Access to the online learning platform kosmic will only be granted to users who have accepted the following User Agreement:

The registration and every subsequent login on kosmic will be accomplished using your personal user account. The user credentials are personal, have to be kept secret and must not be revealed to other persons. During the first login of members of the University of Freiburg, their user credentials will be registered on kosmic. In this process, the following data from the university's central identity management systems will be stored in kosmic: the user name, the user's full name, the user's e-mail address and, if the user is a student, the user's matriculation number.

When entering a group/course on kosmic as a member, the group/course administrators, the tutors, the instructors and, depending on the setup of the respective group/course, all other members of the group/course, will be able to see the user name. The user can decide whether she/he want to enter other optional items of personal data into their user profile in kosmic, which might then be made visible for other users on the kosmic platform. In addition, every user can decide whether their online status will be revealed to other users who are currently logged on to kosmic.

The instructors, tutors and group/course administrators responsible for a group/course on kosmic which is accessed by the user are able to view the content of the group/course, including comments, group/course-related forum entries and contributions to other kosmic-based online learning tools (e.g. wikis, hand-in exercises) that were entered or uploaded by the user with this group/course. Furthermore, instructors, tutors and group/course administrators have access to data regarding when and which files and learning tools have been accessed and/or used by the user.

Contributions to course or group related learning tools on kosmic may be accessed by fellow group or course members.

The use of kosmic and all contents made available through kosmic is intended for private use only and only for scientific purposes within the context of the course of studies that the user is currently enrolled in at the University of Freiburg. The user hereby declares that she/he will not share or upload any content on kosmic that violates any applicable trademark, copyright and/or patent laws.

Last Update: November 07th, 2017