Several copyright specialists from across the country, working at higher-education institutions and for the government, have created a "Statement about Fair Use and Emergency Remote Teaching and Research." This statement was created to help instructors make determinations, in the midst of the pandemic, on what they can do with copyrighted works as they move classes from face-to-face to online and virtual settings.
There's also a very helpful video, moderated by the Association for College Research Libraries (ACRL), with Copyright Librarian Sara Benson talking about "Copyright for Campus Closures."
The Copyright Crash Course from the University of Texas Libraries has a wealth of information for faculty teaching in the digital environment.
Learn how the TEACH Act, signed into law on November 2, 2002, impacted copyright regulations for the online classroom.
The Copyright Office of the United States has put out a video about copyright - "What is Copyright?," that may be helpful to view. The U.S. Copyright Office's website, copyright.gov, also contains many copyright and fair-use resources.
Fair use allows for the use of copyright-protected works for educational purposes, as well as for commentary, parody, news reporting, and research.
Eastern Florida State College's Fair Use Analysis Checklist (open form in Adobe Acrobat to fill in) is to be completed when you plan to use copyrighted content on campus, or in face-to-face and/or online classrooms. Directions and additional information are included on the Checklist form.