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Comics do not count as text



atsanti85
Canada

Comics do not count as text
 
Hello everybody,

Thought others could benefit from my experience.

I had a worksheet that used a cartoon as a text.  Reading comprehension questions were included asking about how to read the comic.  I thought that would be okay since written texts (from other sources) are allowed on a worksheet so long as we put questions (according to rules) but it was still reported/removed.

So!  A cartoon/comic doesn �t count as a text and will be reported.  Just letting you all know for future reference.

Aloha!

Edit after being contacted by a moderator: Add a bibliography/cite the source.  Should be okay.

13 May 2010      





MJ_Misa
Czech Republic

Sorry, but this sounds strange to me.
I saw cartoons used already and there was no problem with that. I guess maybe the problem of your cartoon is the copyright issue?

13 May 2010     



atsanti85
Canada

I was surprised when I found it reported too, since I �d seen some other worksheets.  Though given all the messages on the forum about being reported, I suspected it was only a matter of time before I got reported for something, lol.

Fortunately, I was just contacted by a moderator who advised me to explicitly cite the source of the graphics. So I �ve done that and it �ll be up tomorrow.  

So note: include a basic bibliography in all worksheets.  It �s a good idea.

Thanks for the sympathy.

Aileen

P.S., 
I �ll add this not as a complaint but as a suggestion?
If there isn �t already a way to communicate with moderators privately (that I don �t know about) when a worksheet gets reported, then maybe in future there could be?  This would be for someone who doesn �t want to flood the forum and draw attention to a "naughty" worksheet, for example.  

13 May 2010