Welcome to the 4D Education Open edX online course website. By registering as an online learner and accessing the website, you signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and the Honor Code of the respective course.
The Center for Curriculum Redesign, Inc. (“CCR”) is a nonprofit corporation organized and incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. CCR offers curricula and professional development courses through its 4D Education brand, available online at lms.4dedu.org (“Site”), and protected by copyright under the laws of the United States.
The design of the Site and all trademarks, logos, trade names, documents, databases, graphic representations, content, and other material displayed on or available through the Site are the property of CCR, or used by CCR with permission, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws, whether or not a notice of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights appears on the screen displaying the information, and may not be used except as permitted in these Terms or with prior written permission of the CCR.
Users of this Site may save and use information contained on the Site only for personal or other non-commercial, educational purposes. Requests to use information, content or other material on the Site can be made by contacting CCR at 4dproducts@4dedu.org.
You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell, any information obtained from the Materials displayed on or available through the Site for any public or commercial purpose. You may not create any derivative work of the Site or decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive source code, underlying ideas, algorithms, structure, or organization of the Site. You agree not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation any type of spider, web crawler, or robot) to navigate, search, compromise, alter, render unavailable, and/or extract information from the Site.
The origins of such materials may be internal or external to CCR. All Materials provided on CCR websites, including any material from third parties, is "as is," and CCR makes no express or implied claims, representations or warranties as to its accuracy, validity or veracity. CCR shall not be liable, in any way, for your use of these Materials, any results that may occur from such use, or any consequences from decisions made in reliance on these Materials.
You acknowledge and agree that we cannot control use or misuse by others of information you post to the Site. You are solely responsible and liable for your use of any Forum and your acts or omissions in connection with any Forum.
IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY (A) YOUR RELIANCE ON FORUM CONTENT, OR (B) USE OR MISUSE BY ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY OF ANY CONTENT THAT YOU POST OR MAKE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER TO A FORUM OR OTHERWISE.
CCR does not claim ownership of any user content you may submit or make available for inclusion on the website or course. Accordingly, subject to the license granted to CCR below, you will be the sole and exclusive owner of any and all rights, title and interest in and to the user content.
By posting or transmitting any user content on or through the Site, you agree that such user content shall be released under and governed by a creative commons attribution international 4.0 license (cc by 4.0), including your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your user content.
You are not permitted to use the Site or any Materials if you are located in, or ordinarily resident in, a country or destination subject to a prohibition by the United States, if you are designated on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or are otherwise prohibited under U.S. law.
The Center for Curriculum Redesign, Inc. (“CCR”) is a nonprofit corporation organized and incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. CCR offers curricula and professional development courses through its 4D Education brand, available online at lms.4dedu.org (“Site”), and protected by copyright under the laws of the United States.
Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern CCR’s brand websites, their subdomains, and all portals, applications, products, services, events, and any interactive features or other services that post a link to these Terms. Before you register for a 4D Education course or training (“Course”) for the first time, carefully review the conditions of usage displayed below. Registering for a Course indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth below. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.Use of the Site
This Site is provided as a service of CCR and 4D Education. All features, content, products, and information on the Site are subject to change at any time without notice.The design of the Site and all trademarks, logos, trade names, documents, databases, graphic representations, content, and other material displayed on or available through the Site are the property of CCR, or used by CCR with permission, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws, whether or not a notice of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights appears on the screen displaying the information, and may not be used except as permitted in these Terms or with prior written permission of the CCR.
Users of this Site may save and use information contained on the Site only for personal or other non-commercial, educational purposes. Requests to use information, content or other material on the Site can be made by contacting CCR at 4dproducts@4dedu.org.
You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell, any information obtained from the Materials displayed on or available through the Site for any public or commercial purpose. You may not create any derivative work of the Site or decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive source code, underlying ideas, algorithms, structure, or organization of the Site. You agree not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation any type of spider, web crawler, or robot) to navigate, search, compromise, alter, render unavailable, and/or extract information from the Site.
Use of Materials
Any information or materials that are made available to download from this Site or otherwise provided to you ("Materials") is the copyrighted work of the Center for Curriculum Redesign, Inc. You must be a registered user of the Site to download and/or use the Materials and you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Materials on any copies of the Materials. Furthermore, your right to download and/or use the Materials will be subject to these Terms. Any use, reproduction or redistribution of the Materials not in accordance with these Terms is prohibited.The origins of such materials may be internal or external to CCR. All Materials provided on CCR websites, including any material from third parties, is "as is," and CCR makes no express or implied claims, representations or warranties as to its accuracy, validity or veracity. CCR shall not be liable, in any way, for your use of these Materials, any results that may occur from such use, or any consequences from decisions made in reliance on these Materials.
Links to Third-Party Websites or Content
Links to third party web sites or content on this Site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. While third-party Materials are believed to be reliable, such third-party Materials have not been independently authenticated, tested or verified in whole or in part by CCR. We have not reviewed these third party sites and do not control and are not responsible for any of these sites or their content. We do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products, sweepstakes or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.Updates or Changes to this Site
We take pride in our Site and Materials, including our exceptional courses content, and we plan to continue to revise and update our courses to best meet the needs of our users. The Materials may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Unless otherwise specified in the Terms, Materials may be updated, modified or deleted at any time without notice.User Information
You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. We may terminate, suspend, or modify your access to or registration with all or part of any of the Site, without notice, if you violate these Terms or you engage in any conduct that we, in our sole and absolute discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable law or is otherwise harmful to the interests of us, any other user of the Site, or any third party.Community Forums
We may permit you and other users of the Site to communicate with each other through and post content and information on the Site. This functionality may include profiles, bulletin boards, message boards, chats, and the like (each, a “Forum”). We do not control or endorse, and we are not responsible for, user content of any kind posted by users (including you or employees).You acknowledge and agree that we cannot control use or misuse by others of information you post to the Site. You are solely responsible and liable for your use of any Forum and your acts or omissions in connection with any Forum.
IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY (A) YOUR RELIANCE ON FORUM CONTENT, OR (B) USE OR MISUSE BY ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY OF ANY CONTENT THAT YOU POST OR MAKE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER TO A FORUM OR OTHERWISE.
Unauthorized Activities
You are not authorized to use the Site or Materials in any of the following ways (these are examples only and the list below is not a complete list of everything that you are not permitted to do):- Content that defames, harasses or threatens others;
- Content that discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them;
- Content that infringes another's intellectual property, including, but not limited to, copyrights or trademarks;
- Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content;
- Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation;
- Content related to partisan political activities;
- Viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, malware, spyware, or any other similar software that may damage the operation of another's computer or property; and
- Content that contains intentionally inaccurate information or that is posted with the intent of misleading others
- You may not submit, post, publish, share, or otherwise distribute any of the above items or via the Site.
User Generated Content (including your content)
You may be permitted to submit and distribute user content. You represent and warrant that any user content you submit to the website or a course is accurate and complete and will not violate or infringe the rights of any third party, including without limitation privacy, publicity, intellectual property and any other proprietary or property rights, such as copyright, trademark and patent rights. You represent and warrant that you have all the necessary rights and licenses to use the user content and to permit use of the user content by CCR, 4D Education and other users.CCR does not claim ownership of any user content you may submit or make available for inclusion on the website or course. Accordingly, subject to the license granted to CCR below, you will be the sole and exclusive owner of any and all rights, title and interest in and to the user content.
By posting or transmitting any user content on or through the Site, you agree that such user content shall be released under and governed by a creative commons attribution international 4.0 license (cc by 4.0), including your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your user content.
International Use
We control and operate the Site from our headquarters in the United States of America and neither the Site nor the Materials are intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdictions of any state, country, or territory other than the United States. The Site and/or Materials may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use or access the Site or Materials outside the United States of America, you are solely responsible for complying with all Laws applicable to such use.You are not permitted to use the Site or any Materials if you are located in, or ordinarily resident in, a country or destination subject to a prohibition by the United States, if you are designated on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or are otherwise prohibited under U.S. law.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that the liability of CCR, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and licensors, if any, arising out of any kind of legal claim (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) in any way connected with the service or the content therein shall not exceed the amount you paid to CCR (4Dedu) for the Course during the licensing term for the specific course preceding any claim or notification of damages. CCR shall not be liable for any amounts billed to your credit card by a third party that were not authorized by you.Updated: September 30, 2024