Digital Citizenship

#6 COPYRIGHTS
BY: MR. FERGUSON

Questions about copyrights

What are copyrights?
What is Plagiarism?
What should I do if I want to use someone elses work?
These are just some of the questions you might have about copyrights
and what will be covered in this presentation.

What are copyrights?

Copyrights are laws that protect peoples work like books, music,
videos, photos and even images on the internet.

These law prevent people from just using someone elses work and
claiming it as their own.

Plagiarism is when someone uses some elses work and says that it is
their own.

Plagiarism can also be viewed as stealing in some cases.

Dos and Donts of copyrights

In the next couple slides we will take a look at things you should and
should NOT do online or using technology to help you understand how
copyrights work.

First lets look at what not to do so that we know what to avoid.

Donts of copyrights

Dont avoid citing sources just because you think that it takes too much
time. Use online programs like Easybib.com to help you create a Works
Cited list.

Dont use someone elses work without giving credit to them. If you
dont it can be considered plagiarism.

Donts of copyrights continued

Dont think that no one will know that the image or quote that you used
in your project was someone elses. Many schools and institutions use
programs that can scan your work for exact matches and provide a
report for how much was copied.

Dont forget that someone took a lot of time to create that work and
you should give credit to them for their hard work.

Dos of copyrights

Now lets look at things that you should do when it comes to

copyrights.

Dos of copyrights

Do use Easybib.com to help create your Works Cited list. This program
can reduce the amount of time you spend citing your sources.

Create your own work. If you want a simple graphic use paint or Gimp
to create your own version.

Dos of copyrights continued

Use the creative commons and public domain when you absolutely
need an image or photo that you cannot create.

Give credit to every author or creator and provide a reference (or Works
Cited) section at the end to include this information.

Bringing it all together

Always remember if you have a question talk to your parents or trusted

adult.

Remember there can be legal actions for stealing someone elses

work.

When in doubt, cite it out!

References

All images supplied by creative commons/clipart

Copyright Kids! (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2016, from

http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm

EasyBib: The Free Automatic Bibliography Composer. (n.d.). Retrieved

May 15, 2016, from http://www.easybib.com/

What is Plagiarism? (2014). Retrieved May 14, 2016, from

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism/