CORE (Collaborative Online Resource Environment) On copyright: 9ea6-40c8-b176-03d6bf65a20f/3/

What about Google? The majority of Google images are copyright protected! ght-law-using-images-and-photos-from-google/ Example:

Places to Get Copyright-Free Images Alberta CORE has thousands of images that you can use: Log in using your CBE username and password Telus 2Learn has a great section on Open Source Multimedia

Creative Commons Creative Commons Licenses Canadian Creative Commons

Digital Locks From Telus 2learn

Citing your Sources O Whenever you use information or ideas from a source of any kind for a project or essay it’s essential that you give credit to the person/people who wrote it! O Avoid plagiarism by ALWAYS creating a list of references showing where the information was found. O Showing your references is a key element in being a digital citizen at Thirsk!

Tools for Referencing O There are two formats you will use for creating references at RTHS: APA and MLA O Your teacher will tell you which kind of format they want you to use in their class O The good news is that many resources include the citation information in them and you can copy and paste it right into your list. O There are also great tools to help you! Try Citation Machine, BibMe or Noodle Tools, found in the VLC

Practice! O Using tools like the Online Reference Centre from Learn Alberta or the Internet search for information that you can use for a project you are working on with Mr. Christensen. O If you already have a project underway, use those resources and work on a Reference list for the project. O Create a list of References in Word that you can use for your project.