The Copyright Office has updated its web offerings to include some of the most asked about recent topics, including generative AI, locating free to use images, and copyright and note sharing websites. You can find this updated information on the Copyright Office intranet and website.

Consider attending an information session for more in depth information about copyright for faculty and instructors and how to responsibly use images. The Copyright Office has a variety of upcoming sessions that you can attend or contact the Copyright Office to book a session for you or your team to attend at your convenience.

Register here for one of the following upcoming sessions:

• July 15, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. – Copyright: What faculty and instructors need to know
• July 18, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. – Copyright: What faculty and instructors need to know
• July 23, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. – Copyright: What faculty and instructors need to know
• August 14, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. – Using Images
• August 22, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. – Using Images
• August 30, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. – Copyright: What faculty and instructors need to know

If you have questions, the Copyright Office is here to help! Contact um.copyright@umanitoba.ca for assistance.

To mark Fair Dealing Week (Feb. 20 to 24), the University of Manitoba is launching the new copyright course incorporating UM created-resources and modules from the Canadian Association of Research Libraries for faculty, instructors and staff. To make copyright decisions even easier, the course also incorporates a new copyright decision tool to help users navigate the UM Copyright Guidelines.

Animated copyright course (modules)

Streamlined so you can find the information you need quickly — whether you are a user or creator of materials — the new course features animated modules that require less than 7 minutes of your time.

The course is self-directed to allow users to work at their own pace and return to a module if required, and earn badges for completing different content topics.

Teaching staff are asked to complete the tutorial as part of the University’s copyright due diligence.

Make copyright decisions easier

A new copyright tool guides users to assess whether the copying is permitted under the UM Copyright Guidelines with a series of questions.

For copying that falls outside of the guidelines, the tool will populate an email to the Copyright Office with details of the proposed copying for additional assistance. The Copyright Office will review whether additional options, such as permissions and licensing, are available.

Access through your UM Learn account

Instructors have full access to the Copyright Course and decision tool through their UM Learn accounts, and you may also self-register at universityofmanitoba.desire2learn.com/d2l/login

Thanks for your efforts in helping to make UM copyright-compliant!

Need help with the course, tool, or with copyright in general? Contact the Copyright Office at um_copyright [at] umanitoba [dot] ca or 204-474-7277. Copyright Guidelines and other resources are available on the Copyright Office website.

Why Fair Dealing matters

Fair Dealing is a provision in Canada’s Copyright Act that grants an exception to copyright protection for specified purposes — like research and education — as long as the use is fair.

Faculty, instructors, students, librarians and support staff use Fair Dealing on a regular basis for educational, private study, and research purposes. For instance, faculty or students copying a chapter or an article for research purposes may be exercising their Fair Dealing rights.

Questions? Ask us during our virtual office hours on Feb. 24!

The Copyright Office will be hosting virtual office hours on Feb. 24 between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. for Fair Dealing Week. Please stop by and join here with your Fair Dealing and copyright questions!

For general inquiries, contact the Copyright Office at um_copyright [at] umanitoba [dot] ca or 204-474-7277. Copyright Guidelines and other resources are available on the Copyright Office website.

1. Attend a copyright information session. Each 30-minute session covers

• Fair dealing and the UM Copyright Guidelines
• Copyright compliance of journals, book excerpts, and text works posted to UM Learn
• Use of photos, artwork, and figures into lecture slides and handouts
• How to access and interpret license use for e-Resources accessible through UML
• Creative Commons licenses; Search strategies, license types, attributions

Where: Ft. Garry Campus, 307 Tier Building

When: Wednesday, September 18    11:45 am – 12:30 pm

            Monday, September 23          12:30 – 1:15 pm

            Thursday, October 3   1:00 – 1:45 pm

2. Take the UM Copyright Tutorial on UM Learn

• Eight modules, under 3 minutes each. Watch them any time, in any order
• Get the basics on everything from fair dealing to managing your own copyright

Most faculty and instructors are pre-enrolled and can access the program at this link : U of M Copyright Tutorial – UM Learn log in  

If the course doesn’t open for you, follow these steps to self-register

• Log in to UM Learn
• Select “Self-Registration” from the menu at the top of the page
• Select “Copyright Tutorial” from the list of available courses
• Return to UM Learn homepage and find the tutorial under “My courses”

3.  Contact Copyright Solutions

A service dedicated to supporting U of M faculty and instructors in the use of copyright protected works for educational purposes. We are here to help.

U of M Copyright Office

203 Allen Building

204-474-9607 / 7277

um_copyright@umanitoba.ca