UNC VoiceThread Terms of Service

You do hereby agree to the following terms and conditions for use of the service:

• You certify that the content complies with the University's Acceptable Use Policy.
• Authority to use content (including any music, graphics, or other elements):

  For all content owned by you, you hereby grant

  1. to VoiceThread to post the content on the VoiceThread System for use by authorized users, and
  2. to University to grant any rights to VoiceThread necessary to post content on the VoiceThread System for use by authorized users.

  For all content owned by someone else, you hereby represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, and hereby do grant, VoiceThread and University the right to post the content on the VoiceThread System or any similar University distribution channel and to make it available for use by third parties.

• Provider will receive no compensation for posted content.
• VoiceThread and the University retain the right to remove posted content for any reason, as they see fit.
• The directory information that will be passed to and stored by VoiceThread is the user's:
  • eduPersonPrincipalName (ePPN)
  • first name
  • last name
  • preferred email address
  • affiliation (faculty, staff, student, affiliate)
• The specified directory information is necessary for the following reasons:
• ePPN: To pair previously existing content (created during the pilot) to content that will be created in the production instance.
• First name, last name: To assure that the instructors for courses using VoiceThread can confirm the identity of students using VoiceThread. The students may only be accessing the instructor's content, or they may leave comments or create content as part of class work.
• Preferred email address: To assure that correct contact information is stored for each user. Instructors may need the email for class work, or VoiceThread application administrators may need the information for application-specific reasons.
• Affiliation: To enable application administrators to collect necessary data to evaluate the usefulness of the application when considering annual license renewal.

Last modified: February 27, 2009