Faculty-Created Course Materials Clause Samples

Faculty-Created Course Materials. The University and UFF acknowledge that under law faculty members may benefit financially from their intellectual property, including but not limited to instructional materials assigned for use by their students. If, in a University of Florida course or program, a faculty member requires use of instructional materials or other resources in which that faculty member or the faculty member’s spouse/domestic partner or dependent child has a financial interest, the following conditions shall apply: (a) The faculty member shall report on the Disclosure of Outside Activities and Financial Interests Form shown in Appendix “G” the required use of books, supplies, or other instructional resources at the University when there is a financial benefit to the faculty member or the faculty member’s spouse or domestic partner or minor child. Such required materials or resources must be (1) Selected for academic reasons independent of any financial gains for the individual faculty member; (2) The original work of the faculty member and not solely a collection of the works of others; (3) Offered at the fair market price; (4) Under copyright, patent, or trademark, and published or produced by an incorporated or registered publisher, company, or entity and their use does not require the user to waive any intellectual property rights; and (5) Adopted consistent with the Florida Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees and the 2009 Board of Governors Regulation 8.003. (b) Such required materials or resources also must not include sale, separate from the textbook or workbook, of exams, quizzes, required assignments, extra-credit assignments, and other general course information and evaluative materials that are customarily available in the textbook or workbook or are customarily made available to students free of charge. (c) The faculty member, the faculty member’s spouse or domestic partner or dependent child may receive no financial benefit from instructional materials and other resources the faculty member assigns that have not been adopted for use in the national higher education market unless the use of the materials best serves the academic interests of the class under the circumstances. (d) All students must be provided with a free copy of the course syllabus that includes an accurate description of the course materials and clearly indicates which materials are required and which are recommended for the course as well as details about exams and other assignments, h...