U.S. Copyright & Fair Use Lesson
Pre-Test
Students take the U.S. Copyright & Fair Use Pre-Test before completing assigned videos, readings and self-check videos. The pre-test sets a baseline for students as to how much they need to learn in this module. Typically, students score around 50% on the pre-test, suggesting that they really need to learn about the U.S. copyright and fair use since they are learning to be a teacher. The pre-test uses completion grade - i.e., students receive 10 points upon completing the test.
The pre-test has 20 questions in total. Most of the fair use questions are case questions in which an actual copyright-related case is given and students are to decide whether it supports or opposes fair use. On the right are a couple of the fair use questions on the pre-test.
NOTE: Since I do not want my students to study the test questions before taking the pre-test, I cannot make the other 18 questions available here.
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Fair Use Questions Forum
Students usually have some questions about fair use. For me to find out what questions they have, I have each student post to the discussion forum at least one fair-use-related question they want to know the answer to. I answer most of their questions on the forum, and address some of the questions in class.
Four Factor Analysis Practice
This is an in-class exercise. Students practice how to analyze various classroom scenarios by using four factor analysis. This is how the session goes:
① Show the Case Video
I illustrate a typical classroom scenario pertaining to copyright and fair use. I do it by showing a short 1-minute video I created. On the right is one of the case videos I actually use in the lesson.
This video was created by using Plotagon - the program that lets you create 3D animated cartoons fast and easily.
I used to provide a verbal illustration (i.e., text only), which was not powerful enough to provide a rich and detailed context, but with these 3D animated movies, students now understand the context fully and much more easily.
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② Four Factor Analysis Poll
Then, by using PollEverywhere, we perform a 4-factor analysis of the case we have just watched.
We analyze each factor (i.e., nature, purpose, amount and effect) as to whether the scenario illustrated in the case video favors or opposes fair use. Suppose we are analyzing the 4th factor (i.e., effect). This is how it goes (Figure 1):
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Post-Test
This is the last part of this module. Students test their understanding by taking the U.S. Copyright & Fair Use Quiz. Typically, they score 80-100% on the quiz.