Terms of Use
Last updated June 2, 2026
Agreement to Our Legal Terms
We are Teaching Tools, LLC ("Company," "we," "us," "our").
We operate the website https://teaching.tools (the "Site"), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (the "Legal Terms") (collectively, the "Services").
You can contact us by email at [email protected].
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ("you"), and Teaching Tools, LLC, concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
We may update these Legal Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date above. For material changes, we may also provide notice through the Services, by email, or by other reasonable means. Your continued use of the Services after updated Legal Terms are posted means that you accept the updated terms, unless a separate written agreement with your institution provides otherwise.
The Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Services.
Table of Contents
- Our Services
- Intellectual Property Rights
- User Content and Review Materials
- User Representations
- User Registration
- Fees, Payment, and Subscriptions
- Prohibited Activities
- AI Features
- Third-Party Integrations
- Third-Party Websites and Content
- Services Management
- Privacy Policy
- Term and Termination
- Modifications and Interruptions
- Governing Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Corrections
- Disclaimer
- Limitations of Liability
- Indemnification
- User Data
- Electronic Communications, Transactions, and Signatures
- California Users and Residents
- Miscellaneous
- Contact Us
Our Services
The information provided when using the Services is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
The Services are intended for teaching, lesson planning, instructional support, and teaching review workflows. Unless Teaching Tools has entered into a separate written agreement with your institution that provides otherwise, the Services are not intended for the submission, storage, or processing of information subject to specialized regulatory regimes such as protected health information under HIPAA, financial customer information under GLBA, or information requiring compliance with FISMA.
You are responsible for using the Services in accordance with applicable law and institutional policy. If your intended use may involve regulated, confidential, student-identifiable, personnel, or otherwise sensitive information, you should confirm that the use is authorized by your institution and any applicable agreement with Teaching Tools.
Intellectual Property Rights
Our intellectual property
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively, the "Company Content"), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks").
Our Company Content and Marks are protected by copyright and trademark laws (and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and treaties in the United States and around the world.
The Company Content and Marks are provided in or through the Services "AS IS" for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose only.
Your use of our Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including the "Prohibited Activities" section below, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:
- access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Company Content to which you have properly gained access.
solely for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose.
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Company Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.
This section applies only to Teaching Tools’ own Services, Company Content, Marks, software, designs, and platform materials. It does not give Teaching Tools ownership of your User Content, Review Materials, lesson plans, teaching materials, student work, review comments, or other materials you or your institution submit through the Services. Those materials are addressed in the "User Content and Review Materials" section below.
If you wish to make any use of the Services, Company Content, or Marks other than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please address your request to: [email protected]. If we ever grant you the permission to post, reproduce, or publicly display any part of our Services or Company Content, you must identify us as the owners or licensors of the Services, Company Content, or Marks and ensure that any copyright or proprietary notice appears or is visible on posting, reproducing, or displaying our Content.
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Services, Company Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will terminate immediately.
User Content and Review Materials
Teaching Tools provides tools for teaching review, reflection, evaluation, lesson planning, and related instructional support. In the course of using the Services, you or your institution may upload, submit, link, create, save, or make available materials such as teaching narratives, course materials, lesson plans, activity ideas, student feedback, examples of student work, reviewer comments, ratings, rubrics, reports, documents, files, links, metadata, and related information ("User Content"). User Content that is submitted, created, linked, or used as part of a teaching review, reflection, or evaluation workflow may also be referred to as "Review Materials."
You retain ownership of your materials
We do not claim ownership of your User Content or Review Materials. As between you and Teaching Tools, you or the institution, department, instructor, reviewer, or other rights-holder that provided the materials retains all ownership rights, intellectual property rights, and other proprietary rights in those materials.
We do not sell, resell, publish, publicly display, publicly perform, broadcast, or use your User Content or Review Materials for advertising or marketing purposes without the permission of the person or institution authorized to give that permission.
Limited permission to operate the Services
You grant Teaching Tools a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, transmit, display, format, process, and otherwise use your User Content and Review Materials solely as necessary to:
- provide, operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Services;
- make the materials available to the users, reviewers, instructors, administrators, or institutional representatives authorized to access them through the applicable review workflow;
- generate reports, summaries, displays, exports, or other outputs requested through the Services;
- provide technical support, troubleshoot errors, prevent abuse, and protect the security and integrity of the Services; and
- comply with applicable law, legal process, institutional instructions, or contractual obligations.
This license is only for the purpose of providing and supporting the Services. It does not give Teaching Tools permission to use your teaching materials, review materials, image, voice, name, institutional affiliation, student work, or reviewer comments for unrelated commercial, advertising, public-facing, or promotional purposes.
Confidentiality and visibility of review materials
Review Materials are not public content. They are intended to be visible only to the users and institutional roles authorized through the applicable review process, such as instructors, reviewers, department representatives, administrators, or support personnel with a need to access the materials.
Some User Content, such as saved lesson plans or other materials created outside an institutional review workflow, may be visible only to the account holder unless the user chooses to share it or make it available through a feature of the Services. Review Materials used in an institutional workflow may be visible to the roles designated for that workflow, and access may be controlled by institutional configuration, institutional instructions, or applicable agreements with the institution.
We may access User Content or Review Materials when reasonably necessary to provide support, maintain the Services, investigate technical issues, protect the security of the Services, comply with law, or carry out documented instructions from the relevant institution or authorized account holder.
Student information and third-party materials
You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to upload, link, submit, or share any User Content or Review Materials you provide through the Services. This includes responsibility for complying with applicable institutional policies, copyright obligations, privacy obligations, and laws that may apply to student information or educational records.
You should avoid uploading personally identifiable student information, student work, student feedback, or other protected information unless you are authorized to do so by your institution and by applicable law and policy.
Feedback about the Services
If you choose to send us comments, suggestions, ideas, or feedback about Teaching Tools, you allow us to use that feedback to improve, develop, and promote the Services without obligation to compensate you. This does not give us ownership of your teaching materials, review materials, course materials, student work, or institutional evaluation records.
Removal or restriction of content
We may remove, disable, restrict, or limit access to User Content when reasonably necessary to protect the Services, comply with law, respond to institutional instructions, address security risks, prevent misuse, or remove material that violates these Legal Terms. When appropriate and feasible, we will try to provide notice or work with the relevant institution or account holder.
User Representations
By using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms; (4) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside; (5) you will not access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise; (6) you will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (7) your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
User Registration
You may be required to register, sign in through an institution, or use an authorized access link to use certain Services. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials, access links, and authentication methods, and for any activity that occurs through your account or authorized access unless caused by Teaching Tools’ failure to use reasonable safeguards.
You agree to notify us promptly at [email protected] if you believe your account, credentials, or access link has been compromised or used without authorization.
Fees, Payment, and Subscriptions
Some Services may be offered for free, while others may require payment by you or your institution. Fees, billing terms, subscription terms, pilot terms, cancellation terms, renewal terms, and any applicable taxes may be set out at the point of purchase, in an order form, invoice, subscription checkout page, pilot agreement, or separate written agreement with Teaching Tools.
For institutionally licensed Services, the scope of access, number of authorized users, pilot limits, subscription term, renewal terms, and fees will be provided in an order form, invoice, pilot agreement, subscription checkout page, written proposal, or other agreement with Teaching Tools.
Where payment is made through a third-party payment processor, your payment information may be processed by that provider subject to its own terms and privacy policy.
If there is a separate written agreement between Teaching Tools and an institution, that agreement will control in the event of a conflict with these Legal Terms for the applicable institution or Services.
Prohibited Activities
You may use the Services only for lawful, authorized purposes and in accordance with these Legal Terms, applicable institutional policies, and any separate written agreement that applies to your use of the Services.
As a user of the Services, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Company Content contained therein.
- Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
- Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
- Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
- Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services.
- Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
- Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Company Content.
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
- Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services.
- Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
- Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
- Copy or adapt the Services' software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
- Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
- Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other software.
- Make any unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.
- Access or use the Services to copy, benchmark, reverse engineer, or develop a competing product or service, except as permitted by applicable law or with our written permission.
AI Features
The Services do not currently use AI features. If we add or reintroduce AI-powered features, we may provide additional terms describing how those features work, what information is processed, and what restrictions apply.
Third-Party Integrations
The Services may allow you or your institution to connect with third-party services such as Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Google Workspace, institutional single sign-on providers, payment processors, or other services used to provide authentication, document access, file storage, preview, upload, or related functionality.
When you connect a third-party service, we request access only for the purposes presented to you or your institution, such as allowing you to select, upload, preview, store, or share evidence within an authorized review workflow. We do not request access to your third-party accounts for unrelated purposes.
We do not ask you to provide your third-party account password to Teaching Tools. Authentication and authorization are handled through the applicable third-party provider.
Depending on the configuration selected by your institution, some files may remain stored in your institution’s Microsoft, Google, or other third-party environment, while Teaching Tools stores related information needed to operate the review workflow, such as file identifiers, links, metadata, review text, ratings, comments, and access records.
Your use of third-party services remains subject to the terms and privacy policies of those third-party providers. Teaching Tools is not responsible for the acts, omissions, availability, security practices, or policies of third-party providers, but we use these integrations only as needed to provide the Services.
Third-Party Websites and Content
The Services may contain links to third-party websites, resources, or content. We provide these links for convenience or functionality, but we do not control and are not responsible for third-party websites, resources, content, policies, security practices, or availability.
Your use of third-party websites, resources, or content is governed by the applicable third party’s terms and policies. Inclusion of a link or third-party resource does not imply endorsement by Teaching Tools.
Services Management
We may take reasonable steps to operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Services. This may include monitoring for security threats, investigating suspected violations of these Legal Terms, preventing misuse, limiting excessive or harmful activity, and responding to legal, technical, or institutional requests.
When reasonably necessary, we may refuse, restrict, suspend, disable, or remove access to accounts, files, User Content, Review Materials, or other materials that we believe may violate these Legal Terms, create a security risk, infringe the rights of others, violate applicable law, interfere with the operation of the Services, or impose an unreasonable burden on our systems.
We may also cooperate with law enforcement, regulatory authorities, courts, institutions, or other appropriate parties when we believe it is legally required or reasonably necessary to protect users, institutions, Teaching Tools, or the Services.
When appropriate and feasible, we will try to provide notice or work with the affected user, account holder, or institution before or after taking action under this section.
Privacy Policy
We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy: https://teaching.tools/privacy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information in connection with the Services.
The Services are operated from the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that information may be processed and stored in the United States or in other locations where we or our service providers operate, subject to our Privacy Policy and any applicable agreement with your institution.
Term and Termination
We may suspend or terminate access to the Services, or remove or restrict access to accounts, User Content, or Review Materials, when reasonably necessary to address a violation of these Legal Terms, a security risk, unlawful activity, nonpayment, misuse of the Services, a request from an authorized institution or account holder, or another circumstance that could harm users, institutions, Teaching Tools, or the Services.
When appropriate and feasible, we will try to provide notice before or after taking action. However, we may act without prior notice when necessary to protect security, prevent harm, comply with law, or preserve the integrity of the Services.
Modifications and Interruptions
We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of the Services from time to time, including to improve functionality, address security or technical issues, comply with law, respond to institutional needs, or change our offerings. When a material change is likely to affect active institutional workflows, we will try to provide reasonable notice when feasible.
We cannot guarantee that the Services will be available at all times. The Services may be interrupted, delayed, or unavailable because of maintenance, hardware or software problems, third-party service interruptions, security issues, or events beyond our reasonable control.
Nothing in these Legal Terms obligates us to maintain any particular feature indefinitely, except as provided in a separate written agreement with your institution.
Governing Law
These Legal Terms and your use of the Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Dispute Resolution
Informal Negotiations
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms (each a "Dispute" and collectively, the "Disputes") brought by either you or us (individually, a "Party" and collectively, the "Parties"), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.
Binding Arbitration
If the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes ("AAA Consumer Rules"), both of which are available at the American Arbitration Association (AAA) website. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the AAA Consumer Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone, or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in writing, but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by either Party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except where otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the arbitration will take place in Baltimore City, Maryland. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate, or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.
If for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, the Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the state and federal courts located in Baltimore City, Maryland, and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) are excluded from these Legal Terms.
In no event shall any Dispute brought by either Party related in any way to the Services be commenced more than one (1) year after the cause of action arose. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
Restrictions
The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.
Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration
The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
Corrections
There may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Services at any time, without prior notice.
Disclaimer
Teaching Tools supports teaching review, reflection, evaluation, and related administrative workflows, but Teaching Tools does not itself make employment, promotion, tenure, reappointment, disciplinary, compensation, or other personnel decisions. Those decisions remain the responsibility of the applicable institution and its authorized decision-makers. The Services are intended to organize, structure, and support review processes, not to replace professional judgment, institutional policy, shared governance processes, or legal compliance obligations.
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF BUGS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY COMPANY CONTENT, OUTPUTS, REPORTS, OR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR APPROPRIATE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Limitations of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US DURING THE SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING. CERTAIN US STATE LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Indemnification
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by a third party due to or arising out of: (1) User Content you submit without the necessary rights, permissions, or authority; (2) your misuse of the Services; (3) your breach of these Legal Terms; (4) your violation of applicable law or institutional policy; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights; or (6) your intentional misconduct or harmful act toward another user. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
User Data
We maintain certain data that you or your institution transmit to the Services for the purpose of providing, operating, maintaining, securing, and improving the Services. This may include account information, review workflow records, teaching narratives, ratings, comments, reports, file identifiers, links, metadata, usage records, and other information needed to support the Services.
We may use aggregated or de-identified information about use of the Services to understand usage patterns, improve the Services, develop new features, support security, and report general product metrics. We will not use aggregated or de-identified information in a way that is intended to identify an individual instructor, reviewer, student, department, or institution, unless authorized by the relevant individual or institution or required by law.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect the data maintained through the Services. We may also perform routine backups and use other measures intended to support the availability and integrity of the Services. However, no online service, storage system, backup process, or third-party integration can guarantee that data will never be lost, corrupted, delayed, interrupted, or unavailable.
You and your institution are responsible for retaining original copies of important materials that you upload, submit, link, or make available through the Services, including course materials, teaching evidence, student work, student feedback, institutional records, and other Review Materials. When files remain stored in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SharePoint, Google Drive, or another third-party or institutional system, you and your institution remain responsible for managing and retaining the original files in those systems.
If you believe that data has been lost, corrupted, or made unavailable through the Services, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make reasonable efforts to help investigate and, where feasible, restore or recover affected data consistent with our Privacy Policy, applicable law, and any applicable agreement with your institution.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Teaching Tools will not be responsible for loss, corruption, deletion, or unavailability of data except as provided in these Legal Terms, our Privacy Policy, or any separate written agreement between Teaching Tools and your institution.
Data return and deletion
Upon request by an authorized account holder or institution, and subject to applicable law, institutional policy, technical limitations, and any separate written agreement with Teaching Tools, we will make reasonable efforts to export, return, delete, or restrict access to User Content and Review Materials associated with the applicable account or institutional workflow.
We may retain certain information where reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain security, preserve audit logs, or complete routine backup and archival processes. Backup copies may persist for a limited period before being overwritten or deleted according to our normal backup practices.
Electronic Communications, Transactions, and Signatures
When you visit the Services, send us emails, complete online forms, accept these Legal Terms, or use electronic workflows through the Services, you are communicating with us electronically. You agree that we may provide agreements, notices, disclosures, records, and other communications electronically, including through the Services or by email, unless applicable law or a separate written agreement requires another method.
You agree that electronic communications, records, and signatures may satisfy any legal requirement that such communications, records, or signatures be in writing, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
California Users and Residents
If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.
Miscellaneous
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal Terms.
Contact Us
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us at: Teaching Tools, LLC, [email protected].