Adding Pictures to Your Online Class

IMPORTANT note on pictures of people: You should also be careful of including pictures of people in your online course. HIPPA and FERPA guidelines should be followed.

You should have their written consent to do this. I know it is done all the time, but it only takes one time for somebody to get upset and then you are in trouble. Also some students copy pictures from our classes and post them on sites like FaceBook, and that can be a problem.

I would suggest that you start with graphics from a public domain site. One site is http://antiqueclipart.com/ or http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

NOTE ON COPYRIGHT:  

The CONFU (conference on Fair Use) has established the following guidelines for what you can use following the guidelines:

·         For motion media -(e.g., video clips) up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less.

·         For text- up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever less.

·         For music - up to 10% or 30 seconds, whichever is less.

·         For photos and images

·         Up to 5 works from one author.

·         Up to 10% or 15 works, whichever is less, from a collection

The reference is http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/confu.html