Writing Toolbox

WRITING
TOOLBOX

The Writing Toolbox contains resources for class assignments:

In the emergent digital participatory culture with easy access to copyrighted materials, students need to understand copyright and fair use policy when they create their own media content.

When and how can you use a video clip from YouTube or a scene from a Hollywood movie or an image from an ad or a verse from a popular song? Where can you post or distribute your creative work?

Check out these resources to help determine how copyright and fair use apply to student-created work:

Copyright Clarity:
How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning

Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

Copyright Crash Course

Strategies for Fair Use

Duke Center for the Study of Public Domain:
Bound by Law (click on free digital version)

U.S. Copyright and Fair Use

Fair Use Infographic