Intellectual Property in E-Learning:

  1. The E-learning and Remote Education Administration is committed to intellectual property rights in any electronic materials designed or added to e-learning systems, the faculty website on the university’s site, or its electronic channels under its administration.
  2. Najran University owns the copyright to the electronic content published on its website.
  3. Najran University possesses all copyrights to electronic content developed within the University.
  4. Electronic content subject to commercial usage terms is governed by the agreement between the University and the producing entity of the work.
  5. All electronic works that are produced, crafted, created, or developed by faculty members or staff during their job duties are owned by the University.
  6. Open e-learning educational content is used according to copyright rules with a necessary commitment to citing the source.
  7. Faculty members bear responsibility for reviewing publishing and intellectual property regulations, and adhering to them in producing, publishing, designing, or developing any electronic content related to the University.
  8. Faculty members are obligated to assume full responsibility if they use any open-source or copyrighted electronic sources belonging to the University’s ownership if used for a purpose other than that for which they were produced or designed.
  9. All forms of electronic content are subject to the university’s scientific publishing policies and intellectual property rights, whether synchronous session content or content added as asynchronous content.
  10. Faculty members bear full responsibility for any infringement of intellectual property and publishing rights, and this is considered an individual act that absolves the University from liability.

Publishing Policy in E-Learning:

  1. Any electronic product that a faculty member is tasked with developing or designing or formulating must be acknowledged as the University’s property, and the University reserves the right to reuse, publish, and modify it without seeking approval from any party.
  2. A faculty member assigned to design, produce, or develop any electronic product shall undertake to observe the copyright rights of the University prior to publishing the product on the University’s e-learning systems.
  3. A faculty member must adhere to international scientific documentation standards for citing used sources and referencing.
  4. A faculty member acknowledges full responsibility for any electronic content they publish if it violates the laws and regulations followed in the Kingdom.
  5. A faculty member bears full responsibility and affirms that the University is not liable for the use of any unlicensed product resulting in claims from any party.
  6. The publication of any student’s electronic work publicly within or outside the course on e-learning systems, such as assignments and research papers, is prohibited without obtaining permission from the copyright holder.
  7. Any electronic educational product requiring approval for publication shall require a faculty member to obtain the necessary consent before publishing it on the University’s learning management systems.
  8. Any updates regarding intellectual property rights for any electronic educational product shall obligate the faculty member to make immediate revisions if the product is published on the University’s learning management systems.
  9. The publication of any electronic content that conflicts with policies respecting the privacy of others or their personal data is prohibited.
  10. The publication of any electronic content that addresses sectarian, ethnic, tribal tensions, incites disruption to national security and social stability, or calls for violating Islamic religion and its teachings is prohibited.

Policy for the Use of the Learning Management System:

  • Terms Specific to Faculty Members:

The faculty member’s use of the _University-Owned_ Learning Management System means acknowledging compliance with the following:

  1. Obtaining permission from copyright holders to add any content to the system.
  2. Any non-copyrighted electronic content added to the system must indicate its source.
  3. The faculty member bears full responsibility for adding any content to the system without indicating its source, or adding any content not licensed for use, and the University will not be responsible for this.
  4. All elements of electronic content, or recorded sessions, and other electronic educational materials added by the faculty member to the system are considered the property of the University.
  5. All courses developed by the Learning Management and Distance Education Administration are owned by the University and may not be used or modified by a faculty member without consulting the Deanate.
  6. No user of the Learning Management System is permitted to use any electronic content on the system for purposes other than those for which it was intended, whether by copying, reusing, or within or outside the system.
  7. No user of the Learning Management System is permitted to publish or share any information, data, or electronic content available to users on the Learning Management System with internal or external entities without prior formal authorization.
  8. The faculty member must submit a letter certified by their academic department if they wish to change or update any element of the course they teach.
  9. None of the University personnel are permitted to view the contents of a specific course, or the data of a class, without formal permission from the faculty member teaching the course or the academic department it belongs to.
  10. No party or individual outside the university is entitled to access data and content of courses, student data, and system user data without official approval from the university administration.
  11. Statistical data approved for course and user data, which are used for scientific research purposes, is formally requested by the e-Learning and Distance Education Administration.
  12. The system user bears full responsibility for protecting their login data and not disclosing it. They are legally liable if they allow another person to access the system using their credentials.

  • Student Regulations:

A student’s use of the university's Learning Management System means their agreement to comply with the following:

  1. Any copyrighted electronic content added to the system must include a reference to the source.
  2. The student bears full responsibility for adding any content to the system without citing its source, or adding any content that is not licensed for use, and the university will not be responsible for this.
  3. No user of the Learning Management System is permitted to use any electronic content on the system for purposes other than those for which it was intended, whether by copying, reusing, or within or outside the system.
  4. No user of the Learning Management System is permitted to publish or share any information, data, or electronic content available to users on the Learning Management System with internal or external entities without prior formal authorization.
  5. Statistical data approved for course and user data, which are used for scientific research purposes, is formally requested by the Deanate of e-Learning and Distance Education.
  6. The system user bears full responsibility for protecting their login data.

Academic Integrity Policy in E-Learning:

Academic integrity is a fundamental principle in the e-Learning system at Najran University, and an important aspect of the success of the educational process, which is commitment to scientific and literary honesty, based on ethical values and responsibility in performing academic tasks, transferring and publishing and using the information and ideas of others, as well as honesty in documenting electronic content and protecting the rights of others.

Forms of Violation of Academic Integrity:

The University prohibits all forms of cheating, plagiarism, and academic misconduct in e-learning, including the following:

  1. Plagiarism through a student assuming the identity of another person whether in virtual classrooms, tests, assignments, or any academic tasks.
  2. Literary plagiarism by using literary ideas or phrases, and other works of others in academic tasks without citing the source.
  3. Cheating in tests and all electronic assessments.
  4. Exploiting group work by a student relying on the rest of his/her group members to complete assignments and academic tasks.
  5. Fraud and forgery of any document or electronic work, such as forging excuses for absence from attendance or changing information available in electronic assignments or tests.
  6. Exploiting academic assistance from another student to complete individual academic tasks or providing unauthorized assistance.

Principles of Academic Integrity:

  1. The University, represented by the e-learning and distance learning administration, maintains high academic standards in e-learning based on honesty, integrity, and responsibility in maintaining academic integrity.
  2. The e-learning and distance learning administration, as well as all related parties at the University, provide support and guidance to understand academic integrity and its requirements for maintaining it, and the consequences of violating it.
  3. The e-learning and distance learning administration provides a number of tools on the learning management system that help faculty members detect cheating and plagiarism and prevent it.

Disciplinary Measures for Cheating and Plagiarism:

According to the regulations governing e-learning, it applies to acts of cheating and plagiarism in e-learning that are subject to the procedures and regulations outlined in the University’s regulations for ordinary education.

Mechanisms to help limit cheating and plagiarism:

  1. Holding training and awareness courses on the harms of cheating and plagiarism to the educational process, and encouraging familiarity with the Academic Integrity document to learn about the policies and disciplinary procedures.
  2. Preparing question banks on the Learning Management System containing a large number of questions which reduces the opportunities for repetition of questions between different models.
  3. Activating the randomizing feature of available questions on the Learning Management System.
  4. Requiring students to document lists of sources and references in academic assignments.

Tools to detect cheating and plagiarism:

  1. The SafeAssign tool available on the Najran University Learning Management System, which allows for the detection of literary thefts in assignments and research, and provides faculty members with detailed data about the stolen parts and their original sources.
  2. The (iThenticate) program provided by the Scientific Research Council to all university personnel to detect the percentage of scientific citations in research.
  3. Discussion of students’ work in research papers and assignments to ensure the student's understanding and originality of work.