Copyright & Content Licensing

Responsible Use of Learning Materials, Digital Resources, Software, and External Provider Content

Thoth.School is committed to respecting copyright, licensing rules, intellectual property rights, provider terms, textbook restrictions, software licences, and lawful educational use. This page explains how learning materials and external resources should be used across Thoth.School programmes.

Copyright Commitment

Thoth.School respects the rights of authors, publishers, software developers, education providers, examination bodies, certification providers, instructors, learners, and content creators. Learning materials must be created, shared, uploaded, copied, adapted, displayed, and distributed only where permitted by law, licence terms, provider rules, or written permission.

This commitment applies to textbooks, coursebooks, worksheets, slides, videos, images, diagrams, software, code, databases, examination materials, assessment questions, answer keys, provider resources, AI-generated outputs, student submissions, teacher-created materials, and any other content used in Thoth.School programmes.

Why Copyright and Licensing Matter

A serious online education platform must use content lawfully and professionally. Copyright and licensing compliance protects learners, teachers, providers, publishers, creators, and Thoth.School itself. It also teaches learners to respect intellectual property as part of responsible digital citizenship.

Learners studying ICT, Computer Science, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, digital skills, and entrepreneurship must understand that digital content is not automatically free to copy, upload, distribute, or reuse.

Types of Content Covered

This policy applies to:

Textbooks, coursebooks, revision guides, and printed learning resources.
Publisher websites, digital textbooks, online subscriptions, and downloadable materials.
External provider resources, portals, learning materials, logos, badges, and trademarks.
Past papers, mark schemes, sample assessments, specimen papers, question banks, and answer keys.
Teacher-created lessons, slides, assignments, quizzes, handouts, videos, diagrams, and examples.
Student-created work, project submissions, portfolios, code, documents, presentations, and media.
Software, coding tools, cloud platforms, AI tools, productivity applications, and digital services.
Images, audio, video, charts, screenshots, icons, graphics, templates, and design assets.
AI-generated or AI-assisted content used for learning, teaching, examples, or assignments.

Textbooks and Coursebooks

Learners may be asked to purchase or access approved textbooks, coursebooks, revision guides, or digital resources. Thoth.School will not upload or distribute copyrighted textbooks, paid publisher resources, restricted digital books, or protected course materials unless proper permission or licensing is in place.

Learners, parents, guardians, teachers, and staff must not upload, scan, copy, share, sell, or distribute copyrighted textbooks or restricted publisher materials through Thoth.School learning spaces unless the relevant rights allow it.

External Provider Materials

Some programmes may refer to academic, certification, technology, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, digital-skills, or examination providers. Provider materials must be used only in accordance with provider rules, access permissions, licensing terms, copyright restrictions, and any approval status granted to Thoth.School.

Provider names may be referenced for descriptive purposes when discussing pathways under evaluation, approved resources, public information, learner guidance, or external examination routes. Such references do not imply approval, endorsement, authorisation, registration, or partnership unless formally granted.

Examination and Assessment Materials

Examination papers, specimen papers, sample assessments, mark schemes, examiner reports, answer keys, and question banks may be subject to strict provider rules. Teachers and learners must follow the terms of the relevant provider or publisher before copying, uploading, reusing, adapting, or distributing such materials.

Where permitted, assessment materials may be used for teaching, practice, review, or mock assessment. Where restricted, learners may be directed to official provider websites, approved textbooks, authorised platforms, or lawful public resources instead.

Teacher-Created Materials

Teachers and course developers should create original lessons, explanations, assignments, quizzes, examples, diagrams, study guides, and practice activities wherever practical. Original materials should be accurate, age-appropriate, properly referenced where needed, and aligned with the learning objectives of the course.

Where teacher-created materials incorporate third-party content, the source, licence, and permitted use should be checked before publication.

Student-Created Work

Learners retain appropriate recognition for their own original work. Student-created work may include assignments, code, projects, documents, presentations, diagrams, videos, reflections, and portfolio items.

Thoth.School may review student work for teaching, assessment, feedback, quality assurance, academic integrity, safeguarding, and progress purposes. Student work should not be publicly displayed, reused for marketing, or shared outside appropriate educational contexts without suitable permission.

Software and Digital Tools

Courses may require software, cloud tools, coding environments, productivity applications, AI tools, databases, video-session tools, or other digital services. Users must comply with all applicable software licences, subscription terms, account rules, acceptable-use policies, age restrictions, and provider terms of service.

Learners must not install unauthorised software, use pirated software, bypass licensing controls, share paid accounts, distribute activation keys, or misuse digital services.

Open Educational Resources

Thoth.School may use open educational resources where appropriate. Open resources must still be reviewed for accuracy, suitability, licence terms, attribution requirements, age appropriateness, accessibility, and alignment with course outcomes.

“Free to view” does not always mean “free to copy, modify, upload, or redistribute.” The licence must be checked before use.

Images, Media, and Design Assets

Images, screenshots, audio, video, icons, templates, diagrams, charts, and design assets must be used only where permitted. Teachers and learners should avoid copying images from the internet without checking the usage rights.

When images or media are used in assignments, presentations, projects, or course materials, learners and staff should cite sources where required and respect copyright, privacy, and personality rights.

AI-Generated and AI-Assisted Content

AI tools may support learning, drafting, brainstorming, coding, summarisation, explanation, design, or productivity activities where permitted by the course. However, AI-generated content should be used responsibly, checked for accuracy, and disclosed where required by course rules.

Users must not use AI tools to generate content that violates copyright, privacy, academic integrity, provider rules, learner safety, or applicable law. Users should not enter private, sensitive, confidential, safeguarding-related, assessment-sensitive, or personal information into AI tools unless specifically authorised and safe to do so.

Academic Integrity and Source Use

Learners must distinguish between their own work and the work of others. Copying text, code, images, diagrams, answers, AI outputs, or online resources without permission or acknowledgement may be academic misconduct.

Learners should cite sources where required, follow teacher instructions, avoid plagiarism, and use external materials honestly.

Use of Provider Names, Logos, Badges, and Trademarks

Provider names, logos, badges, certificates, trademarks, and brand assets must be used carefully and only according to provider rules. Thoth.School does not claim approval, registration, endorsement, partnership, affiliation, or authorisation with any provider unless such status has been formally granted.

Provider logos or badges should not be used on public pages, course pages, certificates, marketing materials, or learner communications unless permission or approved status allows such use.

Course Uploads and File Sharing

Users must not upload or share files that they do not have permission to use. This includes pirated textbooks, copied coursebooks, protected provider resources, paid materials, answer keys, unauthorised exam materials, copyrighted media, cracked software, or files containing private information about others.

Teachers and staff should review course materials before publication and remove or replace content where rights are unclear.

External Links

Courses may link to external resources where useful. External links should be checked for relevance, safety, age appropriateness, accessibility, provider terms, and stability. Linking to a resource does not mean Thoth.School owns it or is responsible for all content on the external site.

Learners should use external sites responsibly and follow privacy, eSafety, and account-creation guidance.

Adult Professional and School-Age Content Separation

Adult professional programmes may include entrepreneurship, business, consulting, proposal-writing, and professional development materials. School-age programmes use age-appropriate academic and technology learning resources. Materials intended for adult professional use should not be placed in school-age learning areas unless reviewed and adapted for age-appropriate educational use.

Reporting Copyright or Licensing Concerns

Users who believe that content on Thoth.School infringes copyright, violates licensing rules, misuses a provider resource, or improperly uses a trademark should report the concern through official contact or support channels.

Reports should identify the content, location, reason for concern, ownership or licence information where known, and any relevant supporting details.

Removal or Correction of Content

Thoth.School may remove, restrict, correct, replace, or review content where copyright, licensing, provider rules, privacy, safeguarding, academic integrity, or suitability concerns are identified.

Where a concern is valid, the academy may update course materials, provide attribution, replace resources, restrict access, remove files, or contact the relevant rights holder or provider.

Continuous Review

Copyright and licensing compliance requires ongoing review. Thoth.School will continue improving content review processes, teacher guidance, learner expectations, provider-status communication, and course development procedures as programmes and provider relationships evolve.

Shared Responsibility

Responsible content use is a shared responsibility. Thoth.School provides guidance and course structures. Teachers and staff must review materials before use. Learners must submit honest work and respect intellectual property. Parents and guardians can support school-age learners by encouraging lawful and ethical use of online materials.