tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6896577254964856191..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: An Early Thirsty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39356537438353892252012-11-29T21:41:50.585-05:002012-11-29T21:41:50.585-05:00Great success - I've had my content removed fr...Great success - I've had my content removed from three different sites. Thanks for the help everybody!The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90729618067957038892012-11-29T04:27:03.000-05:002012-11-29T04:27:03.000-05:00Works-for-hire is a bitch of a copyright clause. T...Works-for-hire is a bitch of a copyright clause. That sucks, AdjunctSlave.Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14709973407703962472012-11-28T10:58:54.737-05:002012-11-28T10:58:54.737-05:00Part of my adjunct contract at Huge Corporate Onli...Part of my adjunct contract at Huge Corporate Online University stipulates that everything I have in the classroom is the intellectual property of the university. Nobody objects to this. When I've tried to raise the issue, the proverbial crickets were the loudest thing going on. So if anything I have in class ends up online, it is theoretically the university's concern as much as mine. I AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75526995958883227662012-11-28T10:38:57.671-05:002012-11-28T10:38:57.671-05:00I choose that license because I'm concerned my...I choose that license because I'm concerned my current institution could take my LMS shell and give it to another adjunct. With my current shell and handouts, another adjunct would have a course instantly.<br /><br />In the off chance I ever found out, then I would have recourse.Maybellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470091893270064951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3095135322703853952012-11-27T22:08:55.167-05:002012-11-27T22:08:55.167-05:00Defunct, I didn't think that simply putting &q...Defunct, I didn't think that simply putting "copyrighted material" across it would hold up in court, but I know that I would hesitate before uploading something or using something that says "Copyrighted material" or "all rights reserved" (I think that's more 'threatening' to students than nothing at all). I'd think a visible warning on the slides The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56168977812560326142012-11-27T19:22:57.818-05:002012-11-27T19:22:57.818-05:00I hadn't heard of StudentsOfFortune before, so...I hadn't heard of StudentsOfFortune before, so off I went just now. Sorry your students have posted your tests there. Why is it "sad" that you get to fail anyone who uses the site? That would fill me with glee!<br /><br />The site is a hoot! The premise is legitimate - pay a TA for a tutorial. But of course there's a brisk trade in pilfered tests and custom-written papers. <Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29947516876728772652012-11-27T17:15:20.297-05:002012-11-27T17:15:20.297-05:00Maybelle:
Whenever I post my lecture notes to the...Maybelle:<br /><br /><em>Whenever I post my lecture notes to the LMS, I always choose "all rights reserved" as my license. It means that those notes belong to me, and that others cannot use them for profit without paying me.</em><br /><br />The Contemplative Cynic:<br /><br /><em>Can you simply put "Copyrighted material" at the bottom of each slide...</em><br /><br />Sure, youDefunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38454305685597415272012-11-27T16:32:05.562-05:002012-11-27T16:32:05.562-05:00Thanks. This site has a list of hoops you need to...Thanks. This site has a list of hoops you need to jump through to have your material taken down. I'll see what I can do.The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27163379372880902942012-11-27T16:30:26.234-05:002012-11-27T16:30:26.234-05:00No, I found out quite by accident while doing a se...No, I found out quite by accident while doing a search for one of my course codes.The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90375236249066859512012-11-27T16:28:45.207-05:002012-11-27T16:28:45.207-05:00*across*acrossThe Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3256929119602615752012-11-27T16:28:29.487-05:002012-11-27T16:28:29.487-05:00Can you simply put "Copyrighted material"...Can you simply put "Copyrighted material" at the bottom of each slide or in faded lettersa cross the slide like photo companies do or something?The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72818163586239887222012-11-27T16:12:10.417-05:002012-11-27T16:12:10.417-05:00At our uni, one prof went to the university's ...At our uni, one prof went to the university's legal counsel and got a cease-and-desist letter, claiming copyright infringment, as the course materials were original materials produced by the course instructor, who held the copyright and had explicitly disallowed posting online. Copyright laws differ from place to place, so good luck.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69837606349966403692012-11-27T14:22:35.717-05:002012-11-27T14:22:35.717-05:00I never post my slides either, but I am familiar w...I never post my slides either, but I am familiar with the gut feeling you have. I have found my tests posted on StudentsOfFortune before and that's always disappointing -- clearly one of the students posted the quiz or test. <br /><br />What's sad is that I alter every year's test slightly (rephrase questions etc) so it's obvious if a student uses a past answer -- it covers the Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31766783833700246912012-11-27T10:42:28.383-05:002012-11-27T10:42:28.383-05:00Whenever I post my lecture notes to the LMS, I alw...Whenever I post my lecture notes to the LMS, I always choose "all rights reserved" as my license. It means that those notes belong to me, and that others cannot use them for profit without paying me.<br /><br />If you have a campus legal department, go to them to see if they can help you draft a "cease and desist" letter to the company. If you don't have campus legal (or Maybellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470091893270064951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10924271796128814452012-11-27T09:33:11.084-05:002012-11-27T09:33:11.084-05:00Just for the flip side: I've posted full lectu...Just for the flip side: I've posted full lectures (PDF format, of course). My problem has usually been the opposite: I often include notes-to-myself in the slides as stickies in Keynote, and they've shown up in the student versions! This is terrible when I'm making notes for the next year: "students didn't get this" "need to rewrite this section"<br /><br />Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22194377073114413422012-11-27T07:47:18.521-05:002012-11-27T07:47:18.521-05:00My slides tend to be pretty spare because they'...My slides tend to be pretty spare because they're only supposed to be memory joggers. The students are supposed to *gasp* listen and write down what I'm saying as well as reading what's on the slide.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77751373833400699352012-11-27T07:32:29.268-05:002012-11-27T07:32:29.268-05:00I don't post slides at all, except once in a b...I don't post slides at all, except once in a blue moon I relent and post a "greatest hits" review series before major exams. I tried posting partially filled slides once, but almost no one paid the slightest bit of attention so I stopped doing it. No one noticed.<br /><br />You're right that some anonymous bunch of bozos is probably profiting from your work. I'm wondering Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77104300006410871002012-11-27T03:34:14.168-05:002012-11-27T03:34:14.168-05:00I don't post complete slides. I usually don...I don't post complete slides. I usually don't post slides at all. When I do, they are in PDF format and missing the text (images only, come to class if you want to know what they mean).Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90051302242669924782012-11-27T03:15:14.676-05:002012-11-27T03:15:14.676-05:00Ah yes. My students cannot do this because student...Ah yes. My students cannot do this because students only get stripped down versions of my slides- no pictures, missing words, and no links to anything. However, my younger, dream-supporter self did share my full slides with co-teachers (my dinosaur sorry I mean dept chair likes the concept of team teaching since it allows greybeards like him to shove their work onto the junior team member), and Dream-Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899352252923649504noreply@blogger.com