1. Copyright Laws for Educators
Fair Use & the Teach Act
Elizabeth Kelly
ED615
Assignment 3.1

2. Introduction
There are a few exceptions for the use of
copyrighted material and educational uses is
one of these exceptions. The Fair Use Law and
Teach Act all educational institutions and
teachers to use copyrighted material to help
teach students. However, there are guidelines
that must be followed and the following
presentation outlines a few of these
guidelines.

3. Guideline 1
The use of copyrighted material must be part of
instructional activities.

4. Example for Guideline 1
A teacher may photo copy an article from a
science journal one must purchase or
subscribe to for students to read and discuss
for learning purposes.

5. Guideline 2
The quantity of copyrighted work incorporated
into the created work must be of a reasonable
amount and low percentage.

6. Example of Guideline 2
A teacher may copy a question from a textbook
and include it into a test; however there
becomes and issue when a teacher photo
copies every page of a textbook chapter and
give it to students instead of purchasing the
text.

7. Guideline 3
Educational institutes must implement some
technological measures to ensure compliance
with copyrighted work beyond merely
assigning a password.
For instance, they must include user and
location authentication through Internet
Protocol (IP) checking, content timeouts,
print-disabling, cut and paste disabling, etc.

8. Example of Guideline 3
For instance, our Kodiak program not only
includes a username and password, but the
program also logs user out after periods of
idleness, so that only certain people have
access to the materials in the program.

9. Conclusion
So students have the opportunity to access to a variety of
sources, educators have the right to use copyrighted material.
However, to be sure educators are using these materials
correctly, there are a set of guidelines and rules that teachers
must follow. These guidelines are part of the Fair Use and
Teach Act laws.