Reusing someone else's work: licences and giving credit · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.
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Borrow it fairly

Computing · Digital Literacy · ages 11-13
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Practice example: Ivo Reed made 'Fern', at https://example.org/p/fern. The licence at https://example.org/terms requires his name and both addresses. Which completed credit matches?

    • Fern, Lila Morton. Original: https://example.org/p/fern. Licence: https://example.org/terms.
    • Fern, Ivo Reed. Original: https://example.org/p/fern. Licence: https://example.org/terms.
    • Fern, Ivo Reed. Original: https://example.org/search. Licence: https://example.org/terms.
  2. You find a photo on a public website. A 'Licence' link appears beside it. What should you do before copying it into a school slide?

    • Open the link and check whether your planned use is allowed
    • Copy the photo because everything on a public site is free
    • Copy the photo because school projects always allow any reuse
  3. You use an author's explanation to support your school report. Writing it in your own words means you can leave out the source credit.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. You are using a photo whose licence allows your plan. When is the best time to save the details needed for its credit?

    • After closing the page and trying to remember where it was
    • While the page is open and its source details are visible
    • After handing in the project and deleting your source notes
  5. A photo licence allows sharing with credit but explicitly says 'Do not crop'. Your poster needs a cropped photo. Which plan follows these terms?

    • Crop the photo and keep all the required credit details
    • Crop the photo and say it was found on a public website
    • Choose a photo that permits the planned crop
  6. For a short quote from a named writer in a school assignment, quotation marks show copied words and a citation identifies the writer and source.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. A slide credits a photo as 'Photo found on a search engine'. A friend wants to find the original photo and read its reuse rules. What is missing?

    • The slide's background colour and the font chosen for its title
    • Links to the original photo page and its licence
    • The search words, browser version and size of the screen used
  8. A picture's permission note says 'No selling copies, including for fundraising'. Your class plans to sell prints at a fair. Which plan follows this rule?

    • Choose a picture whose terms allow selling prints
    • Sell these prints because the money goes to a school project
    • Sell these prints after adding the maker's name and source link
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Answer key

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  1. Fern, Ivo Reed. Original: https://example.org/p/fern. Licence: https://example.org/terms. · The credit naming Ivo Reed with /p/fern and /terms matches all requirements. Lila Morton is not the stated maker, and /search is not the supplied original photo address.
  2. Open the link and check whether your planned use is allowed · Finding a photo on a public page does not give you permission to reuse it. Open the licence link and check whether its terms allow your planned use.
  3. False · A paraphrase uses your own wording. You still cite the source of the explanation you used.
  4. While the page is open and its source details are visible · Save the details while you can check them on the page. Waiting risks losing the source and licence information.
  5. Choose a photo that permits the planned crop · These terms explicitly exclude cropping. Credit or a website mention cannot cancel that rule. Choose a photo whose terms permit the crop.
  6. True · Quotation marks identify exact borrowed wording. A citation identifies its writer and source. Neither gives permission for every possible reuse.
  7. Links to the original photo page and its licence · A search-engine name does not identify the original photo or its reuse rules. The original-page and licence links provide those two destinations.
  8. Choose a picture whose terms allow selling prints · The stated rule includes fundraising sales. A school purpose or credit line does not override it. Choose a picture with terms that allow the sale.
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