Copyright+&+Learning+Management+Systems

Educational institutions are starting to create content repositories. Content repositories may include:
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• wikis • blogs • learning management systems (LMS) e.g. Life • intranets • portals • interactive whiteboard galleries • media libraries.

To meet the requirements of Statutory Licences, when placing content in a repository //it is best practice to//:

• Password protect repositories to limit access to teachers & students

• Mark content with an expiry date so it does not remain online when it is no longer being used

• If possible, link directly to the item or embed it rather than copy it

• Cite the copyright owner (reference it)

• Name the licence the school has purchased (for worship music)