AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING OF CLASSES

POLICY: Students may not make audio or video recordings of classes (or other
organized teaching activity, such as lab sessions) without the prior express authorization of the
instructor, except in cases where Davidson College is required by law to provide for recording of
a class as a reasonable accommodation for a qualified student with a disability.

PURPOSE: Davidson College's Intellectual Property Policy provides that it is generally the college's policy that
intellectual property such as lecture notes and course materials shall be the property of the author
or creator. However, the college has a non-exclusive, perpetual and royalty-free license to use
all faculty-owned intellectual property for internal instructional and educational purposes. In
keeping with this policy, Davidson College prohibits the unauthorized recording of classes.

ADMINISTRATION OF POLICY: Students who wish to create an audio or video
recording of a class must obtain the prior express authorization of the instructor. Qualified
students with a disability should make a written request for academic accommodation to the
Student Disability Resources Coordinator. The Dean of Students Office authorizes academic
accommodations and will send written notifications to instructors that the student is authorized to
make audio or video recordings of class.

Recordings authorized by either the instructor or the Dean of Students Office are subject
to the following conditions of use:

1. Authorized recordings will be used solely for the purpose of class notes for individual
study. Students will not use the recordings or allow them to be used for any other
purpose;
2. Students will not reproduce (other than transcription solely for the student's own use
as class notes), distribute, or sell the recordings or information contained therein;
3. Students will not allow authorized recordings to be reproduced, sold, or distributed in
any manner to any other person(s); and
4. Students will destroy all recordings at the end of the course.

Nothing in this policy prohibits an instructor from agreeing to alternate conditions of use;
however, a student must obtain the prior express authorization of the instructor to use a recording
in any manner not permitted by this policy.

Making an audio or video recording of a class without the prior express authorization of
the instructor or the Dean of Students Office is a violation of the Honor Code. Violating the
conditions of use set forth in this policy (or otherwise authorized by the instructor) is a violation
of the Code of Responsibility.

Suggested syllabus language for faculty who wish to prohibit recording
Davidson College policy prohibits audio/video recording of classes by students without
permission of the instructor. You may not record class sessions or portions thereof unless the
Dean of Students has authorized recording as an academic accommodation for a qualified
student with a disability and has notified me of that authorization. All such recordings are for the
sole use of the individual student and may not be reproduced, sold, posted online, or otherwise
distributed.

Suggested syllabus language for faculty who wish to allow recording
While Davidson College policy prohibits audio and video recording of classes by students
without permission of the instructor, I grant permission for all students in this class to make
recordings. This statement gives permission only to record me during class time. It does not
imply authorization to record other class members. Authorized recordings are for the sole use of
the individual student and may not be reproduced, sold, posted online, or otherwise distributed.

Suggested syllabus language for faculty who wish to allow recording on a case-by-case basis
Davidson College policy prohibits audio and video recording of classes by students without
permission of the instructor. I will consider permission requests on a case-by-case basis. For
students with a disability, permission will always be granted when the accommodations
authorized by the Dean of Students Office include recording. Authorized recordings are for the
sole use of the individual student and may not be reproduced, sold, posted online, or otherwise
distributed.