This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") sets out the rules governing use of the Viva platform by all users: instructors, administrators, and students. By using the platform, you agree to comply with this AUP. This AUP is incorporated by reference into the Master Service Agreement and Terms of Service.
1. Purpose of the Platform
Viva is designed to help institutions verify that students genuinely understand the work they submit. It is to be used solely for this educational purpose. Any other use is outside the scope of this AUP and the platform licence.
2. Permitted Uses
The platform may be used for: conducting AI-powered oral assessments of students' understanding of submitted work; creating, managing, and reviewing assignments and rubrics; reviewing AI-suggested grades and setting official grades of record; listening to a student's oral interview recording within the platform (instructors, for grading review and integrity assessment, for as long as the recording is retained under the Privacy Policy); managing student accommodation profiles; exporting assessment data for institutional records; and participating in assessment as a student.
3. Rules for Institutions and Instructors
Institutions and instructors must not:
- (a) Use the platform for any purpose other than educational assessment within the institution
- (b) Share platform access or credentials with unauthorised users outside the institution
- (c) Use the platform as a disciplinary or surveillance tool beyond its stated assessment purpose
- (d) Download, screen-record, extract, or share a student's audio interview recording or any still image captured by Camera Check outside the platform, or use either for any purpose other than grading review and academic integrity assessment
- (e) Configure the platform in a way that discriminates against students on the basis of protected characteristics in ways not required by a legitimate competence standard
- (f) Use student data extracted from the platform for any purpose not permitted under the Data Processing Agreement
- (g) Attempt to circumvent or manipulate the AI assessment system to produce predetermined outcomes
- (h) Enable Camera Check for any student before the separate biometric consent required by applicable law has been obtained on the platform's standalone consent screen for that feature — including a guardian's consent where the student is below the age at which they can consent for themselves. Voice ID is offered directly to students during onboarding and is not something an institution enables; the one exception is Illinois, where an institution must sign a BIPA Rider before Voice ID is offered to its students at all.
- (i) Penalise, disadvantage, or deny assessment to a student who declines, or withdraws consent to, Voice ID or Camera Check. An alternative assessment method must be provided without detriment — meaning it must not be more time-consuming, difficult, or burdensome for the student than the declined feature would have been
- (j) Use Voice ID or Camera Check signals, still images, or any output derived from them for grading, for automated adverse decisions, for identifying a student from their face, or for inferring a student's emotions, mood, or affective state
- (k) Use the platform in a way that violates the institution's own policies, applicable law, or this AUP
4. Rules for Students
Students must not: have another person complete their oral interview on their behalf; receive real-time assistance from another person, AI tool, or notes during the live interview unless explicitly permitted by their institution; attempt to manipulate, deceive, or “game” the AI interview system; share their login credentials with any other person; record, screen-capture, or reproduce interview questions, rubrics, or assessment output without prior written permission from their institution and Viva; use automated tools, bots, or AI systems to interact with the platform on their behalf; where Camera Check is enabled, feed the camera a photograph, recording, virtual-camera stream, or other artificial video input, or arrange for another person to remain off-camera to assist, in order to defeat or mislead the check; upload harmful, abusive, or offensive content or content that violates applicable law; or attempt to access another student's account, data, or results.
5. Rules for All Users
All users are prohibited from: reverse engineering, decompiling, or extracting source code or AI model parameters; using automated tools to scrape, crawl, or bulk-extract data; introducing malware or other harmful code; attempting unauthorised access to any part of the platform, its infrastructure, or another user's data; harassing, threatening, or abusing other users; using the platform to develop, train, or benchmark competing AI products; or violating any applicable law or regulation in connection with use of the platform.
6. Institutional Responsibility
Institutions are responsible for: communicating this AUP to all users before they use the platform; enforcing compliance among their users; investigating and taking appropriate action in response to suspected violations; obtaining and documenting the separate biometric consent required before Camera Check is enabled for any student — captured on the platform's standalone consent screen for that feature, not folded into general onboarding acceptance (Voice ID consent is captured directly by Viva from each student during onboarding and does not require separate action from the institution, except in Illinois, where the institution must sign a BIPA Rider before Voice ID is offered to its students at all); and notifying Viva promptly at legal@vivaproof.com of any known or suspected violations involving the platform or student data.
7. Consequences of Violations
Viva reserves the right to: suspend or terminate the account of any user who violates this AUP, without prior notice where immediate action is necessary; remove or restrict access to violating content; notify the institution of a violation; disable Camera Check for an institution, immediately and without notice, where Viva has reason to believe it has been enabled without the required consent, or suspend Voice ID access for an institution's students where Viva has reason to believe the required consent — or, in Illinois, the required BIPA Rider — is not in place; and co-operate with law enforcement where required. Violations by students may also be referred to the institution's academic integrity process.
8. Reporting Violations
To report an AUP violation or platform security concern: legal@vivaproof.com
9. Changes
Institutions will be notified of material changes at least 30 days before they take effect.
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