Digital content in Canvas (Staff Guide)

The copyright law exists to protect the intellectual standing and economic rights of creators and publishers of all literary, dramatic, artistic, musical, audio visual and electronic works. Learn more about copyright infringement and how to properly link to resources from within your Canvas course.

Staff guide: Copyright

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.

Staff guide: Creative commons

Book and Journals are now available fully electronically via a web-site on the Internet. Learn how to add content to your module. 

Staff guide: E-Journals and E-Books

Images can be used to enhance your online materials in your Canvas course. There are lots of sources for Copyright free images! 

Staff guide: Images

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is a service for UK universities which allows staff and students to record TV or radio programmes from over 60 channels. Log in with your normal LJMU user name and password.

BoB Guide

Leganto is a reading lists management system which is easy to use and supports the entire workflow of managing reading lists and integrates with library content. The reading list can be accessed via your Canvas module in the Module information area. For more information read the guide below, and learn how to add a reading list to your course.

Staff guide: Reading list