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  • Information on copyright when you teach

There are a number of rules that you should be aware of when teaching and using materials in your teaching. For example, do you know, for example, whether you can show TV footage, upload articles to Brightspace, and what about pictures in your slides?

Need help?

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact the liaison librarian associated with your field, who will be happy to assist you with your questions.

Alternatively, you are always welcome to contact your local library.  

Material from the Internet

Finding relevant course material online can be quick and easy, while it can be much more difficult to assess whether or not you may share this material with your students. 

Copying, printing and scanning

If you would like to hand out copies or prints, make printed compendia or scan material for your students, the rules that apply are dependent on the original material.

Images

If you want to use images during teaching, you need to be aware of the agreement between AU and VISDA.

Video and sound

When you make use of video clips during lectures, you need to be aware not only of the conditions placed by the individual video service you are using, but also of the Copyright Act and the Personal Data Act.

Radio and TV

Read how you can use radio and television broadcasts in your teaching - both your own recordings as well as content from Mediestream.

Extended collective licensing agreements

Aarhus University has entered into agreements regarding the use of texts, images, and AVU materials with Tekst & Node, VISDA, and Copydan AVU-medier respectively..

Brightspace

When you need to share materials with your students, use Brightspace rather than Dropbox, Facebook or e-mails.

Agreement on the Right to Use Teaching Materials

As a university teacher, you hold the copyright to the teaching materials you create in connection with your employment at Aarhus University in accordance with copyright law. This grants you the right to use these materials both during and after your employment, including outside of AU.

However, to ensure the quality of AU's educational programs, it may be necessary for the university to have the ability to reuse teaching materials developed by its teachers.
To regulate this, AU and the teachers have entered into an Agreement on the Right to Use Teaching Materials at Aarhus University (currently only available in Danish).

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Revised 23.04.2025