![]() ![]() ![]() A DMCA request only applies to material you created and are the copyright owner of, not to third party materials that are part of your course. Please note that many course sharing websites like Course Hero are in the United States, and so can be subject to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) request, which if you follow carefully will mean that the company is required by law to remove your materials. If you find your teaching materials on a course sharing site, for example Course Hero or OneClass, you can send a request to have the materials taken down, if the work was created by you. How do I get my materials removed from these websites? As well, if students post short excerpts of your work to non-commercial site, for a fair dealing purpose (such as criticism, review, education, news reporting) then their use may qualify as fair dealing. Student created, non-verbatim (in their own words) notes of class lectures are acceptable for students to share, as these are created by students in their own words so are copyrighted to them. ![]() For more information about what course sharing sites themselves see as acceptable to post copyright-wise, please read the Copyright guidelines on the Course Hero site.Īre students allowed to post their own lecture notes? Course sharing sites are meant to share notes only, but increasingly instructor materials are being shared. As well make sure that you fully cite any third party materials in your course material that you use, to make it clear that some material is not your own work and can’t be redistributed. You may also choose to include the copyright symbol (©) on your materials along with your name and the date they were created. Instructors are encouraged to remind students, through notices in their syllabi, that those course materials are protected by copyright laws. Some examples of the types of materials that are are protected by copyright include lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations, lab manuals, syllabi and streamed lectures. You as an instructor own the teaching-related intellectual property that you create as an instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), unless you have assigned rights to the material to another entity by contract. My course materials have been posted on a course sharing site like Course Hero or OneClass – what are my rights? ![]()
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