Subject Guides: Copyright: NIC Library: Posting to Brightspace

Posting to Brightspace

Posting copyrighted material to Brightspace is permissible under NIC’s Fair Dealing Policy as long as it fits the criteria outlined in the policy. If the material you wish to post is from the Library’s Databases you must first check to see if our license agreement allows you to upload the material to Brightspace. Look up the database that the material belongs to in the A to Z Database list, and click on "Permitted Uses for this Database"

It is almost always preferable to link directly to material if possible rather than posting it to Brightspace, as the risk of violating the Fair Dealing policy or a license agreement is much lower. Unless you know the material you are linking to is an infringing copy, links are considered to be the safest way to provide access to material.

Copyrighted material must include an adequate attribution, and should include the following:

Title
Author
Source
License (terms of use)

Always make the greatest effort to include as much detail from the source as is available. If the creator is unknown, be sure to include that in your attribution.

If it is not possible to include an attribution statement with the work copied, use a bibliography or a list of sources that clearly identifies which citation accompanies which work.

Material	Activity
Creative Commons license	Attribute the source Provide details of type of Creative Commons license Example of photograph attribution: RoyalExchange, London, UK by BRENAC, 2014. Licensed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license.
Faculty-created material	Attribute the source Author, Institution John Green, North Island College. Team, Portfolio, Institution Published by Committee Members, Teaching and Learning Committee, North Island College.
Images from books, internet, etc.	Attribute the source Ensure the use of the image is within parameters of Fair Dealing guidelines Include the following statement: © "This is solely for your personal use for research, private study, criticism or review only. Further reproduction, distribution, transmission, dissemination, or any other use, may be an infringement of copyright if done without securing the permission of the copyright owner. You may not distribute, e-mail or otherwise communicate these materials to any other person."
Scanned copy of a short excerpt	Attribute the source Include the following statement: © "This is solely for your personal use for research, private study, criticism, or review only. Further reproduction, distribution, transmission, dissemination, or any other use, may be an infringement of copyright if done without securing the permission of the copyright owner. You may not distribute, e-mail or otherwise communicate these materials to any other person."
Material from library's electronic resources	Persistent links to library electronic resources are generally acceptable Some resources allow posting of a PDF of the article. Consult the Permitted Uses in the A to Z Database list for more information.
Powerpoint slides from lectures	If you have used copyrighted materials in your slides (e.g. images) make sure you attribute the source and ensure Fair Dealing guidelines have been met.
Powerpoint slides provided by publisher	Slides can only be posted to Blackboard if the textbook has been adopted
Videos	Embed video according to terms of use of video provider Provide a link to the original source Consult the permitted uses in the A to Z Database list for more information

(Adapted from University of South Australia Library media attribution https://www.library.unisa.edu.au/media/1832/attribution_examples1.pdf .)