Tuesday, May 26, 2020 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Learn how to search for and ethically use open educational resources in your course materials. Facilitated by Kari Weaver, instructional design librarian, and Kathryn Blair, copyright specialist at the Centre for Extended Learning, this introductory workshop covers copyright, licensing, sourcing, and selection of OERs.
Registration is required through the GoSignMeUp platform. If you have not used this system before to register for a workshop, you will need to create an account (one time only).
Thursday, May 7, 2020 — 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
This session will provide a simple overview of copyright, and the implications it has in your teaching. By the end of this session you will be better prepared to:
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 — 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
This session will provide a simple overview of copyright, and the implications it has in your teaching. By the end of this session you will be better prepared to:
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
Instructors are increasingly including open educational resources in their teaching material. Copyright, licensing, sourcing, and selection of OERs will be discussed Tuesday, March 3, 2020 between 10am and 12pm in LIB 323.
Please contact kblair@uwaterloo.ca or kdweaver@uwaterloo.ca to register by February 28, 2020.
As part of getting your work published, publishers will require you to sign or click through an agreement that gives them the right to publish your work. Once you've signed the agreement it is the authoritative source on what you can do with your own work. Publisher agreements differ, with some being more restrictive than others.
Copyright Protection
- copyright protection is automatic, on the creation of the work, given the work meets the requirements for copyright protection
- you do not need to use the copyright symbol
- you are not required to register for copyright protection
- copyright generally lasts for the life of the author and 70 years after their death
Your rights under the Copyright Act
Thursday, February 6, 2020 — 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST
In this session, participants will be introduced to copyright, and the rights and responsibilities they have when publishing their research. This session includes an introduction to:
Thursday, January 16, 2020 — 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST
This session will provide a simple overview of copyright, and the implications it has in your teaching. By the end of this session you will be better prepared to:
- Use copyright protected works in the classroom, LEARN, or through Course Reserves, and
- Choose alternate options for using materials, if necessary
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