1. Introduction
Welcome to Dictera, a learning content creation platform by Hurix Digital. These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of the Dictera website, platform, AI-powered tools, and related services.
By accessing or using Dictera, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you are using Dictera on behalf of an organisation or educational institution, you confirm that you are authorised to accept these terms on its behalf.
If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the services.
2. Our Services
Dictera provides AI-powered tools to support instructional design, course creation, assessment development, content editing, collaboration, review, and publishing.
The features available to you may depend on your subscription, licence, organisation's configuration, or applicable service agreement. We may modify, improve, or discontinue features in accordance with applicable contractual obligations and legal requirements.
3. Eligibility and User Accounts
You must provide accurate information when creating or managing an account and keep your account credentials secure.
You are responsible for activities conducted through your account, subject to applicable law and any security obligations we have. You must promptly notify your organisation's administrator or our support team if you suspect unauthorised access.
Access may be restricted or suspended where reasonably necessary for security, legal compliance, or enforcement of these terms.
4. Acceptable Use
You agree to use Dictera lawfully and responsibly. You must not:
- Use the platform for unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful activities.
- Upload content that infringes another party's intellectual property or privacy rights.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to systems, accounts, or data.
- Disrupt platform operations, bypass security controls, or introduce malicious code.
- Abuse AI features to generate unlawful or harmful material.
- Reverse-engineer, copy, or exploit the platform except where permitted by applicable law or expressly authorised in writing.
We may investigate suspected violations and take proportionate action in accordance with applicable law and contractual obligations.
5. Customer Content and Intellectual Property
You or your organisation retain ownership of content you upload to Dictera, subject to any third-party rights and existing agreements.
You are responsible for ensuring that you have the necessary rights and permissions to upload, use, modify, and publish your content.
You grant Dictera the limited rights necessary to host, process, display, and otherwise use your content to provide the requested services, maintain platform security, and fulfil applicable contractual obligations.
Dictera and its licensors retain their rights in the platform, software, underlying technology, branding, and associated intellectual property. These terms do not transfer ownership of those rights to you.
6. AI-Generated Content
Dictera uses artificial intelligence to assist with course creation, instructional design, assessments, and content improvement.
AI-generated outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or unsuitable for a particular educational context. You are responsible for reviewing and validating generated content before using or publishing it.
You should not rely on AI-generated outputs as a substitute for professional judgement, subject-matter expertise, accessibility checks, or institutional review.
Rights in AI-generated content may depend on applicable law, third-party provider terms, and your organisation's service agreement. We do not guarantee that generated outputs will be unique or free from third-party rights claims.
7. Review, Approval, and Publishing
Dictera may provide tools for collaborative editing, reviewer comments, suggestions, approvals, and course publishing.
Users and organisations are responsible for establishing appropriate review and approval processes and ensuring that published materials meet their educational, legal, accessibility, and quality requirements.
Unless expressly agreed otherwise, Dictera does not guarantee that every course or item of content created through the platform will meet the requirements of a particular institution, accreditation body, or regulatory framework.