Research Guides: Copyright: Copyright & ASULearn

What is allowed?

Posting an item to Moodle does not exempt an instructor from copyright regulations. Instructors are encouraged to:

Link to articles and media from library databases.
If a persistent link is unavailable, complete a Fair Use Evaluation, create a file, and then upload it to ASULearn.
Repeated use over multiple semesters weighs against fair use. For repeated use, you will likely need to contact the publisher and request permission.

Item	Probably Allowed	Not Allowed
Web site containing copyrighted material	Link to the web site via ASULearn	Copying and pasting the information into ASULearn
Copyrighted web image	Must be educational in nature; display in ASULearn for one semester	Repeated use over multiple semesters
Article from a library database	Direct link to article	Copying and pasting the article into ASULearn
Scanned copyrighted image	Must be educational in nature; display in ASULearn for one semester	Repeated use over multiple semesters
Scanned chapter from a book	5% of the total work if in-print, 10% of the total work if out-of-print--allowed for only one semester	More than the allotted percentage or repeated use over multiple semesters
Scanned article from a journal, trade publication, or magazine	A single article for one semester	Multiple articles from the same issue or repeated use over multiple semesters
Audio files	No more than 30 seconds without permission	Repeated use over multiple semesters
Video files	10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less	Repeated use over multiple semesters