The F–10 AusVELS Curriculum (but not the VCAA, AusVELS, VELS or ACARA logos, other third party icons or material protected by trade mark) is licensed under a Creative Commons-Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Australia (CC-BY-NC-SA) licence, identified by the following logo:
The terms of the CC-BY-NC-SA licence are summarised here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/au/
The full licence is available here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/au/legalcode
There are two types of material on the AusVELS website: AusVELS ‘Australian’ curriculum material and AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum material. These are defined below along with their terms of usage for non-commercial and commercial purposes.
The AusVELS Australian curriculum materials are identified by their domain name followed by the superscript initials ‘AC’. For 2013, these are EnglishAC, ScienceAC, MathematicsAC, HistoryAC.
You do not need to seek permission to use AusVELS Australian curriculum material for non-commercial purposes as defined in the CC-BY-NC-SA licence, provided you comply with the terms of that licence (see above).
Under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence, you may download, copy, print and communicate AusVELS Australian curriculum material from the AusVELS website for personal or non-commercial purposes, including educational or organisational use, provided you attribute the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (ACARA) as author.
Where you have not modified any AusVELS Australian curriculum materials, you should use the following attribution:
Source: Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
Where you have modified, changed or enhanced AusVELS Australian curriculum materials, you should use the following attribution:
Based on Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials
Any new work that you produce containing AusVELS Australian curriculum material may only be distributed under the same type of licence: i.e., a CC-BY-NC-SA licence.
Requests to use AusVELS Australian curriculum for commercial purposes should be directed to the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). For more information, contact ACARA: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Copyright
NB. In Victoria, the Achievement Standards for Mathematics and Science published on the AusVELS website are based on the Australian curriculum Achievement Standards for Mathematics and Science but have been revised to incorporate Victorian priorities and approaches to teaching and learning. Hence any proposed use of the AusVELS Australian curriculum materials should also include the revised AusVELS Achievement Standards for Mathematics and Science.
The second type of material on the AusVELS website originates from the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) curriculum and for the purposes of copyright refers to all other material on the website that is not included under the AusVELS Australian curriculum domains EnglishAC, ScienceAC, MathematicsAC, or HistoryAC.
You do not need to seek permission to use AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum for non-commercial purposes as defined in the CC-BY-NC-SA licence provided you comply with the terms of that licence (see above).
Under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence, you may download, copy, print and communicate AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum material from the AusVELS website for personal or non-commercial purposes, including educational or organisational use, provided you attribute the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).
Where you have not modified any AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum material, you should use the following attribution:
Source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
Where you have modified, changed or enhanced AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum material, you should use the following attribution:
Based on Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) materials
Any new work that you produce containing AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum material must also be licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence.
Requests to use AusVELS ‘VELS’ curriculum for commercial purposes should be directed to the VCAA. For more information about the permission process and an application form, refer to the VCAA’s intellectual property notice: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/aboutus/policies/policy-copyright.aspx
