Summary: Put in place interactive flash cards on Intellectual Property Rights in the ATL so that students can use them as a ready-reckoner to protect the intellectual property rights of their creations, innovations or designs.

Even though training programs on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are conducted for ATL students, they are not always effective because they mostly provide theoretical information.  They don't enable students to take action to protect their intellectual property.  As a result, most students forget what they learnt a few days or weeks after the training program is over.  For students to make effective use of the knowledge gained, they need to have access to important learning resources on IPR along with pointers to tools & templates that they can readily make use of.  For e.g., if students can download, customize and add a "Copyright Notice" to their software code or document, it will enable them to take concrete action to protect their intellectual property.  

Flash cards are simple, but very effective learning aids that can be provided for ATL students to not only become aware of intellectual property rights, but also to take concrete steps to protect their intellectual property rights.

Create interactive Flash Cards with QR Codes that provide tidbits of information, examples, tips & suggestions on intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, patents and designs.  ATL students can refer to these flash cards as and when they need them.  Students can scan the QR codes on a Flash Card to view online videos; open IPR search engine or IPR efiling portal; download IP samples & templates to use, among others.  Flash Cards make it possible for students to have all the information they need at their finger tips - as and when they need them.  The skilling then becomes lot more effective than traditional training programs.

Here are a few examples of interactive flash cards on Intellectual Property Rights:

Similarly, we can create interactive Flash Cards on the following IPR related topics:

The following online tools can be used for creating interactive flash cards at your ATL:

• Canva or Google Slides for creating flash cards.

• QRCodeMoney for creating QR codes to go with the flash cards.

In the below deck, you will find 14 interactive Flash cards on Intellectual Property Rights.  They cover copyrights, trademarks, patents and designs.  Every flash card in the deck also contain QR codes, scanning which will open additional content & resources from online sources.

• Have each Flash Card printed on an A4 or bigger sized poster-paper.  Have them laminated if possible.

• Place the Flash Cards at a designated area (e.g., IPR Station) in your ATL.

• Students can refer to the Flash Cards to learn about IPR, search for registered IPRs, find out how to file an IPR, or download copyright notice template easily.

Role of School Management:  Deploy interactive Flash Cards on Intellectual Property Rights in your ATL.

Role of Students: Make use of interactive IPR Flash cards to 1) become aware of Intellectual Property Rights, 2) download samples and templates 3) take steps to protect your intellectual property from unauthorized use.

Role of Mentor(s): Create interactive IPR Flash Cards for the benefit of ATL students.

Role of ATL In-charge:  Ensure that interactive IPR Flash Cards are available at the designated area (e.g., IPR Station) within the ATL.

Create interactive IPR Flash Cards and deploy them in your ATL.  Encourage student innovators to make use of the Flash Cards to gain awareness on usage of IPR tools & templates.   Submit the link / screenshot(s) / video-recording of the interactive IPR Flash Cards deployed at your ATL.