Guidelines Content Guidelines

1. Title Create the title of your content so that it matches the topic you are presenting. The title should not include your grade level or semester.

2. Sources If you upload content that contains excerpts, images, or diagrams that are not your own work, you must cite the sources of the information. The source citation can be inserted directly into the PDF file or added in the description of the content when uploading.

3. Image quality – framing Make sure your content is properly cropped and framed before uploading. Do not upload content with large empty borders around the image, and ensure that personal backgrounds are cropped out when you upload photos of your work. Do not upload anything where part of the learning content is cut off.

4. Image quality and sharpness Pay attention to the quality of your content. Make sure the image is sharp and no part of the content is blurry or out of focus. Do not upload anything that is not easily readable.

5. Image quality – brightness Ensure your content has appropriate brightness and contrast and is easily readable on a screen. Do not upload anything that is too bright or too dark to allow the learning material to be read.

6. Relevance to school or university Make sure the content you upload is relevant to school or university. This includes all subject-specific content and anything that helps pupils or students with learning or organising their learning (e.g. cover pages, timetables, study tips, overviews, etc.).

7. Detail Ensure your content contains enough information to be helpful to other pupils and students so that they can learn from it. Where possible, include explanations, descriptions, and examples.

8. Media copyright Please upload only your own content. Do not infringe the copyrights of third parties, i.e. cite correctly, do not plagiarise, and provide all sources. Upload only worksheets that you have completed yourself, and make sure the title and description of past work are clearly labelled.

9. Combine related content Ensure that content on the same topic is combined and uploaded as a single item. Do not split pages and upload them individually. Try to keep related content together so that users can find it more easily and learn from it.

10. Internal plagiarism Please upload only your own original content. Do not copy other users’ work on the platform, in part or in full. Do not upload an exact copy of another person’s work, and do not copy someone else’s work and upload it in your own style.

11. Spelling mistakes Please check your content carefully before uploading and avoid uploading work that contains spelling mistakes. When creating study sets, flashcards, and quizzes, ensure they are published without spelling errors.

12. Reversed question and answer When creating study sets, flashcards, and quizzes, make sure you put the question on the front of the card and the answer on the back to ensure they are suitable for users who are self-testing on the topic.

13. Topic focus Make sure your uploaded content covers an entire topic area and does not relate only to parts of a topic. This helps other pupils or students learn better with your content. If you have reserved topics from the topic list, you must clearly follow the guidelines for those topics.

14. How it works Study sets, flashcards, and quizzes are meant to help users test their knowledge of specific topics. To be useful for the user, you should write a brief question on the front of the card and the answer(s) 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 certain content. Payouts can only be made if all guidelines are met.

Participation in competitions:

We reserve the right to withhold prize payouts in a competition at any time if fraud is suspected or if content has been uploaded that does not comply with the guidelines. Content 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 suspend your profile and exclude you from further actions on our platform.

Community Guidelines

1. Unsolicited self-promotion $non-commercial$ We do not tolerate unsolicited self-promotion on our platform. This includes in particular:

• Advertising for personal social media channels (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.)
• Self-promotion for personal content or profiles
• Repeated self-promotion in comments or posts

2. Internal plagiarism We do not allow plagiarised content that is wholly or partially copied from other users of the app.

3. Plagiarism from the internet We do not allow content that infringes or violates the copyrights or trademarks of others.

4. Educational relevance We do not allow content that is not relevant to school or study.

5. Bullying and harassment Bullying: We do not allow content intended to bully, mock, humiliate, or degrade another person. Do not upload content that attacks other people’s appearance, hygiene, demeanour, personality/character, or victim status.

Sexual harassment: We do not allow sexual harassment (bullying of a sexual nature). Do not upload content that shows unwanted sexual interactions (physical, verbal, digital) or that discloses personal information about a person’s sexual history (regardless of the validity of the information).

6. Hateful conduct We do not allow hate speech or hateful conduct against individuals or groups associated with or linked to protected characteristics without educational intent. These include: gender (identity), ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, sex, illness, disability, immigration status.

We do not allow slurs on our platform without educational intent.

We do not allow the depiction of hateful ideologies on our platform without educational intent.

7. Integrity and authenticity We do not allow the spread of harmful misinformation on our platform.

We do not permit impersonation on our platform.

8. Dangerous behaviours We do not allow the depiction or description of dangerous behaviours in a non-professional environment or without professional equipment without educational intent.

9. Criminal activities and regulated goods We do not allow the depiction and description of criminal activities without educational context.

We prohibit the depiction and mention of illegal drugs without educational context.

We do not allow advertising for tobacco and alcohol products on our platform.

10. Weapons and ammunition We do not allow the depiction or intent to sell firearms and weapons without educational context. We also do not allow content that instructs how to acquire firearms and weapons.

We do not allow the glorification of firearms or their use.

11. Violent and graphic content We do not allow the depiction, endorsement, or promotion of the intentional injury of others (violence, death, injuries), whether of humans or animals.

We do not allow the depiction of military attacks, conflicts, genocide, or other war crimes without educational context.

12. Nudity and sexual activities for adults We do not allow content that explicitly depicts nudity (including genitals, buttocks, female nipples, and the pubic area) when shown without educational intent.

We do not allow content that explicitly depicts sexual activities $penetrative and non-penetrative sex, oral sex, stimulation, or fetish$ when shown without educational intent.

We prohibit the depiction of objects used to enhance sexual pleasure when shown without educational intent.

We do not allow sexual language or language that alludes to sexual acts when shown without educational intent.

We do not allow the depiction of sexual solicitation.

13. Safety of minors We prohibit content that explicitly depicts nudity of minors (including genitals, buttocks, female nipples, pubic area) when shown without educational intent.

We do not allow content that explicitly depicts sexual acts with minors $penetrative and non-penetrative sex, oral sex, stimulation, or fetish$ when shown without educational intent.

We prohibit the depiction of objects used to enhance the sexual pleasure of minors when shown without educational intent.

We do not allow sexual language or language that alludes to sexual acts with minors when shown without educational intent.

We prohibit the depiction of sexual solicitation of minors.

We prohibit the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and trafficking in CSAM.

We prohibit the depiction of admissions of having committed sexual assault against minors (including rape and harassment) and the glorification of sexual assault against minors.

We do not allow grooming of minors on our platform.

We do not tolerate non-sexual physical and psychological abusive behaviour towards minors on our platform, or statements that promote such behaviour. This includes physical abuse, endangerment, neglect, child labour, child marriage, etc.

14. Promotion of self-harm and suicide Suicide, suicidal ideation, or encouraging suicidal ideation is not allowed on the platform.

The depiction, instruction, normalisation, and glorification of self-harm (including eating disorders) is not allowed on the platform.

15. Violent extremism We do not allow content from terrorist organisations or individuals (according to the UN list of terrorist organisations) 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 commercial spam and unsolicited advertising on our platform. We do not allow the distribution of unrelated and unsolicited website links.

17. Personal data Make sure all personal information or data is obscured. This applies to yourself (e.g. your name, address, etc.), your classmates or fellow students, your school or university, and your teachers or professors.