For Faculty:
1) Permalink to articles and materials to which the University has electronic licensing rights.
2) Use works in the public domain.
3) Create and use your own works.
4) Conduct a fair use analysis for every work you wish to use in class and record your reasoning.
5) Obtain permission from copyright owners.
6) What Can I Use in My Online Class?
For Students:
1) Copy only so much of a work as you need to complete your academic project.
2) Limit distribution to the class and professor.
From, Association of Research Libraries' Using Works in Your Teaching-What You Can Do (2007)
Most materials an instructor will use in a traditional, hybrid, or online course will be copyrighted. Educational use alone does not automatically mean you can freely use/upload copyrighted material in a learning management system. Although a learning management system contains password-protection, such credentialing does not shield one from claims of copyright infringement. Students hold copyright to their work, so seeking permission to use student work samples is recommended.
When you reproduce, display, perform and/or transmit/distribute copyrighted materials you are exercising at least one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder. How can you do this legally without incurring liability or paying permission fees?
With permission: Terry Owen and Andrew Horbal, University of Maryland Libraries
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