PDF's
We are aware that colleagues may want to upload PDF's of articles from our current subscribed resources to Blackboard to improve students access to the resource. Under the terms of the Copyright Licensing agency (CLA) license, you may only do this if you complete the copyright statement/cover sheet that must be attached to the scanned document. If you need help with this, please contact the Digitisation Team.
Films & Clips
Provided the purpose is for illustration for instruction and the copying is fair you can upload clips to Blackboard. However, the use must not be commercial and must be sufficiently acknowledged. However, you must consider who has access to Blackboard, it may be necessary to restrict access to only learners enrolled on that specific module.
Images
You will need to ensure that all permissions have been granted to upload an image to Blackboard. This includes images contained within a PowerPoint presentation. It may be possible to consider that the use of images would fall under the fair dealing exceptions of illustration for instruction but it must be considered fair and that is does not negatively impact on the market for the original material. If you are concerned about copyright issues with images take a look at the Further Information pages for access to copyright free images.
Music
You may be able to use short extracts of music in teaching if it is for the purposes of illustration for instruction or criticism and review. The amount copied must be considered fair and have no impact commercially on the rights holder. Otherwise be very wary of using commercial music in teaching materials, especially if published on Blackboard or the internet. You would need to get permission from the composer, the music publisher and the record company.