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- " About <p>Totem is designed as an educational resource for communities learning\nabout
digital security.\nIt is an initiative of Greenhost and Free Press\nUnlimited.\nThe
Totem platform provides a way for content contributors and\ncommunity users to continuously
interact and exchange knowledge throughout\nthe learning process.</p> The goals
of the platform are <ul>\n<li>To improve basic understanding of digital security
and related tools for\njournalists, activists and human rights defenders by creating
a safe\nonline classroom environment.</li>\n<li>To build a safe MOOC based on existing
open source software (Open edX)\nthat is co-developed with and usable for digital
training organisations,\nindividual trainers and students.</li>\n<li>To be sustainable
through collaboration to ensure the availability of\nthe platform once the initial
stage of the project is completed.</li>\n</ul> Governance Greenhost and Free Press
Unlimited <p>Totem is built on Open edX, an open source educational platform started
by\nedX, an initiative of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute\nof
Technology (MIT) together with the xConsortium.\nGreenhost and Free\nPress Unlimited
provide Totem as an open source platform in order to\nensure the sustainability
of this resource, welcoming contributors and\ncommunities well beyond the start
of the project.</p> Types of content <p>Totem platform content is adapted, developed
and produced in cooperation\nwith content partner organisations, digital security
trainers, and\ncommunities.\nTotem hosts three kinds of content:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Original
content developed for Totem by Greenhost and Free Press\nUnlimited, which is available
to all Totem users</li>\n<li>Content created by content contributors, which is also
available to all\nTotem users</li>\n<li>Community content created by course instructors,
which is only\navailable to those participating in the course.</li>\n</ol> Content
standards <ul>\n<li>Original Totem content developed by Greenhost and Free Press
Unlimited,\ntogether with content partner organisations, is vetted by an advisory\nboard
to ensure that it meets content standards or conforms to a set of\nquality guidelines</li>\n<li>Community
content is the responsibility of course instructors.\nIt can be\nflagged by users
of the platform who want to provide feedback or express\na concern over its quality</li>\n<li>Original
and community content has a timestamp to indicate the date it\nwas last updated
in order to help contextualise and verify the accuracy\nof the materials presented.</li>\n</ul>
Licensing <p>All content on Totem is licensed under a creative commons attribution\nshare-alike
license.\nThis licensing scheme provides autonomy and control to community content\ncontributors
while also encouraging collaboration and avoiding the\nduplication of existing resources.</p>
Totem content partners Content contributors and course instructors <ul>\n<li>When
creating new learning modules, community content contributors\nchoose how long the
module should remain online.\nContent can be\ntemporarily de-activated or set to
never expire</li>\n<li>Community content contributors are expected to periodically
review,\nupdate or remove modules as they become outdated or outlive their use</li>\n<li>Community
content contributors and course instructors can flag content\nif they believe there
to be an issue with its quality, however the\ndecision to remove material rests
with Totem.</li>\n</ul> Community users Community users can: <ul>\n<li>See and interact
with materials produced by content contributors or\ngiven access to by the content
contributor and/or course instructor</li>\n<li>Flag or provide feedback on the curricula.</li>\n</ul>
Community standards <ul>\n<li>Users are expected to contribute to a friendly and
respectful\nenvironment whenever they use Totem, including its discussion forums,\nwiki,
documentation pages, and learning modules</li>\n<li>Users invited to participate
in closed learning modules do so at the\ndiscretion of the course instructors.\nIf
course instructors determine\nthat participants are not abiding by community standards,
they may\nchoose to terminate their participation.</li>\n</ul> Unacceptable activities
<p>By enrolling in a Totem course, users may not engage in the following\nactivities
through services related to Totem:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use hateful, violent or intimidating
language, especially in order to\nharass, abuse or target other Totem users</li>\n<li>Store
or distribute material that endorses discrimination of any kind</li>\n<li>Attempt
to compromise the anonymity of Totem users by forcing the\ndisclosure of names or
other forms of identifying information</li>\n<li>Misuse of services by distributing
viruses or malware, engaging in a\ndenial of service attack, or attempting to gain
unauthorised access to\nthe computer systems of the Totem host or Totem users</li>\n<li>Promote
unsolicited commercial services and materials.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Users who experience
or observe any of the above behaviour are asked to\nflag instances thereof with
platform moderators by writing to\ninfo@totem-project.org.\nComplaints receive a\nresponse
within 72 hours.</p>\n<p>Accounts found to violate these community standards shall
be terminated.</p> "
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