Participants need to give consent for their voices to be recorded, transcribed, and hosted on Fora. It is important for you to ensure you have the proper consent from each participant before uploading your conversations onto the platform.
In most conversations, you can do this verbally. For minors (aged 13-18), additional consent is required.
Verbal Standard consent
For participants age 18+, the conversation facilitator will read the following statement and ask each participant to say "I agree" before the conversation continues:
As a participant in this conversation, you are providing consent to [name of partner organization] to use the recording in accordance with its mission. You also understand that the conversation will be part of a collection of Cortico's Platform, whose mission is to foster conversations in communities and in the media that improve our understanding of one another. Cortico, will collect, retain, and analyze these conversations in keeping with that mission.
If you understand and agree to this, please say “I agree”.
Minor consent
For conversations involving participants between the ages of 13-18, parents/guardians must complete the following consent form before the conversation:
Parent/Guardian Conversation Consent
[Name of Organization]
[Brief 1 - 2 sentence description of specific project and partnership]
These conversations will be collected and recorded in partnership with Cortico, our technology partner. Cortico is providing its platform to host all recorded conversations and make them searchable and accessible.
Please email [point person email] if you have any questions about this effort.
Thank you for reviewing the consent language below that will be shared with all participating youth at the conversation. We will need the permission of a parent/guardian to allow participation:
As a participant in this conversation, you are providing consent to [name of partner organization] to use the recording in accordance with its mission. You also understand that the conversation will be part of a collection of Cortico, whose mission is to foster conversations in communities and in the media that improve our understanding of one another. Cortico will collect, retain, and analyze these conversations in keeping with that mission.
You are encouraged only to offer a first name or pseudonym by which you can be called during the conversation. The conversation may be shared in accordance with the aims of [name of partner]. For that reason, we encourage folks to share only what they are willing to have heard or reported on the internet or elsewhere.
You may request a redaction if you say something during the conversation that you would like removed from the recording. Please email help@fora.io to request a redaction. While we will honor these requests at all times, we advise that participants make their request as soon as possible after the conversation has completed.
Student Name:_____________________________
Parent/Guardian Name:____________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature:_________________________ Date Signed:_____________