Posting an item to Canvas (or Blackboard) does not exempt an instructor from copyright regulations. Therefore, instructors are encouraged to follow copyright "best practices" as outlined in the Copyright Clearance Center’s publication: Using Course Management Systems.
Note that the guidelines suggested below are based on one interpretation of U.S. Copyright Law.
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Item |
Allowed |
Not Allowed |
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Website containing copyrighted material |
Link to the website via the LMS |
Copying and pasting the information into the LMS |
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Copyrighted web image |
Must be educational in nature; display in the LMS for one semester |
Repeated use over multiple semesters |
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Article from a library database |
Direct linking to article allowed (permalink - reach out to your librarian for assistance) |
Copying and pasting the article into the LMS |
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Article, book, book chapter, or DVD obtained through interlibrary loan or otherwise borrowed from another library |
Permission must be obtained |
Permission denied or not obtained |
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Scanned copyrighted image |
Must be educational in nature; display in the LMS for one semester |
Repeated use over multiple semesters |
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Scanned chapter from a book |
5% of the total work if in-print; 10% of the total work if out-of-print; allowed for one semester |
More than the allotted percentages or repeated use over multiple semesters |
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Scanned article from a journal, trade publication, or magazine |
A single article for one semester |
Multiple articles from the same publication or repeated use over multiple semesters |