Four licensing choices are possible for modules. They are as follows:
Creative Commons License: Select this option if you wish to keep the copyright for your work, but wish to allow others to reuse your materials. You have the option to select whether others can modify your materials and where they can use it for commercial purposes. If you choose the “Creative Commons” license, a form is displayed asking you select the terms and conditions of use for your materials:
Allow Commercial use of work? Yes/No
Allow Modifications of your work? Yes/No/Share Alike
Click the I AGREE button to accept the “Creative Commons” license. A confirmation displays a link to the license you chose. Attribution to you, as an author, will be included in the footer of your modules and sections in the Student View.
Copyright of Author: Any material that is published online is automatically copyright-protected. No one other than you, the author of the material, can use, modify or sell your content, whether you included a copyright notice or not. If you select the copyright option, the system will add the copyright notice on the footer of your module. To retain full copyright of your content, select “Copyright of Author” from the drop-down list. Click on I AGREE to continue. A copyright notice, your name, and year will appear at the footer of your module.
Public Domain: This option should be selected if you choose to dedicate your content and digital materials to the public domain. To dedicate your content to “Public Domain,” select the “Public Domain” option from the drop-down menu. Click on the I AGREE button to accept it and continue to add content to your module.
Fair Use Exception: The last option, “Fair Use Exception,” should be selected when you do not own all the content of a module that you will publish and therefore cannot claim copyright or share it. However, the material is subject to fair use exception when used for educational purposes with a restricted number of students for a term.
Click the small green Question Mark icon next to the “Choose the license” field on the Add Module page for a detailed description of the different licensing options.
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