Student guide

By creating an account you accepted the Terms of use. This chapter explains in practical terms what they mean for your everyday work on the platform. The full text is available in your profile under Privacy and policies.

Acceptable use

• Treat other users with respect. Harassment, discrimination and hate speech are not allowed.
• Do not upload or share illegal, offensive or infringing content (for example copyrighted material without permission).
• Keep your password confidential and do not share your account with anyone.
• Do not try to disrupt the platform or to access data you are not authorised to see.

Accounts that breach the terms may be suspended or deleted.

Netiquette – communicating well in an international community

• Be clear and friendly. Written messages lack tone of voice; a greeting and a "thank you" prevent misunderstandings.
• Remember the language diversity. Many participants write in their second or third language. Use simple sentences, avoid slang and be patient with mistakes.
• Stay on topic. One question per discussion, a meaningful subject line, and the right place (course forum for course content, community forum for general topics, private messages for personal matters).
• Criticise ideas, not people. Disagreement is welcome in academic discussion when it is argued and respectful.
• Protect privacy. Do not post personal data, photos or screenshots of other people without their consent, and do not forward private messages.
• Think about accessibility. Describe images in words, use headings in longer texts, do not rely on colour alone in your maps and charts, and add captions to videos you share.
• In video meetings mute your microphone when not speaking, use "raise hand", and ask before recording anybody.

Academic integrity

The terms of use say: Submit only your own work and cite all sources. In practice:

1. Everything you submit as your own must be written or created by you (or by your team in group work).
2. Whenever you use text, figures, maps, data or code of others, give the source – also for openly licensed material (see chapter 17).
3. Quotations are marked as quotations; paraphrases are cited as well.
4. Do not share your solutions of graded tasks with others and do not use the solutions of others.
5. In group work contribute fairly and make clear who did what if the teacher asks.

Note: Each partner university applies its own rules on plagiarism and academic misconduct. A breach on the platform is handled according to the rules of your university.

Responsible use of AI tools

The terms of use contain clear rules for tools based on artificial intelligence (for example chatbots, text or image generators, translation or coding assistants):

Rule	What it means for you
Use AI only where the course allows it.	Check the course or assignment description. If nothing is said, ask the teacher before using AI in graded work.
Disclose the use.	State which tool you used, for what and how (for example "ChatGPT was used to improve the English of section 2; the content is my own").
You remain responsible.	AI can produce wrong facts, invented sources and faulty code. Check everything; errors in your submission are your errors.
Protect data.	Do not enter personal or confidential data of other people (for example classmates' texts, unpublished project data) into external AI tools.

Note: The AI features built into Moodle are currently switched off on this platform until the consortium approves an EU-based provider and an AI policy. The rules above therefore apply to external tools you use yourself.

Tip: Used well, AI can help you learn – for example to explain a concept in other words or to generate practice questions. Use it as a tutor, not as a ghost-writer.

Pilot status – keep copies

The platform is an alpha/pilot version, provided "as is". Features may change and the service may be interrupted for maintenance. Keep copies of important work (submissions, project files, badges) outside the platform.