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Educational Disclaimer

The limits of what ACADA courses are — and what they should not be relied on for.

Last updated on October 25, 2026.

Courses on ACADA are made by independent instructors, and we do not review or endorse them. They are for learning: nothing on ACADA is medical, legal, financial or safety advice for your own situation, and no course promises a result. Check what matters before you act on it, and take practical activities at your own pace and your own judgment. This policy is about the limits of what you are reading; the rules instructors must meet are in the Course Content Policy.

This summary is for orientation only. The sections below are the operative terms.

1. What this covers

This policy applies to everything you can learn from on acada.ac: courses and their lessons, files and quizzes, course rooms, reviews, the ACADA Assistant, and our own material such as the help guide, emails and blog. ACADA L.L.C., a Tennessee limited liability company (ACADA, we), runs the platform. This policy says what that material is and is not, so you know what to rely on it for.

2. Who makes the courses

Courses are made by independent instructors, not by us. An instructor is not our employee, agent or partner, and what a course says is the instructor's view, not ours. We do not review a course before it is published, and we do not verify an instructor's qualifications, experience or claims about themselves. An "Identity verified" mark on an instructor means only that a real, identified adult holds the account, as the Verification Policy says. A course being on ACADA means it was published by its instructor under the Course Content Policy, and nothing more. When we place a notice on a course, or remove a course, we are enforcing that policy, not vouching for the rest.

3. Education, not advice

Everything on ACADA is educational. It explains a subject; it does not tell you what to do about your own situation.

  • Medical and mental health. A course can teach how the body works or what a therapy involves. It cannot examine you, know your history or replace a doctor, therapist or pharmacist. Do not start, stop or change a treatment on the strength of a course.
  • Legal. A course can explain how an area of law works. Laws differ by country and state and change over time; whether they apply to you is a question for a lawyer where you live.
  • Financial. A course can teach how markets, taxes or budgets work. Nothing on ACADA is an investment recommendation or tax advice, instructors are not your advisers, and we do not check whether they are licensed to be.
  • Safety. A course can teach a technique. It cannot see your equipment, your surroundings or your skill.

An instructor must mark a course on any of these topics with a notice saying so, and we can add the notice to any course. For a decision that affects your health, money, legal position or safety, talk to a professional who knows your circumstances. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services before anything else.

4. No promised results

No course, instructor or page on ACADA promises what you will get from learning: not a grade, a qualification, a job, an income, a body, or an outcome of any kind. What you get depends on you, and on things no course controls. An instructor who promises results breaks the Course Content Policy. A result described in a review or on a landing page is one person's, not what you should expect.

5. Accuracy, and keeping it current

Instructors must teach what is true, source what they draw on, and fix a confirmed error within 14 days, and a course must be updated or dated when its subject moves on. Those are the rules in the Course Content Policy and the Academic Integrity policy, and we enforce them when we learn of a breach. They do not make every course error-free. Mistakes happen and material ages, so a course's published and updated dates are shown for you to judge how current it is. Before you act on something that matters, check it against another source. If you find an error, select it in the lesson and press Correct, or report it (section 13).

6. The ACADA Assistant

The assistant is an AI, not a person. It answers from the course you have open and from what it was trained on, and it can be wrong, out of date, or confident about something it made up. It follows the same limits as everything else here: it explains, it does not advise on your situation, and it does not speak for us. Treat its answers as a starting point and check anything you rely on. Its usage limits are in the Acceptable Use Policy.

7. Practical and physical activities

Some courses ask you to do things: exercise, cook, use tools, handle chemicals, work with animals, go outdoors. You decide whether an activity is right for you, and you do it at your own pace.

  • Check with a doctor first before starting an exercise or diet programme if you have a health condition, are pregnant, or have not been active for a while.
  • Stop if something hurts or feels wrong. A course cannot see you; you can.
  • Follow the safety instructions for any tool, material or equipment, and the instructor's, and use protective gear where either calls for it.
  • Under 18, a parent or guardian decides whether a practical activity is suitable and supervises it (section 9).

8. Licensed activities

Some things legally require licensed training or certification before you do them: electrical and gas work, medical and dental procedures, driving, flying, handling firearms, caring for children, and others that vary by country. A course can teach the knowledge behind them. It does not stand in for the licence, the exam or the supervised training the law requires, and completing a course does not make you allowed to do the thing. Check what your jurisdiction requires before you rely on a course for it.

9. Students under 18

Under the Age & Child Safety policy, students aged 13 to 17 can enroll. Courses are written for adults unless the instructor says otherwise. A parent or guardian is responsible for judging whether a course's subject and activities suit their child, and for supervising anything practical.

10. Reviews, links and other people's material

  • Reviews are students' own opinions, not our assessment. The Reviews & Ratings policy sets the rules for them.
  • Links, embedded videos and apps lead outside ACADA. We do not control what is there, and this policy does not cover it.
  • Our own material, such as the help guide, emails, blog posts and these policies, is informational too. It explains how ACADA works; it is not advice about your situation either.

11. Your decisions and our liability

What you do with what you learn is your decision. We provide the platform, instructors provide the courses, and you decide how and whether to act on them. The limits of our liability, and of instructors', are set out in the Terms of Service. Nothing here takes away a right the law where you live gives you.

12. What this policy does not do

This policy is where our promises stop. It does not lower the ones we make elsewhere.

  • It does not excuse an instructor from the Course Content Policy. A course must still be accurate, honest and what its landing page says.
  • It does not touch your refund rights under the Purchases, Refunds & Subscriptions policy.
  • It does not stop you reporting a course, and it does not stop us removing one.
  • It does not change what a certificate is. A certificate records completion of a course, as the Credential Policy sets out, and this policy does not make it more or less than that.

13. Reporting a course

If a course teaches something dangerous, makes a claim it should not, or presents itself as advice, report it with the Report button on its landing page and choose the reason. A person reads every report and tells you when it has been dealt with. A course that breaks the Course Content Policy is hidden or removed, and students are refunded as that policy and the Purchases, Refunds & Subscriptions policy set out.

14. Changes to this policy

When we change this policy, we change the date shown at the top. If a change adds a rule or a consequence, we post a notice in the app at least 14 days before it takes effect.

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