For UM educators, students, communications, and academic staff
To help you create materials, research and communications without infringing on the rights of others, the Copyright Information Point (CIP) offers several 1-hour workshops to tackle the specific challenges you face in your daily work. We offer focused, sessions designed to tackle the specific challenges you face in your daily work. Instead of a broad overview, these workshops dive into the practicalities of navigating copyr.
The Essentials of Copyright workshops
- Using Others’ Work: How to ethically and legally incorporate images, data, and text into your publications and teaching materials. After the workshop you understand legal copyright basics, how to identify the copyright holder of a work, how to comply with (open) licences, why to record your permissions. You know how to make use of your quotation right.
- Copyright in the (Digital) Classroom: Understanding the rules for sharing resources asynchronously vs. live teaching. Upon completion of the workshop you understand how to make use of the exceptions for educational use, including, the Easy Access Agreement, the exception for live screening and why and how this is different for asynchronous use on the Digital learning environment (Canvas).
- Using audiovisual materials & designs: How to legally incorporate audiovisual materials of others into your promotional materials. Upon completion you understand how to record permissions and licences of online providers, how to deal with materials from external UM suppliers and how to create your own materials.
When:
Sessions are organised upon request, allowing for a tailored approach to your (department’s) specific needs.
Language:
English or Dutch
Prerequisites:
Bring any materials with you about which you have questions so we can address the issues behind them.
Course format:
Interactive and practical sessions (1 hour) led by our experts. During these sessions, we focus on addressing your specific questions and needs, ensuring personalised support.
Practical Resources
- Copyright in Education Quick Guide: An essential overview of the Easy Access Agreement and the use of resources within the digital learning environment.
- Reliable Linking Checklist: A practical tool designed to prevent copyright infringement through the effective use of persistent identifiers and stable source references.
- Copyright Essentials (Video): Watch our introductory video for a clear and concise overview of how to protect your own work and ethically reuse the materials of others.
- Digital & Information Literacy: Access the University Academic Skills Online Modules for self-paced learning on plagiarism, citing, and source management.
Dedicated modules specifically addressing copyright are currently under development.
More information:
For any (other) questions or workshop needs, reach out to our Copyright Information Point via the contact form below.
