Title: Copyright in the K-12 Context

Learning Objectives
- Describe the role CMEC, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, plays in relation to copyright and schools
- Identify CMEC resources for teachers that provide guidance on the use of copyright protected materials in schools
- Recognize that school divisions, boards and districts may have their own more restrictive copyright guidelines

Who is David Vaver?
David Vaver is an esteemed Canadian intellectual property scholar and author of many books and articles on copyright and other formers of intellectual property with his work even being cited by the Supreme Court of Canada.  He literally wrote the book on Canadian copyright law – Copyright Law (2000).

Question1

Q: CMEC stands for:
- Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (correct)
- Copyright Management in Education of Canada
- Caandian Ministers of Education and Copyright
- See Mec the person

Quest2

Q: CMEC's guiding principle with respect to copyright is:
- The rights of creators need to be balanced with the rights of educational users (correct)
- The rights of educational users supersede the rights of creators
- The rights of creators supersede the rights of educational users
- All teachers should be free to teach without the impedances of complicated copyright legislation

Question3

Q: Fair dealing .... [Check all that apply]
- is an exception to Canada’s Copyright Act (correct)
- is the right to reproduce and use copyright-protected works, for certain specified purposes and within reasonable limits, without permission or payment (correct)
- means all players have an equal number of cards to start a game
- can allow the free use of ‘short excerpts’ of copyright-protected works to be used in classrooms (correct)

Question4

Q: Teachers should abide by CMEC copyright guidelines unless their local school division has stricter copyright guidelines.
A: true

Question5

Q: The CMEC hosts a website with multiple resources to help teachers determine when they may use a copyright-protected work. These resources include: [Check all that apply]
- A Fair Dealing Decision tool (correct)
- A Compliance Checklist (correct)
- Copyright Matters!  (correct)
- An AI-based Chatbot that accepts any digitized copyright-protected work as input
- A group photo of the Ministers of Education from all the provinces and territories      

Choose the correct statement.