COV Video Content Guidelines

These are "content guidelines" for our COV learning community videos. This list is subject to change, and your input is welcome.

1- Contributed videos should be appropriate to show in K-12 classrooms. While not all content needs to be necessarily "appropriate" at an intellectual/cognitive level for primary age students, the words and language used should at all times be appropriate. (i.e. no profanity, derogatory language, racist language, etc.)

2- Themes of contributed videos should be generally positive and constructive. Issues can certainly be addressed as "Public Service Announcements" (PSAs) which are contentious and challenging to communities, but topics should be addressed in a way that is always appropriate. Use the "school board litmus test." Is the video appropriate to show and share at a local school board meeting? If not, it is likely not appropriate to be shared here on our COV learning community.

3- Remember the videos you create not only represent yourself and your school, but also your community and our state. We want to put our best foot forward. This does not mean we want to avoid all topics which could be controversial or difficult (addressing drug abuse, teen pregnancy, etc. in a PSA or service learning video can be VERY appropriate, for example) but it does mean we want to consider our audience and purpose. In general, most videos created and shared here should focus on some aspect of oral history, community history, school history, family history, or state geography.