The Library encourages faculty to use Moodle, reserves and e-reserves for their course materials for the following reasons:
1. Placing items on reserve, e-reserve, or uploading them to Moodle is almost always permitted by databases and publishers, and is therefore a more copyright compliant way to provide readings to students. For more information on how to verify permissions, refer to the License Information section.
2. Many databases and publishers do not permit the copying of their materials in course packs and, as such, many important articles and other items would not be legally available to students in a course pack format.
3. Placing items on reserve, e-reserve, or uploading them to Moodle is environmentally friendly as less paper is used in the process.
4. Using Moodle and reserves is an economical option for students.
Documents that are uploaded to Moodle must comply with all copyright requirements. Before uploading documents to Moodle, follow the verification steps outlined in the Copying Guidelines (Print & Digital) section.
For more information on how Fair Dealing may apply to Moodle, please refer to guideline #5 in the AUCC Fair Dealing Guidelines.
Please visit the ITS Moodle webpage for more information on how to use Moodle and upload documents.
Please note, all faculty are responsible for informing themselves of and complying with all copyright requirements when uploading items to Moodle.
Office of the University Librarian
819-822-9600 x2280