COPYRIGHT AND COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Digitizing articles, book chapters, and other copyrighted works to place in course management software (such as Moodle) may constitute copyright infringement. Reproducing materials, whether through photocopying or digitization, still constitutes reproduction.

See Guidelines for Electronic Reserve and Materials Placed on Kalamazoo College Servers for detailed information on what materials legally may be allowed to be placed on course management systems.

ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF INFORMATION DELIVERY

Instructors may want to consider alternative methods of providing students with materials, such as:

1. Links to Materials.
Linking to materials already lawfully posted on the Internet or available through Library databases is often the most efficient method of providing materials to students. Consult with the librarians about the availability of journals in full text, or search for journal titles using the Electronic Journal Finder.

2. Library Reserve System.
The Kalamazoo College Library can place some copyrighted items on Electronic Reserve via a password-protected area of the website. For more information about Electronic Reserve, see Copyright Policies for Materials on Reserve and Reserve Guidelines for Faculty.

3. Traditional Coursepacks.
Consider using coursepacks if the copyright owner grants permission for creating hardcopies of materials, but denies permission to post the same materials electronically.