Activity: Monitoring Copyright Schools must comply with copyright legislation, which changes almost yearly. The widespread use of digital materials has complicated the legislation and has propagated a number of myths and misunderstandings about copyright. How do you know whether your staff is complying with copyright legislation in their classrooms—whether those classrooms are actual physical spaces or online ones? What advice can you offer them? Create a document to help your faculty and staff to find resources to answer their copyright questions. Consider listing common myths about the use of copyrighted materials in the classroom and the facts. Begin with your district legal staff to see if they have handouts, briefs, or Web-based information on copyright law. Contact legal departments of local institutes at higher education or use the Web to find copyright information specific to educators. Many of the references in this module are a good start. Remember that copyright issues change over time and encourage your staff to monitor these changes periodically. Post your findings to the discussion area for review. ( You can copy and paste your findings into the discussion box) Click the "Discussion" button on the top menu bar to view your response and the responses from other participants to this activity.