Communicate 1.1.2

Communicate 1.1.2

Laws of Communication

 

FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Policies Act)
Here are some of the basics of FERPA as found on the TOOL website:

 Basic Guidelines for FERPA:

• DO NOT share grades in emails unless specified by administration. Example: Sarah Smith has a 74% in class. She needs to continue to complete her work in a timely manner.
• DO request a phone call with a parent to discuss the numerical grade.
• DO NOT share information about student with anyone other than the parent/guardian.
• DO indicate to third parties to contact the parents of such student in regard to progress.
• DO have the right as parents and students to ask for educational records.

What methods could be employed to verify that copyright is not being violated?

It is important to become familiar with copy write laws when teaching an online class or using any materials found on the Internet. Purdue University has created an excellent resource to follow:
 https://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/CopyrightBasics/basics.html



Does copyright require that all work, images, words, and graphics must be original?
According to : http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/faqs/copyright-basics/

What types of creative work does copyright protect?

Copyright protects works such as poetry, movies, CD-ROMs, video games, videos, plays, paintings, sheet music, recorded music performances, novels, software code, sculptures, photographs, choreography and architectural designs.
To qualify for copyright protection, a work must be “fixed in a tangible medium of expression.” This means that the work must exist in some physical form for at least some period of time, no matter how brief. Virtually any form of expression will qualify as a tangible medium, including a computer’s random access memory (RAM), the recording media that capture all radio and television broadcasts, and the scribbled notes on the back of an envelope that contain the basis for an impromptu speech.
In addition, the work must be original — that is, independently created by the author. It doesn’t matter if an author’s creation is similar to existing works, or even if it is arguably lacking in quality, ingenuity or aesthetic merit. So long as the author toils without copying from someone else, the results are protected by copyright.
Finally, to receive copyright protection, a work must be the result of at least some creative effort on the part of its author. There is no hard and fast rule as to how much creativity is enough. As one example, a work must be more creative than a telephone book’s white pages, which involve a straightforward alphabetical listing of telephone numbers rather than a creative selection of listings.