Terms of use: Story Classrooms

DRAFT 2026-10-19, for legal review. Not yet in force.

These terms are between [COMPANY] ("we") and the teacher or school using Story Classrooms ("you"). Last updated: [DATE].

1. The service

Story Classrooms gives a teacher a class page (with its own link and QR code) where students plan, write or tell, and send stories and other writing, and a dashboard where the teacher reads the work, grades it and shares feedback. Schools get a counts-only view of their classrooms. It is offered under the Story Warriors and Story Ninjas brands.

2. Who can use it

• Teachers and other school staff, aged 18 or older, using it for their classes.
• Students use it through their teacher's class page, with a classroom account they make (a made-up writing name and a password, no email), with the school's or teacher's permission. Students do not agree to these terms; their teacher and school are responsible for their use.
• When you join through your school's invitation link, your school's agreement with us also applies, and it wins if the two differ.

3. Plans and payment

• Schools: seat-based plans (Small 1 to 10 teachers, Medium 11 to 25, Large 26 to 50, Custom 51+), one seat per active teacher. Prices, term and invoicing are set in the school's quote or agreement. A school's plan runs for one school year (ending June 30), when its student work is deleted. [DECIDE: renewal and refunds.]
• Individual teachers (Story Ninjas): the classroom comes with a purchase; the order number is checked at signup. [DECIDE: annual renewal and what happens on expiry.]
• Taxes (GST/HST/PST) are added where they apply.

4. Your account

Keep your password to yourself and use one that's at least 10 characters. Tell us at [SUPPORT CONTACT] if you think someone else has used your account. You're responsible for what happens in your account.

5. Student information

• Use the service only for teaching. Ask students for their first name and last initial only, and remind them not to put full names, addresses or other personal details in their work.
• Follow your school's and board's rules on student information and on parental consent.
• Add a parent's or guardian's email address only when they have agreed to get emails from you about their child's writing, only for your own students, and remove it when asked.
• You can delete any piece of student work at any time. Otherwise it is deleted after the school year ends (June 30), or on the date your school sets. Download anything you need to keep (grades CSV) before then; you'll get a reminder two weeks ahead.
• We handle student information as described in the privacy notice and, for schools and boards, the data agreement.

6. Acceptable use

Don't use Story Classrooms to post anything unlawful, hateful or harmful to students; to try to get into anyone else's classroom or guess story codes; to overload or attack the service; or to copy the service or resell it.

7. Content

• Students and teachers own what they write. You give us only the permission we need to store, show and send it as part of the service.
• Our materials (the pages, artwork and books unlocked as rewards) belong to us or our licensors. Reward books are for the student's personal reading.

8. Availability and changes

We work to keep Story Classrooms available during the school day but can't promise it will never be interrupted. We may change or improve features; if a change takes away something you rely on, we'll tell you ahead of time. We'll give at least 30 days' notice of changes to these terms by email.

9. Ending

You can stop using Story Classrooms at any time and ask us to close your account (see the privacy notice). We may suspend an account that breaks these terms, after telling you why where we can. When a school's plan ends, its teachers' classrooms close and student work is deleted on its normal date, or sooner if the school asks. [DECIDE: grace period for downloads.]

10. Liability

[LAWYER: standard disclaimer and limitation of liability, capped at fees paid in the last 12 months; carve-outs for privacy breaches caused by our negligence may be required by boards.]

11. Law

These terms are governed by the laws of [PROVINCE] and the federal laws of Canada that apply there.

12. Contact

[COMPANY], [ADDRESS], [SUPPORT CONTACT].