Pearson Canada K-12 Copyright Usage Guidelines

This page is intended to offer guidance about how Pearson Canada content may be used in different classroom situations while respecting copyright law and user agreements. These guidelines will be updated as needed.

USAGE GUIDELINES FOR DIFFERENT CONTENT FORMATS

Format Intended Usage
Print Textbook A print textbook is sold as a print-use resource. Access Copyright allows for the photocopying of up to 10% of a print resource within a school year to create paper copies only. There is no right to make digital copies.
Print Workbook Print workbooks are sold as single-use products and are excluded from the Access Copyright provision. They may not be photocopied, scanned or stored.
Print Worktext Reproducible Some workbooks or worktexts are sold in Legal-Reproducible versions at a higher price. These reproducible versions allow for paper photocopying within the purchasing school. No right to scan or make digital copies is provided.
Print Teacher Resource pages Print Teacher Guides are sold as print-use resources. No right to scan or make digital copies is provided
Print Teacher Resource Line Masters Line Masters (i.e. pages identified as copiable) may be copied in print and digitally. They may be placed into a password-protected Learning Management System for a teacher to share with their class only
Teacher Resource CD-ROM Line Masters A teacher may save the Line Masters from a Teacher CD-ROM to their hard drive and may place those files on a password-protected Learning Management System for student use
Teacher Resource offline version Some online Teacher Resources offer offline versions for schools and districts that may have connectivity challenges. Sold as an offline version for projection, it may be projected/displayed online during unrecorded synchronous teaching.
Teacher eGuide Teacher eGuides are intended to be used by 1 teacher for projection in class. All content may be shared via projection synchronously with students in the teacher’s class. Currently, certain documents may be placed into password-protected Learning Management Systems if the teacher has a current eGuide license. These include Line Masters (e.g. MSWord documents) and Presentations (e.g. PowerPoint documents).
Student eText Student eTexts are sold as a 1-year student license for each student user. They are not to be shared.
* See Appendix A: Student eTexts at the end of this page

USAGE GUIDELINES FOR MATHOLOGY.CA K-3

Question Response  
Generally speaking, what can I share and how do I share it? In general, sharing may happen in systems that are password-protected. No sharing is permitted with other educators. When access ends, permission to share ends.  
Can I share the URLs of Mathology Little Books? (i.e. can I copy and share the QR code on the back cover of the print book?)
Yes, you may share with students and parents. You may also share with teachers in the same school. You may not share with teachers in other schools. URLs should only be posted on password-protected sites, or email. You may not post on open sites.  
Can I share URLS of the virtual tools? Can I share a recording showing these tools being used?
Yes, you may share both URLs and recordings with students and parents, and with teahcers in the same school. You may not sharewith teachers in other schools. URLs should only be posted on password-protected sites, or email. You may not post on open sites.  
Can I share a recording of myself reading a little book?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can I project (transmit) student cards, student tools (e.g. hundred chart, ten frames), Line Masters, PDFs in real time?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license.  
Can I upload Mathology content into other applications like Google Classroom, Brightspace or Microsoft Teams?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can I share screen captures of student pages placed in a PowerPoint that is accessed in their LMS?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can I send students a PowerPoint presentation containing Mathology content with the intent of having them complete work in it and send it back?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can I share Intervention lessons and other content with Spec Ed teachers to use with their students.
All teacher users must have a current .ca license to access the material. This includes Spec Ed teachers.  
Can I download Next Steps at Home and share with parents through email or a LMS.
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can consultants and coaches use their subscription (often complimentary) to transmit the videos and share screen capture PowerPoints during a training session?

Can they record this and send out recorded links to teachers? Or have it available on their Board website for teachers?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license.





Yes, if this is a user district.
No, if they have not purchased district-wide.
 

USAGE GUIDELINES FOR MATHOLOGY.CA 4-6

Question Response  
Can I share 'Math Makes Sense' student text links in an email, or in an LMS or in another application? This use is permitted at this time (2020/2021 School Year). There will be student access to mathology.ca that will require a license in future.  
Can I project and share 'Math Makes Sense' student text pages and Line Masters in my class and also with remote students in my class?
This use is permitted at this time (2020/2021 School Year). There will be student access to mathology.ca that will require a license in future.  
Can I include screen captures of the student pages placed in a PowerPoint that is accessed in students’ LMS for transmitting in real time and for students to do work on and send back to the teacher?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can I include screen captures of content from the Teacher Guide to share with students as part of a lesson using PowerPoint?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  
Can I download and share the Readiness tasks in a Learning Management System or email?
Yes, as long as the user has a current mathology.ca license. Systems must be password-protected. If the user no longer has a license, the mathology.ca content must be deleted from those systems.  

USAGE GUIDELINES FOR MATHOLOGY.CA 4-6

Resources Available as eTexts    
Aboriginal Beliefs, Values and Aspirations (E/F) Pre-Calculus Foundations of Math 10 (E/F)

Math Makes Sense 3-8 ON, 3-9 WNCP

 

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