--- Forwarded Message from "Waid, Alexander Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Waid, Alexander Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: #7556.3 exercises making use of extracts from long literary works >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:48:23 -0400 >Return-Receipt-To: "Waid, Alexander Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> Unfortunately, if you want to password protect exercises created with Hot Potatoes you need to pay a licensing fee. Being at the Coast Guard Academy we're not visible to the outside world, so we had to pay for the license. Of course, it's only around $100. alex Alexander Waid, Ph.D. Professor of Spanish Department of Humanities United States Coast Guard Academy (dh) Department of Humanities 27 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320-4195 860-701-6866 -----Original Message----- From: LLTI-Editor [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: #7556.3 exercises making use of extracts from long literary works --- Forwarded Message from "Karen Tusack" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:35:14 -0500 >From: "Karen Tusack" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7556 exercises making use of extracts from long literary works You should password protect your exercises so that only your students can use them. That is what we do when any copyrighted materials are used in online exercises. Karen Tusack Instructional Technology Consultant UW-Madison Learning Support Services 1220 Linden Dr. Rm 279 Madison, WI 53706 262-4471, 262-1408 [log in to unmask] >>> [log in to unmask] 6/22/2004 3:09:55 PM >>> --- Forwarded Message from Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:08:53 -0600 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: exercises making use of extracts from long literary works >Cc: [log in to unmask] >Disposition-Notification-To: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> >Return-Receipt-To: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]> >Priority: HIGH Hi fellow LLTI'ers! I am currently working on developing some exercises using Hot Potatoes (www.halfbakedsoftware.com) with a French instructor here at the University of Regina. Some of these exercises make use of extracts from long literary works and ask students to judge whether or not the author would have used passe compose or imparfait for the verbs in the text. Students fill in the blanks. An example of this exercise is (temporarily at least) at URL E:\My Documents\Lrc\Development\HTML Pages\Hotpot\French\Intermediaire\exercises\x\pqp005.htm . Can anyone tell me whether or not exercises like these would be allowable under copyright? I believe that it would be because a) it is documented, b) it is only an excerpt of a larger literary text, c) we are doing something creative with it that adds a different purpose than what is intended by the author/publisher and, therefore, we are not simply stealing profits by re-producing replicas, d) it is for educational purposes and e) it is not for profit (since we are a public institution). Am I correct in this judgement? Am I missing anything potentially conflicting or arguable? Since the use of Hot Potatoes requires that these exercises be posted to the Internet we want to be sure that we are not infringing on copyright before proceding. Thanks! Deanne Cobb Language Lab Manager Language Resource Centre University of Regina