Copyright for teaching at VU: VU Collaborate - Top 5 tips

COPYRIGHT AFFECTS HOW YOU CAN USE MATERIAL

Know what IS and IS NOT covered by copyright

 

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

 There is a copyright notice in all VU Collaborate delivery spaces

 

TEXT AND IMAGES

There are guidelines as to what you CAN do with text, images, and music

 

STREAMING VIDEOS

Understand how you can use online VU resources and sources such as YouTube.

 

              

ERESERVE READINGS

Readings is made available as a central repository for all third party material used for online educational purposes.

 

eReserve Readings Educator Insights

The eReserve Insights has been developed to help Educators easily see levels of student engagement and identify at risk students, as well as understand engagement with most/least used resources in their reading lists. The data presented will help Educators to prevent student failure and drop out by early identification and intervention when needed.

Educator Insights features provide Educators and Academic staff with the ability to review real time statistics regarding the degree of Student engagement with resources on their Reading List.

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What's covered by copyright

'What's covered by copyright' video transcript

Copyright protects forms of expression.  Like text including book chapters and journal articles, manuscripts, poems, manuals, and even timetables.  Artworks, images, maps and architectural plans.  Music Scores.  Dramatic works.  Sound recordings.  And films, including instructional videos.

What’s not covered by copyright

'What's not covered by copyright' video transcript 

What’s not protected by copyright?  Copyright does not protect ideas, information or raw facts, styles, or techniques in common use.  Other examples of what is not covered include names, slogans, single words, short phrases, titles, and finally, people and people’s images.  It is important to remember that while these things are not protected by copyright, they may well be protected by other areas of the law such as trademarks or defamation.