Learner Description: Educators who are interested in creating their own website, but want to make sure they are following correct copyright guidelines. Emphasis is placed on educational use of materials.

When creating a website there are rules that must be followed in regards to using original work. Imagine that you just created the next best mousetrap and plan on selling it for millions of dollars.

Copyright Scavenger Hunt Activity

This activity has been designed to help you understand some of the basics of copyright, particularly as it pertains to instructional Web page development. The ultimate goal is to inform you of some of the rules so that you do not inadvertently break them and get into trouble.

Instructions: There are three scavenger hunts below that will help to answer some questions in regard to building your website. Each hunt has one or more questions to be answered based on the information found on the linked Web site. Your job is to hunt through each site and answer the corresponding questions.

Check the answer key linked from the bottom of this page when you are finished to score your own work.

Please download the worksheet to fill in your answers.

Be aware that you may have to use links in the websites to find the correct answers!

Hunt 1: What is copyright

Use this link to the University of Maryland to answer the following questions:

Hunt 2: Using pictures or graphics on your website

Use this link to Wikipedia to answer the following questions:

Hunt 3: Including student work or pictures on your website

Use the Boise School District web guidelines page to answer the following questions:

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