Guidelines
Guidelines for Content
1. Title
Create the title of your content in such a way that it fits the topic you are presenting. The title should not include your grade level.
2. Sources
If you upload content that includes excerpts, images or diagrams that are not your own work, make sure that you include the sources of the information on your content. The source can be directly added to the PDF content, or added to the description of the content upon uploading it.
3. Image Quality Framing
Make sure that your content is cropped and framed properly before uploading. Do not upload content that has large frames of empty space around the image and make sure any personal backgrounds are cropped out when uploading photographs of your work. Don’t upload anything that has part of the learning content cropped out.
4. Image Quality Sharpness
Pay attention to the quality of your content. Make sure that the image is sharp and that no part of the content is blurred and out of focus. Do not upload anything that cannot be easily read.
5. Image Quality Brightness
Make sure that your content has appropriate brightness and contrast and can easily be read on a screen. Do not upload anything that is too bright or too dark for the learning material to be read.
6. School Relevance
Make sure that your uploaded content is relevant to the school. This includes all subject-specific content and anything that helps students learn or organise their learning (e.g. cover sheets, timetables, study tips, overviews, etc.).
7. Detail
Make sure that your content includes enough information for it to be helpful for another student to learn something from it. Where possible, include explanations, descriptions and examples.
8. Media Copyright
Please upload only your own content. Do not infringe the copyright of third parties, i.e. quote correctly, do not plagiarise, and acknowledge all sources.. Only upload worksheets if filled in by yourself, and please make sure the title and description of past papers are clearly marked.
9. Summarise Content
Make sure that content of the same topic is grouped together and uploaded as one piece of content. Do not separate pages of content and upload them individually; try to keep related content together to make it easier for users to find and study with.
10. Internal Plagiarism
Please only upload your own original content. Do not copy the work of other users on the platform, in part or in full. Do not directly upload an exact copy of someone else’s work, and do not replicate and upload someone else’s work in your own style.
11. Spelling Mistakes
Please make sure that you carefully check your content before uploading it and avoid uploading any work with spelling mistakes in. Pay attention when creating Study Sets, flashcards and quizzes and ensure that they are published without any spelling mistakes present.
12. Reversed Question And Answer
When creating Study Sets, flashcards and quizzes, make sure that you write your question on the front of the card and the answer on the back to ensure it is appropriate for users testing themselves on the subject.
13. Topic Focus
Make sure that your uploaded content covers an entire topic area and does not only refer to parts of a topic. This will help other students to learn better with your content. If you have reserved topics from the topic list, you must clearly follow the guidelines for them.
14. How It Works
Study Sets, flashcards and quizzes are designed to help users test their knowledge of certain topics. In order for these to be useful for the user, please make sure that you write a brief question on the front of the card, and the answer (or answers) on the back of the card. Do not upload PDFs of your own work into a Study Set.
Payouts for content:
You can receive money from Knowunity for creating specific content. Payouts can only occur after all guidelines have been met.
Participation in contests:
We reserve the right at any time to block prize payments in a contest if fraud is suspected or if content has been uploaded that does not comply with the guidelines. Content that has been paid out as part of a competition must remain online on the platform for at least one year.
Community Guidelines:
Your content must not violate our Community Guidelines, which you can find below. If your uploaded content, your profile, or your interactions on our platform violate one or more of our Community Guidelines, we reserve the right to block your profile and block you from further actions on our platform.
Community Guidelines
1. Spam And Unwanted Advertising
We do not allow any spam and unwanted advertising on our platform. We do not allow promotion of personal social media channels and we do not allow advertising.
2. Internal Plagiarism
We do not allow plagiarised content that has, in whole or in part, been copied from other users of the app.
3. Plagiarism From Internet
We do not allow content that violates or infringes the copyrights and trademarks of someone else.
4. School Relevance
We do not allow content that is not relevant to school or studying.
5. Bullying And Harassment
Bullying: We do not allow content that has the intent to bully, mock, humiliate or degrade another person. Do not upload content that attacks other people’s looks, hygiene, appearance, personality/character, or victim status.
Sexual harassment: We do not allow sexual harassment (bullying of sexual nature). Do not upload content that shows unwanted sexual interaction (physically, verbally, digitally), that reveals personal information about someone’s sexual history (no matter the validity of the information)
6. Hateful Behaviour
We do not allow hate speech or hateful behaviour against individuals or groups that associate themselves or are associated with protected attributes without educational intention. Those are: gender (identity), ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, sex, disease, disability, immigration status.
We do not allow slurs on our platform without educational intention.
We do not allow any depiction or representation of hateful ideologies without educational intention on our platform.
7. Integrity And Authenticity
We do not allow the distribution of harmful misinformation on our platform.
We do not allow impersonation on our platform.
8. Dangerous Behaviour
We do not allow the depiction or description of dangerous behaviour in a non-professional environment or without professional equipment without educational purpose.
9. Criminal Activities And Regulated Goods
We do not allow the depiction and description of criminal activities without educational context.
We do not allow the depiction and mention of illegal drugs without educational context.
We do not allow the promotion and advocacy of tobacco products and alcohol products on our platform.
10. Arms And Ammunition
We do not allow the depiction or sales intention of firearms and weapons without educational context. We also do not allow content that instructs on how to obtain firearms and weapons.
We do not allow the glamorization of firearms or of the use of firearms.
11. Violent And Graphic Content
We do not allow the depiction/advocacy or promotion of willfully hurting others (violence, death, injuries), humans as well as animals.
We do not allow the depiction of military aggression, conflicts, genocide, or other war crimes without educational context.
12. Adult Nudity And Sexual Activities
We do not allow content that explicitly depicts nudity (including genitals, buttocks, female areolas, and the pubic region) if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow content that explicitly depicts sexual activity (penetrative and non-penetrative sex, oral sex, stimulation, or fetish) if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow the depiction of objects that are used to enhance sexual pleasure if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow sexual language and language that alludes to sexual acts if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow any depiction of sexual solicitation.
13. Minor Safety
We do not allow content that explicitly depicts nudity involving minors (including genitals, buttocks, female areolas, the pubic region) if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow content that explicitly depicts sexual activity involving minors (penetrative and non-penetrative sex, oral sex, stimulation, or fetish) if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow the depiction of objects used to enhance sexual pleasure involving minors if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow sexual language and language that alludes to sexual acts involving minors if depicted without educative intention.
We do not allow any depiction of sexual solicitation involving minors.
We do not allow the distribution of child sexual abuse material and CSAM trading.
We do not allow the depiction of the admission to having committed minor sexual assault (including rape and molestation) as well as the glorification of minor sexual assault.
We do not allow the grooming of minors on our platform.
We do not allow non-sexual physical and psychological abusive behaviour towards minors on our platform or statements that encourage such behaviour. This includes physical abuse, endangerment, neglect, child labor, child marriage, etc.
14. Promotion Of SSH
Suicide, suicidal ideation, or encouragement of suicidal ideation are not allowed on the platform.
The depiction, instructions, normalisation, and glorification of self-harm (including eating disorders) are not allowed on the platform.
15. Violent Extremism
We do not allow the content of terrorist organisations or individuals (as defined by the UN terrorist organisations list) to be depicted on our platform without educational context.
We do not allow the depiction of international, national, or local organised crime groups without educational context
16. Commercial Spam
We do not allow any commercial spam and unwanted advertising on our platform. We do not allow the distribution of unrelated and unwanted website links.
17. Personal Data
Make sure any personal details or data is unrecognisable. This includes yourself (e.g. your name, address, etc.), classmates, school, and teachers.