Teaching and Learning Intellectual Property Procedure
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Purpose | Scope | Principles | Procedure statements | Procedure owner and contact | Definitions | Approval information | Version history | References
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1. Purpose
1.1 The Teaching and Learning Intellectual Property Procedure (the procedure) outlines the requirements for UTS owned or managed intellectual property generated from the university’s teaching and learning activities. This procedure supports the implementation of the Intellectual Property Policy (the policy).
2. Scope
2.1 This procedure applies to intellectual property (IP) developed or acquired as part of the university’s teaching and learning activities.
2.2 This procedure applies to all those under the scope of the policy. This procedure applies to students where students are engaged as staff or where students facilitate in the development of course and educational materials under the scope of the policy.
2.3 IP related to research activities is out of scope of this procedure (refer Research Intellectual Property Procedure).
3. Principles
3.1 The principles outlined in the policy apply for this procedure.
4. Procedure statements
4.1 UTS owns all IP created or generated by staff in the course of, or in connection with, their employment at the university in line with the policy. The policy must be read in conjunction with this procedure.
Course and educational materials
4.2 Staff must ensure that all course and educational materials (including subject descriptions) are correctly added to appropriate digital repositories including CASS (Curriculum and Student Systems), CIS (Curriculum Information System), the university's existing learning management system and any associated media-specific learning technologies approved by UTS from time to time.
4.3 Staff should be aware of copyright issues and access conditions when adding materials to a digital repository. Further information about copyright is available from:
- the UTS Library: Contact us or the library’s copyright advisor: copyright@uts.edu.au
- Copyright advice (published by the UTS Library)
- LX Lab Resources.
4.4 Further guidance on good practices in managing educational material is available at Manage your content (published by the UTS Library).
Intellectual property and Indigenous knowledge
4.5 Particular care must be taken when considering the use or reuse of Indigenous knowledges or teaching materials created incorporating Indigenous knowledges. The permission of the original knowledge holder or creator should be obtained where possible and attribution included. Consideration should be given to the integrity of the original material and the suitability of the material in the new context. Advice can be sought from the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research.
Commissioned works
4.6 Requests for exceptions to UTS's ownership of commissioned works (as outlined in the policy) must be made in writing and approved by the responsible delegate in the relevant faculty.
4.7 Faculty delegates must ensure that any alternative ownership arrangements are confirmed in writing by way of contract or other agreement. Faculties may request further detail or justification. Faculty delegates may also request additional guidance from the Office of General Counsel or other relevant experts in making a determination.
4.8 Faculty delegates must keep records of all approved exceptions or alternate arrangements in relation to commissioned works in line with the policy and this procedure. These approvals must be provided in an annual summary report to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) for appropriate governance and oversight.
Digital media as course materials
4.9 Any course material provided as a recording of video and/or livestreaming will be governed by UTS Audio Visual Services processes. Visitors and guests, including visiting academics, will be required to sign a participant's appearance release form, which assigns to UTS all existing and future IP rights (including copyright) in and to any recording and any material created as a result of the participant's participation in the recording. The participant acknowledges that, as between the parties, UTS will be the sole owner of all rights, title and interest (including copyright) in and to the recordings.
Internships
4.10 Students undertaking an internship should treat any IP generated as part of that internship as IP of the host organisation, unless they have an agreement with the host organisation that identifies IP as belonging to the student.
5. Procedure owner and contact
5.1 Procedure owner: The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) is responsible for the approval and implementation of this procedure in line with the Intellectual Property Policy.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) is responsible for this procedure and acts as a central point of contact for its provisions.
6. Definitions
The definitions in the Intellectual Property Policy and Schedule 1, Student Rules apply to this procedure. Definitions in the singular include the plural meaning of the word.
Curriculum and Student System (CASS) is defined in the Award Course Approval and Publication Procedure.
Curriculum Information System (CIS) is defined in the Award Course Approval and Publication Procedure.
Course and educational material is defined in the Intellectual Property Policy.
Subject descriptions are defined in the Subject Descriptions and Subject Outlines Policy.
Approval information
Procedure contact | Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) |
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Approval authority | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) |
Review date | 2023 |
File number | UR20/1565 |
Superseded documents | New procedures |
Version history
Version | Approved by | Approval date | Effective date | Sections modified |
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1.0 | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) | 08/10/2020 | 19/11/2020 | New procedures. |
1.1 | Deputy Director, Corporate Governance (Delegation 3.14.2) | 12/04/2023 | 12/04/2023 | Changes to reflect new unit title of Office of General Counsel. |
References
Award Course Approval and Publication Procedure
Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research
Research Intellectual Property Procedure
Subject Descriptions and Subject Outlines Policy
Contact
Teaching and learning IP enquires should be directed to: intellectualproperty@uts.edu.au