Copyright, Fair Use & Intellectual Property Flashcards

Before embedding a third-party YouTube video in an online course, an educator should first:

Answer: Verify the video's license and confirm that embedding is permitted by the creator

Educators should verify the video's Creative Commons or standard license and confirm that embedding is permitted, as some creators restrict embedding even though the video is publicly viewable.

The 'first sale doctrine' in U.S. copyright law gives a purchaser the right to:

Answer: Resell or lend a legitimately purchased physical copy of a work

The first sale doctrine allows the owner of a lawfully purchased physical copy to resell, lend, or give away that specific copy, but it does not authorize making additional copies.

Which statement about Open Educational Resources (OERs) is correct?

Answer: OERs are freely accessible and typically carry open licenses permitting reuse, revision, and redistribution

OERs are teaching and learning materials that are freely accessible and typically released under open licenses (such as Creative Commons) that allow educators to reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute them.

A Creative Commons CC BY-SA license requires that anyone who distributes adapted versions of the work must:

Answer: Release their adaptations under the same or a compatible open license

The 'SA' (ShareAlike) condition requires that derivative works be released under the same or a compatible Creative Commons license, ensuring that open resources remain open.

Which strategy BEST supports academic integrity in an online course?

Answer: Designing authentic assessments that require original, personalized work tied to course-specific content

Authentic assessments that require students to apply course concepts to their own contexts or unique prompts make it far more difficult to plagiarize or submit previously created work.

When a student submits AI-generated text as their own work without disclosure, this is best classified as:

Answer: A form of academic dishonesty under most institutional integrity policies

Submitting AI-generated content as one's own original work without disclosure violates most academic integrity policies, as it misrepresents the source and effort behind the submitted work.

Which organization is most widely associated with providing the open licensing framework most commonly used for Open Educational Resources?

Answer: Creative Commons

Creative Commons provides the standardized open licensing framework (CC licenses) most commonly used to release and share Open Educational Resources globally.