Uploading content directly to Talis Engage comes with the same advice and guidance as uploading content to your VLE/LMS directly. You should consider the copyright of any content when uploading resources. Please consult your institutions' guidance around copyright to ensure you are meeting specific requirements. The guidance below is generic, there may be some institutional variance here which you should consider.
You may be infringing on the rights of the copyright owner of content unless:
- you have the owner's permission
- you use a copyright exception
- you use a copyright licence held by the University
There are no copyright issues if the resource:
- Is 'out of copyright' eg the copyright has expired, or the owner has waived the copyright
- You or your institution are the copyright owners
- The resource is covered by an open licence or a copyright exception
The content you've produced yourself
If you or your colleagues have produced content for your teaching, this will be the intellectual property of the institution or the author of the content. This can therefore be uploaded without issue. Examples of this include lecture notes, workbooks, module handbooks, etc.
Scanned chapters of books or journal articles
If your university uses Talis Aspire Copyright Clearance, you have a mechanism for using scanned chapters of books and journals that have gone via the copyright compliance process. You can find out more in this article about how to 'use Digitisations in Talis Engage'. This approach will ensure your institution is adhering to the requirements in place around copyright and reporting.
Using Imagery in Talis Engage
As with other copyright, you should ensure you are either using copyright-cleared/free content, own the content yourself, or have permission from the rights holder. A large number of image-based resources can be found online, and can be filtered using things like Google Advanced Search or the Creative Commons sites.