Tips from our pros
Our Internal link opens in the same window:Center for Teaching and Learning (ZLL) regularly organises workshops on topics such as time management, learning methods, teaching methods and much more. The ZLL also supports lecturers in the development, implementation and further development of contemporary and innovative teaching models.
Open Content: Open Educational Resources (OER) and Creative Commons (CC)
PowerPoint presentations, explanatory videos or scripts – teaching is rarely done without external content. An image here and there, video links or text excerpts from other works are sometimes virtually necessary to convey or illustrate knowledge.
Third-party works are usually protected by copyright and may not actually be used without the author's consent. Exceptions are the so-called limitations of copyright, such as the right to quote (Section 51 UrhG) and Section 60a Teaching and instruction (Kreutzer & Hirche, 2017, pp. 10-13, 46-55.) More on copyright and limitations of copyright
In addition to the limitation provisions, so-called open content offers more extensive possibilities for using copyright-protected works.
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You can find freely usable pictograms for scripts, presentations or videos in Word and PowerPoint under "Insert".
Search for Creative Commons, e.g. on External link opens in a new window:Openverse or CocoMaterial. TU Darmstadt offers a links list of images, videos and music under CC license as well as a list of links to open educational content.