Intellectual property module overview
Duration: 
Approximately 30 minutes
Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) 
Knowledge and skills you gain from this module will contribute to your Charles Sturt University Digital Literacies GLO
This module is part of Digital Skills, a series of online modules to help you quickly build your digital skills so you can succeed in study and work.
Return to Charles Sturt University Library.
Aims and objectives
This module will:
- explain Intellectual Property (IP) and its protection
- help you to understand your rights and obligations.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- understand the implications of different types of IP
- take steps to protect your IP in different circumstances.
Module sections
- Intellectual Property and its value
- IP with automatic protection or no protection
- IP requiring registration
- IP at Charles Sturt University and other workplaces
- Is your idea original?
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Global implications
- IP ownership
- Copyright and Creative Commons
- Social media and IP
- Check your knowledge
- Conclusion
