Learning Commons:Criteria for Student Content
This criteria is being developed in relation to a collaboration between the UBC Learning Commons (web development team) and Dr. Catherine Rawn and the students in her section of Psyc 208 (Psychology in Your Life: How Social Psychology Can Help You Succeed).
Our intent is to provide some criteria for students who may want to publish their final course project on the Learning Commons website.
What's in it for you?
- your fantastic project is shared with others and may influence someone else's learning.
- your work is published in a public forum (good for your portfolio).
- you learn about what's required to publish an online project in a public space.
What do you do?
- Make sure your project meets the criteria below.
- By the end of Lab 3 (in class on Tuesday March 6), hand in a brief form to indicate that you would like your project to be considered for the Learning Commons website. If your team decides later that you would like your project to be considered, let your Instructor know and complete the brief form.
- Write a brief statement telling us (the Learning Commons Website Team), why your project should be considered for the Learning Commons site. Bring 2 copies of this write-up to the poster session at the conclusion of the project.
What do we do?
- our student team will make a presentation to your class, showcasing the Learning Commons site and highlighting the criteria for your project.
- our student team will participate in your poster session and will evaluate the projects whose teams have identified them as candidates for the Learning Commons site.
- we'll advise each team of the selections as soon as the decision is made.
- we'll publish the projects on relevant pages on the Learning Commons site - with a nice Psyc 208 logo.
| Criteria | Requirement | Example | Resource |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad appeal/Engaging | Your project should appeal to a broad range of students | Building on the Past - video by Justin Cone Is a good example of a video with broad appeal AND it will also tell you something about the purpose of Creative Commons licensing. | Motionographer (for inspiration) |
| Relevant to academic learning | Your project should address an issue related to academic learning | Student Toolkits | Approach to Learning |
| Short format | Ideally, we'd like short format work (3-4 minutes) | 3 minute tutorials | Video Resources |
| Copyright | The content you use must be your own or available for you to use with attribution (via Creative Commons license or part of the public domain) This includes images, music, film. | cc licensed flickr photo by karindalziel: http://flickr.com/photos/nirak/2282406809/ | UBC Copyright Media Re-Use Workshop |
| Licensing | You need to license your work so that others can use it (with attribution to you) Creative Commons CC by license is recommended to ensure consistency with the LC site | CC Licensing on UBCWiki | Creative Commons.org |
| Permissions | You will need permission from any live actors you use in your online presentation | UBC Public Affairs consent form |
Why do I need a creative commons license on my submission?
The UBC Learning Commons has applied a Creative Commons License (attribution: cc:by) to the content on the site. We did this to make it easy for professors or students to take the content and embed it on their sites without having to ask for permission. Since your content will be subject to this license, it is useful for you to consider what this means and (if you are in agreement) apply the same attribution license to your work. It is easy to do this - the important part is ensuring that you agree/understand the license terms.
If you have any questions about this or just want to discuss it, contact: cindy.underhill@ubc.ca 604 822 1340.
What's all the fuss about copyright?
As a creator of content that will potentially be published online, it is important that any images, music or other "intellectual property" that does not belong to you is properly attributed and used with permission. For more information, see UBC's copyright site
Need to talk with someone? Contact: Brian Lamb, brian.lamb@ubc.ca, 604-313-4726