Important+Copyright

You must show an awareness of copyright issues and who has ownership when using images and text that you have not created yourself. If you do not address this, then your marks in section d) will be affected.
 * Copyright Statement **

Being an effective digital communicator means – amongst other things – understanding what is and is not allowed. It is important for DiDA students to recognise that there are copyright and other constraints attached to the use of information in publications on the Internet.

However, although DiDA students are expected to put what they know into practice, it is recognised by the board that sometimes students struggle to find appropriate copyright-free material or to get permission to use material that belongs to someone else.

Therefore, to be eligible for 5 marks or more in strand (d) at Level 2, students must have demonstrated awareness of copyright and other constraints on the use of information either by producing their own resources (primary resources) or by explaining what changes would need to be made to the images and text they find on the Internet in order to make them so.

This means that they can either:

·    use material that is copyright free ·    produce material themselves ·    get permission to use material that belongs to someone else (providing that the owner of the material is made fully aware of the intended context and purpose of the product/publication in which their material will be used) ·    use material from other sources, providing they explain what changes would need to be made to the product/publication in order to make it fit for its intended purpose, e.g. “the image of the clown on my digital poster would need to be replaced with an original, or copyright free image before the poster can be used to publicise the event, as intended”.

All of the sources that you use in your eportfolio and tasks, whether you created them yourself or you found them on the Internet, must be entered into your Sources table with comments on copyright for each.

Check out this resource [|Recognising copyright on materials used.doc] for ideas as to how you can write about copyright in your eportfolio.