Instructor Terms
When you sign up to become an instructor on the My Courses | TeachersTrading platform, you agree to abide by these Instructor Terms (“Terms“). These Terms cover details about the aspects of the My Courses | TeachersTrading platform relevant to instructors and are incorporated by reference into our Terms of Use, the general terms that govern your use of our Services. Any capitalized terms that aren’t defined in these Terms are defined as specified in the Terms of Use.
As an instructor, you are contracting directly with My Courses | TeachersTrading.
1. Instructor Obligations
As an instructor, you are responsible for all content that you post, including lectures, quizzes, coding exercises, practice tests, assignments, resources, answers, course landing page content, labs, assessments, and announcements (“Submitted Content“).
You represent and warrant that:
- you will provide and maintain accurate account information;
- you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, permissions, and authority to authorize My Courses | TeachersTrading to use your Submitted Content as specified in these Terms and the Terms of Use;
- your Submitted Content will not infringe or misappropriate any third party’s intellectual property rights;
- you have the required qualifications, credentials, and expertise (including education, training, knowledge, and skill sets) to teach and offer the services that you offer through your Submitted Content and use of the Services; and
- you will ensure a quality of service that corresponds with the standards of your industry and instruction services in general.
You warrant that you will not:
- post or provide any inappropriate, offensive, racist, hateful, sexist, pornographic, false, misleading, incorrect, infringing, defamatory or libelous content or information;
- post or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, or any other form of solicitation (commercial or otherwise) through the Services or to any user;
- use the Services for business other than providing tutoring, teaching, and instructional services to students;
- engage in any activity that would require us to obtain licenses from or pay royalties to any third party, including the need to pay royalties for the public performance of a musical work or sound recording;
- frame or embed the Services (such as to embed a free version of a course) or otherwise circumvent the Services;
- impersonate another person or gain unauthorized access to another person’s account;
- interfere with or otherwise prevent other instructors from providing their services or content; or
- abuse My Courses | TeachersTrading resources, including support services.
2. License to My Courses | TeachersTrading
You grant My Courses | TeachersTrading the rights detailed in the Terms of Use to offer, market, and otherwise exploit your Submitted Content. This includes the right to add captions or otherwise modify Submitted Content to ensure accessibility. You also authorize My Courses | TeachersTrading to sublicense these rights to your Submitted Content to third parties, including to students directly and through third parties such as resellers, distributors, affiliate sites, deal sites, and paid advertising on third-party platforms.
Unless otherwise agreed, you have the right to remove all or any portion of your Submitted Content from the Services at any time. Except as otherwise agreed, My Courses | TeachersTrading’s right to sublicense the rights in this section will terminate with respect to new users 60 days after the Submitted Content’s removal. However, (1) rights given to students before the Submitted Content’s removal will continue in accordance with the terms of those licenses (including any grants of lifetime access) and (2) My Courses | TeachersTrading’s right to use such Submitted Content for marketing purposes shall survive termination.
We may record and use all or any part of your Submitted Content for quality control and for delivering, marketing, promoting, demonstrating, or operating the Services. You grant My Courses | TeachersTrading permission to use your name, likeness, voice, and image in connection with offering, delivering, marketing, promoting, demonstrating, and selling the Services, your Submitted Content, or My Courses | TeachersTrading’s content, and you waive any rights of privacy, publicity, or other rights of a similar nature, to the extent permissible under applicable law.
3. Trust & Safety
3.1 Trust & Safety Policies
You agree to abide by My Courses | TeachersTrading’s Trust & Safety policies, Restricted Topics policy, and other content quality standards or policies prescribed by My Courses | TeachersTrading from time to time. You should check these policies periodically to ensure that you comply with any updates to them. You understand that your use of the Services is subject to My Courses | TeachersTrading’s approval, which we may grant or deny at our sole discretion.
We reserve the right to remove content, suspend payouts, and/or ban instructors for any reason at any time, without prior notice, including in cases where:
- an instructor or content does not comply with our policies or legal terms (including the Terms of Use);
- content falls below our quality standards or has a negative impact on the student experience;
- an instructor engages in behavior that might reflect unfavorably on My Courses | TeachersTrading or bring My Courses | TeachersTrading into public disrepute, contempt, scandal, or ridicule;
- an instructor engages the services of a marketer or other business partner who violates My Courses | TeachersTrading’s policies;
- an instructor uses the Services in a way that constitutes unfair competition, such as promotion of their off-site business in a way that violates My Courses | TeachersTrading’s policies; or
- as determined by My Courses | TeachersTrading in its sole discretion.
3.2 Relationship to Other Users
Instructors don’t have a direct contractual relationship with students, so the only information you’ll receive about students is what is provided to you through the Services. You agree that you will not use the data you receive for any purpose other than providing your services to those students on the My Courses | TeachersTrading platform, and that you won’t solicit additional personal data or store students’ personal data outside the My Courses | TeachersTrading platform. You agree to indemnify My Courses | TeachersTrading against any claims arising from your use of students’ personal data.
3.3 Anti-Piracy Efforts
We partner with anti-piracy vendors to help protect your content from unauthorized use. To enable this protection, you hereby appoint My Courses | TeachersTrading and our anti-piracy vendors as your agents for the purpose of enforcing copyrights for each of your content, through notice and takedown processes (under applicable copyright laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and for other efforts to enforce those rights. You grant My Courses | TeachersTrading and our anti-piracy vendors primary authority to file notices on your behalf to enforce your copyright interests.
You agree that My Courses | TeachersTrading and our anti-piracy vendors will retain the above rights unless you revoke them by sending an email to eran@TeachersTrading.com with the subject line: “Revoke Anti-Piracy Protection Rights” from the email address associated with your account. Any revocation of rights will be effective 48 hours after we receive it.
3.4 Instructor Code of Conduct
As a global destination for online learning, My Courses | TeachersTrading works to connect people through knowledge. To foster a diverse and inclusive learning environment, we expect instructors to maintain a level of conduct both on and off the My Courses | TeachersTrading platform in accordance with My Courses | TeachersTrading’s values, so that together, we can build a truly safe and welcoming platform.
Instructors who are found to be engaging in, or censured for, activities that could negatively impact user trust, will face a review of their account status. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Criminal or harmful conduct
- Hateful or discriminatory conduct or speech
- Spreading disinformation or misinformation
When investigating allegations of instructor misconduct, My Courses | TeachersTrading’s Trust & Safety Team will consider a variety of factors, including:
- The nature of the offense
- The gravity of the offense
- Related legal or disciplinary proceedings
- Any demonstrated patterns of troubling behavior
- The extent to which the conduct is related to the individual’s role as an instructor
- The life circumstances and age of the individual at the time of the offense
- The time elapsed since the activity
- Demonstrated efforts made toward rehabilitation
We understand everyone makes mistakes. At My Courses | TeachersTrading, we believe that anyone, anywhere, can build a better life through access to education. Any inquiries into instructor conduct handled by the Trust & Safety Team will be focused on evaluating the ongoing impacts and risks to learners, and the larger platform.
3.5 Restricted topics
My Courses | TeachersTrading does not approve content in some topic areas, or may publish only in limited circumstances. Subject matter may be excluded due to concerns that it is considered either inappropriate, harmful, or offensive to learners, or because it is otherwise inconsistent with the values and spirit of My Courses | TeachersTrading.
Sexuality
Sexually explicit content or content with implied sexual activity is not permitted. We will also not publish courses providing instruction on sexual performance or technique. Content around reproductive health and intimate relationships must be free of explicit or suggestive content. See also: Nudity and Attire.
Examples that are not allowed:
- Instruction on seduction, sexual techniques, or performance
- Discussion of sex toys
Examples that are allowed:
- Safe sex courses
- Consent and communication
- Human sexuality from a sociological or psychological perspective
Nudity and attire
Nudity is permitted only when essential to learning within an artistic, medical, or academic context. Attire should be appropriate to the subject area of instruction, without unnecessary emphasis on exposed body parts.
Examples that are allowed:
- Fine art and figure drawing
- Anatomical illustrations
- Medical footage or demonstrations
Examples that are not allowed:
- Boudoir photography
- Naked yoga
- Body art
Dating and relationships
Content on attraction, flirtation, courtship, etc. are not allowed. Any other courses on long-term relationships must be in accordance with all My Courses | TeachersTrading policies, including those involving Sexuality and Discriminatory Language.
Examples that are allowed:
- Marital counseling
- General discussions of intimacy within a course focused on strengthening overall relationship
- Self-confidence to be ready for dating
Examples that are not allowed:
- Stereotyping on gender roles
- Seduction techniques
Weapons instruction
Content providing instruction in the making, handling, or usage of firearms or air guns is not permitted.
Examples that are allowed:
- How to disarm an attacker
Violence and bodily harm
Dangerous activities or behavior likely to impact health or result in injury cannot be shown. Glorification or promotion of violence will not be tolerated.
Examples that are not allowed:
- Self harm
- Substance Abuse
- Unhealthy weight management practices
- Extreme body modification
- Combat courses encouraging disproportionate aggression
Examples that are allowed:
- Martial arts courses
- Recovery programs for substance abuse
Animal cruelty
Treatment of animals such as pets, livestock, game, etc. must be in accordance with the recommendations of relevant animal welfare organizations.
Discriminatory language or ideas
Content or conduct fostering discriminatory attitudes on the basis of a group characteristic such as race, religion, nationality, disability, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation will not be tolerated on the platform.
Illegal or unethical activities
Content must be in accordance with any applicable national law. Activities which are illegal in many jurisdictions may also be disallowed, even if permitted within the uploader’s country of residence.
Examples that are not allowed:
- Courses relating to cannabis
- Directions on cracking software access or non-ethical hacking
- Dark web exploration (unless clear emphasis is how it can be used in investigations by security professionals)
Examples that are allowed:
- Instruction on how to find coupons or cheat codes
Misinformation and misleading content
Instruction which is intentionally misleading or that promotes ideas in opposition to the consensus in scientific, medical, or academic communities should not be posted.
Examples that are not allowed:
- Vaccine hesitancy
- Fringe theories
- Money manifestation
Sensitive or otherwise inappropriate topics or language
As a global learning platform with learners ranging from casual hobbyists to professional enterprise customers, we must take into consideration many sensitivities when evaluating content.
We will examine not only the kind of topic under discussion, but also how those topics are presented. When providing instruction on a sensitive subject area, ensure that all associated course materials treat that subject with care. Avoid language and imagery which is inflammatory, offensive or otherwise insensitive.
Content for young people
My Courses | TeachersTrading is not currently set up to support underage learners. Persons under the age of consent (for example, 13 in the US or 16 in Ireland) may not use the services. Those under 18 but above the age of consent may use the services only if a parent or guardian opens their account, handles any enrollments, and manages their account usage.
As such, please ensure any subject matter oriented towards young students is clearly marketed to parents and guardians who will be supervising their learning.
How to report abuse
We reserve the right to add to and modify this list at any time. If you see a topic that you believe should not be on the platform, raise it for review by emailing eran@TeachersTrading.com
4. Pricing
4.1 Price Setting
When creating Submitted Content available for purchase on My Courses | TeachersTrading, you will be prompted to select a base price (“Base Price“) for your Submitted Content from a list of available price tiers. Alternatively, you may choose to offer your Submitted Content for free.
You give us permission to share your Submitted Content for free with our employees, with selected partners, and in cases where we need to restore access to accounts who have previously purchased your Submitted Content. You understand that you will not receive compensation in these cases.
4.2 Transaction Taxes
If a student purchases a product or service in a country that requires My Courses | TeachersTrading to remit national, state, or local sales or use taxes, value added taxes (VAT), or other similar transaction taxes (“Transaction Taxes“), under applicable law, we will collect and remit those Transaction Taxes to the competent tax authorities for those sales. We may increase the sale price at our discretion where we determine that such taxes may be due. For purchases through mobile applications, applicable Transaction Taxes are collected by the mobile platform (such as Apple’s App Store or Google Play).
5. Payments
5.1 Revenue Share
When a student purchases your Submitted Content, we calculate the gross amount of the sale as the amount actually received by My Courses | TeachersTrading from the student (“Gross Amount“). From this, we subtract 20% to calculate the net amount of the sale (“Net Amount“).
My Courses | TeachersTrading makes all instructor payments in U.S. dollars (USD) regardless of the currency with which the sale was made. My Courses | TeachersTrading is not responsible for your foreign currency conversion fees, wiring fees, or any other processing fees that you may incur. Your revenue report will show the sales price (in local currency) and your converted revenue amount (in USD).
5.2 Receiving Payments
For us to pay you in a timely manner, you must own a PayPal, Payoneer, or U.S. bank account (for U.S. residents only) in good standing and must keep us informed of the correct email associated with your account. You must also provide any identifying information or tax documentation (such as a W-9 or W-8) necessary for payment of amounts due, and you agree that we have the right to withhold appropriate taxes from your payments. We reserve the right to withhold payments or impose other penalties if we do not receive proper identifying information or tax documentation from you. You understand and agree that you are ultimately responsible for any taxes on your income.
Depending on the applicable revenue share model, payment will be made within 45 days of the end of the month in which (a) we receive the fee for a course or (b) the relevant course consumption occurred.
As an instructor, you are responsible for determining whether you are eligible to be paid by a U.S. company. We reserve the right not to pay out funds in the event of identified fraud, violations of intellectual property rights, or other violations of the law.
If we cannot settle funds into your payment account after the period of time set forth by your state, country, or other government authority in its unclaimed property laws, we may process the funds due to you in accordance with our legal obligations, including by submitting those funds to the appropriate government authority as required by law.
5.3 Refunds
You acknowledge and agree that students have the right to receive a refund, as detailed in the Terms of Use. Instructors will not receive any revenue from transactions for which a refund has been granted under the Terms of Use.
If a student asks for a refund after we have paid the relevant instructor payment, we reserve the right to either (1) deduct the amount of the refund from the next payment sent to the instructor or (2) where no further payments are due to the instructor or the payments are insufficient to cover the refunded amounts, require the instructor to refund any amounts refunded to students for the instructor’s Submitted Content.
6. Trademarks
While you are a published instructor and subject to the requirements below, you may use our trademarks where we authorize you to do so.
You must:
- only use the images of our trademarks that we make available to you, as detailed in any guidelines we may publish;
- only use our trademarks in connection with the promotion and sale of your Submitted Content available on My Courses | TeachersTrading or your participation on My Courses | TeachersTrading; and
- immediately comply if we request that you discontinue use.
You must not:
- use our trademarks in a misleading or disparaging way;
- use our trademarks in a way that implies that we endorse, sponsor, or approve of your Submitted Content or services; or
- use our trademarks in a way that violates applicable law or in connection with an obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic or material.
7. Miscellaneous Legal Terms
7.1 Updating These Terms
From time to time, we may update these Terms to clarify our practices or to reflect new or different practices (such as when we add new features), and My Courses | TeachersTrading reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify and/or make changes to these Terms at any time. If we make any material change, we will notify you using prominent means such as by email notice sent to the email address specified in your account or by posting a notice through our Services. Modifications will become effective on the day they are posted unless stated otherwise.
Your continued use of our Services after changes become effective shall mean that you accept those changes. Any revised Terms shall supersede all previous Terms.
7.2 Translations
Any version of these Terms in a language other than English is provided for convenience and you understand and agree that the English language will control if there is any conflict.
7.3 Relationship Between Us
You and we agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, contractor, or agency relationship exists between us.
7.4 Survival
The following sections shall survive the expiration or termination of these Terms: Sections 2 (License to My Courses | TeachersTrading), 3 (Relationship to Other Users), 5 (Receiving Payments), 5 (Refunds), 7 (Miscellaneous Legal Terms).
8. How to Contact Us
The best way to get in touch with us is to contact our Support Team. We’d love to hear your questions, concerns, and feedback about our Services.