Why do you think anyone cares about your documents? You are already providing them to your students, right? At worse you help teach some other people.

@BryanKrause: not just the assignments, but the entire course material.

@JonCuster: I'm planning to use my course material to write a book. I dont want it available on the internet.

Do you have an alternative to offer that will allow you to teach the courses during the current emergency?

Probably depends upon specific contract, university policies, and university governance. Additionally, laws may come into play as well depending upon your jurisdiction and university type.

@PatriciaShanahan: Of course. I'm currently using Google Classrooms to share documents, and hangouts for the actual course. However, the university is compelling us to use its own plateform.

Can you elaborate in what way you consider Google Classroom more secure? If the question is about leaking documents, isn't it still possible for any registered participant to download and share?

@RichardErickson: I am the copyright owner of the documents that I'm compelled to share. Am I not protected under copyright law ?

@GoodDeeds: in that case, the person sharing the documents is at fault. The plateform of the school is open to the public, while only authorized students are allowed to my Google classroom.

@you-slamm I think the fact that the platform is public (and can potentially be indexed by search engines) is an important point to add in the question.

@GoodDeeds: question edited. TY.

@GoodDeeds That is a very important point to add. Depending on where this situation is, this could lead to a slew of legal issues amongst other things.

@dalearn: could you please elaborate ?

@you-slamm I’m not an expert in this by any means and I don’t have enough for an answer but, depending on your location, by mandating that you open your content to the public, they may be violating a number of IP laws. Your content is legally yours in most situations which means that you are able to control where it is released.

@PatriciaShanahan: question edited. TY.

@dalearn: that's what I taught. The tone of the university and the fact that they fixed a deadline gave me doubts, so I asked for the opinion of the community.

There is a pretty large difference between the material you might post for a class and the material you include in a book. So, limit what material you post.

@JonCuster: thank you for the advice.