# CSD and National Boards

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/csd-and-national-boards/33642>\
**Category:** CS Discoveries\
**Created:** [November 1, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csd-and-national-boards/33642 "2020-11-01T18:35:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![decook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@decook](https://forum.code.org/u/decook)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csd-and-national-boards/33642/1 "2020-11-01T18:35:48Z")

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Hello,  
I am working towards my National Boards Certification this year. In Component 4, we have to choose a lesson and describe how we gathered formative and summative data from our students to make decisions to support them. I want to use CSD Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson 8 for my Component 4 activity. This lesson has students plan an app that is intended to solve a common problem. In previous quarters, my kids have struggled in this activity, and have shown a lot of individual growth as they progressed through it.

With this said, I am concerned about copyright infringement. Is [code.org](http://code.org) copyrighted? (I assume it is). Am I allowed to quote it? Can I modify it for my personal use? In other words, how can I be sure that I am sticking to the spirit and intent of the lessons, teaching all of the curriculum, and not violating copyright law as I use this program for my NB?

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

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**Author:** ![mwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mwood/32/4941_2.png) [@mwood](https://forum.code.org/u/mwood)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csd-and-national-boards/33642/2 "2020-11-02T13:26:20Z")

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All of the [code.org](http://code.org) curriculum ifalls under a creative commons license, meaning you can modify it, but you must give attribution and can’t sell it or your modifications.

Here’s a direct link to the license.

> **[Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
  —...](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)**

Hope this helps.

Mike

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**Author:** ![edavis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/edavis/32/4927_2.png) [@edavis](https://forum.code.org/u/edavis)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/csd-and-national-boards/33642/3 "2020-11-05T01:47:25Z")

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@decook Best of Luck on your work toward National Boards Certification! 🍀