Software manufacturers use ROMs as a low-cost means for distributing software. Teachers might well begin thinking about providing course materials for students on CD-ROMs. Making CD-ROMs one at a time has become both easy and inexpensive. As we noted earlier, our colleague Charles Ansorge provides CD-ROMs as an alternative to streaming video. The video quality on the ROM is noticeably higher than that of streaming video in nearly all cases.
Material is stored in a controlled area with the tools for copying.
Students bring blank disks to this resource center and copy the materials on a Zip, Jaz, or similar medium. The law about using Web materials created by others is evolving. Providing links to those materials or referencing them in some other way is generally acceptable. Capturing copies of those materials and incorporating them into a weblet has legal ramifications. Always request permission before you copy.