Plagiarism
Do not plagiarize. If you do, Edovate Learning Corp. will terminate your contract immediately. If you wish to include a quotation or passage, follow the Direct Quotations and Passages guidelines.
If you are reviewing or editing, you must check the Get It!, Got It?, and Go! content using a plagiarism checker such as Dupli Checker, EasyBib, or Check Plagiarism.
Outside Resources
Avoid sending students to resources outside of Edovate Learning Corp. If a resource is required, the text must match the source title exactly, and the hyperlink must be precise. No in-text citations are required. However, include a full citation in the designated area: “Title with hyperlink”. Creator. Date created (or accessed). Site location. No license requirements.
“Killer cats“. Stephen Ornes. 02/07/2013. Science News Explores. No license requirements.
Content Included Within the Lesson Itself
Again, no in-text citations are required. However, include a full citation based on the content type in the designated area. Acceptable examples are detailed below.
Public Domain
You must verify the content is in the public domain.
√ The copyright expired or was not renewed.
√ The copyright owner deliberately dedicated the work to the public domain.
√ Copyright law does not protect this type of work, such as anything created by or for the U.S. government.
The following sites contain public-domain material.
- Pexels
- Unsplash
- Pixaby
- Wikimedia Commons (some content)
- Project Gutenberg
- Google Books Search Prior to 1927
- GOVInfo: U.S. Government Documents
Not all material on the following sites is commercially available.
A citation is still required: “Title with hyperlink”. Creator. Date created (or accessed). Site location. Public Domain.
“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn“. Mark Twain. 1885. The Project Gutenberg. Public Domain.
“Close-Up Shot of Dice on a White Surface“. Zacharias Korsalka. 11/28/2021. Pexels. Public Domain.
Creative Commons
The following are usable Creative Common licenses within Elephango.
Include a full citation: “Title with hyperlink”. Creator. Date created (or accessed). Site location. License with hyperlink.
“1.1 Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms | Statistics“. Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean. 06/07/2022. OpenStax. CC BY 4.0 license.
“Gateway Arch – St. Louis – Missouri (17275578342)“. Sam valadi. 06/11/2013. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 license.
Remarks: Joe Biden Announces New Steps to Ease Financial Pressure on Families – October 26, 2022“. Factba.se. 10/26/2022. Vimeo. CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
You must note any changes to the content at the end of the citation. Examples: Cropped. Interactions added. Captions added. Equations removed. Run time edited.
Other Licenses
Some sites, like YouTube, will have terms of service that you must note at the end of the citation along with a hyperlink.
“Refugee emergency in Ukraine intensifies“. ABC News. 03/06/2022. YouTube. Terms of Service.
NOTE: YouTube also hosts videos licensed under a CC BY 3.0 license. In these instances, that license must appear in the citation.
“What Is Capitalism?“. misesmedia. 11/12/2020. YouTube. CC BY 3.0 license.
Fair Use
The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17) allows for the fair use of some material. Most educators utilize this law section; however, Elephango is a for-profit company, which significantly inhibits our ability to cite under Section 107. Reserve fair use for tiny portions of published text, particularly well-known ones.
“Still I Rise”. Maya Angelou. 1994. The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou. All rights reserved by Random House. Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
Limit fair use of text excerpts from an online source in the lesson.
“The Legacy of William Shakespeare“. Mia Hodorovich. 2018. CommonLit. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
If in Doubt
Do not use the content.