Co-Instructor Relationships Rules and Guidelines

A Lucebra course may include more than one instructor involved in creating and managing the course. This document aims to guide instructors toward positive use cases, such as co-developing a course to add expertise and fresh perspectives, while avoiding problematic practices like exploiting Lucebra's revenue share from instructor coupons or referral links.

Lucebra's Policy on Co-Instructors

Co-Instructor Rules:

1. Trust and Collaboration: If you plan to add a co-instructor, it should be someone you know and trust. Exercise extra care if you are splitting revenue or granting editing rights. Lucebra's contractual relationship is strictly between Lucebra and each instructor. Any co-instructor business agreements remain exclusively between the co-instructors.
2. Unique Expertise: Add a co-instructor if they bring unique expertise in course creation, development, production, teaching, or course management.
3. Visibility and Engagement: Make co-instructors visible in the course if they appear in course videos or engage with students. At least one visible instructor should be the primary person students interact with and learn from.

Prohibited Practices:

1. Exploiting Marketing Tools: Do not add co-instructors with the primary goal of exploiting Lucebra's marketing tools or sharing student bases. For example, partnering with another instructor post-publication solely to market to each other's students is against Lucebra policies. If you want to market each other's courses, consider becoming an Affiliate.
2. Policy Compliance: Co-developing or co-managing a course from the beginning is permissible and encouraged, provided it aligns with the intended use of co-instructor features.

Escalation Process for Violations

Abuse of co-instructor relationships negatively impacts the entire instructor community. Misuse of marketing capabilities can lead to higher unsubscribe rates for instructor announcements and Lucebra emails, harming all instructors in the marketplace. Students who unsubscribe from one instructor's announcements often unsubscribe from all Lucebra communications.

Violations, such as attempts to game the system or actions causing severe negative impacts on student experience (e.g., high unsubscribe or refund rates due to co-instructor behavior), are treated seriously.

Consequences of Violations:

1. Warnings: Most first violations result in a warning.
2. Feature Restrictions: Subsequent violations may lead to loss of access to product features (e.g., Course Announcements).
3. Account Suspension/Termination: In severe cases, violations may result in account suspension or termination.

By adhering to these guidelines, instructors contribute to a positive and productive educational environment, fostering trust and collaboration while maintaining the integrity of Lucebra's policies.