The ACADA name and logo

acada.ac/brand has the logo files and the short form of the rules; the Trademark policy is the full version. Anyone may say in words that their course is on ACADA. Only creators, collaborators and affiliates may use the logo, and nobody may make it look like ACADA endorsed them.

How it works

Without asking, anyone may:

• Say in words that your course is on ACADA, that you teach on ACADA, or that you are an ACADA affiliate.
• Link to acada.ac or to any page on it, and write about us, review us or criticise us.
• Show a certificate we issued you, exactly as issued.

A creator, collaborator or affiliate may also use the logo from the brand page, unaltered, beside their own name or course. That permission ends when the role ends.

What is never allowed

• ACADA, or anything like it, in the name of a company, product, course, app, domain, email address, handle, page, channel or group.
• Recolouring, stretching, cropping, animating or redrawing the logo, or combining it with your own mark.
• The logo or name as your profile picture, banner, favicon or brand.
• Saying or implying that ACADA made, endorsed, certified or partnered with you: "official", "partner", "ACADA-approved".
• The name or logo on merchandise, or a trademark, company name or domain containing ACADA.
• The tagline, "Education is yours.", as your own line. Quote it when you write about us.

The files and the name

Logo, green

For white and light backgrounds. PNG, 1254 × 1254 pixels, transparent.

Logo, white

For dark and coloured backgrounds. The same logo, as a PNG, 1254 × 1254 pixels, on solid black.

Space and size

Clear space of at least a quarter of the logo's width on every side. Never smaller than 24 pixels.

The name

ACADA, in capitals, as a word in your sentence. Not Acada, acada or A.C.A.D.A. The company is ACADA L.L.C.; the site is acada.ac.

Download under each file saves it. There is no other version you may use: no monochrome, no outline, no wordmark of your own making.

Rules and limits

• A username containing "acada" is refused when you change yours on your portfolio. So is a word we use for ourselves, such as admin, support, staff or moderator.
• A course or press-article title containing the word ACADA cannot be published. The publish screen lists it before any fee, and the description can say the course is on ACADA.
• An affiliate code containing ACADA is refused.
• When the logo changes, the brand page changes, and you have 30 days from the day we tell you to catch up.
• Anything the brand page does not allow, a partnership or other press material, goes to support@acada.ac. Silence is not permission.

If your own mark is misused here

Report the course or profile with the reason Trademark or brand misuse, or write to support@acada.ac. Say what the mark is, where it is registered or used, where the misuse is, and why a reader would be confused. A person reviews it within 3 business days. Unlike a copyright removal, our decision can be appealed by the member.