STUDENT PRIVACY
Your work.
Your control.
Open a hosted simulation without an account. Your answers stay in your browser until you choose to share them.
Classroom use
Students complete activities in their browsers, save or print a readable report, and submit it through Canvas or their institution’s approved course system. Trouble in Common does not collect class rosters, upload answers or send grades to the site.
Use your institution’s technology and student-records procedures for assignments and external services. U.S. Department of Education guidance on online educational services ↗
Your answers and saved work
Some activities save progress automatically. Others provide a save control. A name entered for a class report is part of the local record. Progress backups and downloaded reports stay on your device until you share them.
Browser saves belong to the device, browser profile and site address you used. On a shared device, download anything you need and use the activity’s reset or erase controls. To resume on another device or site, use a compatible progress backup where the activity provides one.
Traffic counts by country
The traffic counter records a date, an approximate country code and a daily page-view total. These aggregate totals are kept for up to 90 days and are available to the creator. The counter receives no activity responses, student names, URL searches, page histories or visitor identifiers.
Do Not Track, Global Privacy Control and this browser’s opt-out turn off counting. The opt-out is stored on your device. Known bots, private routes and signed-in owner visits are excluded.
Website operations
The creator’s sign-in protects the editing tools. Those tools store activity descriptions, teaching links, featured selections and version history. Hosting and network providers process connection information to deliver and protect the website.
Downloads and linked sites
Read your report before sharing it. External resources and reading partners have their own account, saving and privacy practices. Use fictional examples when a guided conversation asks you to provide one.
Questions
Contact the creator ↗ with the activity title and a brief description. Keep student records and personal information out of support messages.