Regulations for computer-assisted learning

Please read through the following terms and conditions carefully before participating in computer-assisted teaching!

These regulations concern the student's rights to use the teaching material provided to him or her by the educational institution as part of computer-assisted teaching, and the educational institution's right to use material prepared by the student during such teaching. When registering for the first time as a student of the educational institution's online teaching or some other computer-assisted course, the student undertakes to follow these regulations in all computer-assisted teaching carried out by the educational institution. Computer-assisted teaching refers to online teaching and all other teaching, including classroom teaching and private study, in which the student receives teaching material stored in computer-readable format.

In addition to these regulations, the educational institution's examination regulations shall apply to computer-assisted teaching.

1. Use of Material Compiled by the Student during the Course of his/her Studies

The student agrees to allow the educational institution to use material compiled by him or her in connection with the teaching of the course in which the student is participating. Copies of any kind may be made from the material and presented, displayed and distributed during teaching. Printouts and other copies may be distributed to students participating in the course, and the material made accessible to participants over the information network. However, such material may be used only to the extent required for teaching.

The educational institution's usage rights apply only to the period during which the student participates in the course in question. The educational institution may not present, distribute, display or in any other way use the student's material in connection with any other teaching, nor after the student has completed his or her studies. Should the educational institution wish to use the student's material elsewhere, the institution shall draw up a separate, written agreement with the student. The educational institution may store the student's material for as long as it deems this necessary to the evaluation of the student’s performance.

2. Use of Teaching Material Provided by the Educational Institution

The student shall honour copyrights associated with material provided both during and after the course based on the following practices:

During teaching, the student shall be entitled to:
- save the teaching material on a computer hard drive, disc or other platform (e.g. CD-Rom) both digitally and analogically,
- prepare paper printouts and other copies of the teaching material,
- create back-up copies of the teaching material
- amend the teaching material and combine it with other material,
- make use of the amended versions in the same way as the original teaching material,
- present and display the teaching material and its amendments in conjunction with the teaching,
- distribute printouts of the teaching material to other students participating in the course, as well as
- distribute the teaching material in any other way to participants on the same course for the completion of tasks connected to the teaching (e.g. group work).

The student shall be entitled to use the teaching material only for study purposes related to computer-assisted teaching. Should the material be required for other purposes, the student must acquire separate, written consent from the educational institution.

The student shall be obliged to name the Supplier of the teaching material and other sources in accordance with good practice and to include notice of copyright and administrative copyright information as stated in the original when making use of the teaching material.

Should the teaching material include software in machine code format (so-called object code), the following shall not be permitted without advance permission in writing from the copyright holder of the software, unless required by the legislation in force:

(a) translation of the software into the source language or decoding or transforming the software into a readable format,
(b) amending the software, creating new versions or derivatives of the software,
(c) integrating the software with other software,
(d) sub-licensing or leasing of the software, drawing up a lease agreement, lending or any distribution of the software or its parts as such or in altered form, and
(e) using or copying the software for any purposes other than study during the teaching of the course.

The student must carefully store any username and password issued to him or her and ensure that they do not come into the possession of a third party. The student shall be liable for the use of study material bearing his or her username and password and for any damage caused to the educational institution should the student use the material in any way other than that permitted under this contract.

In addition to the above regulations, the use of the teaching material or its parts may be limited by conditions stipulated by an external supplier. The terms and conditions presented to the student are binding, and he or she may not use the teaching material contrary to the said terms and conditions.