Report Misuse

Report Content

Teachers, administrators, and students can report content created by a student in any school if they believe it is inappropriate or violates ThinkQuest's safety rules. When teachers and administrators report a content item it is removed from the view of students (except for the student who created it). Teachers will still be able to see the content, along with a notation indicating that it has been reported, the name of the teacher who reported it, and the reason.

Content reported by a student remains visiable and all teachers at the content author's school will receive an Inappropriate Content message.

Reported content is added to the Review Content list at the content author's school.

To report content:

1. Navigate to the page with the inappropriate content.
2. Click Report Misuse on the left side of the page.

3. Click the Report Misuse button next to the inappropriate content.
4. In the pop-up window, enter the reason you are reporting the content and click the Submit button.

5. When you are finished reporting content on the page, click Stop Reporting Misuse on the left side of the page.

6. A message will be sent to the School Administrators and teachers of the student who created the content, notifying them that content has been reported and the reason.

To reverse reported content (if it was identified in error):

1. Navigate to the page with the reported content.
2. Click Report Misuse on the left side of the page.
3. Click the Approve button next to the reported content
4. In the pop-up window, click the Remove button to confirm that you want to display the content.
5. When you are finished, click Stop Reporting Misuse on the left side of the page.

Report Content - Support Forum

Teachers, administrators, and students can report Support Forum content if they believe it is inappropriate or violates ThinkQuest's safety rules.

Reported content is added to the Review Content list at the content author's school.

To report Support Forum content:

1. Click the Report Misuse link located toward the top of the page.
2. Navigate to the topic with the inappropriate content.
3. Click the Report Misuse link on the right side of the page.
4. In the pop-up window, enter the reason you are reporting the content and click the Submit button.
5. When you are finished reporting content on the page, click Stop Reporting Misuse toward the top right of the page.

A message will be sent to the School Administrators and teachers of the student who created the content, notifying them that content has been reported and the reason.

Delete Inappropriate Content

Teachers can immediately delete inappropriate content created by a student in their school or projects. (Teachers cannot delete content created by students who are not in their schools or projects; rather, they must report the content.)

Warning! Deleted content cannot be recovered under any circumstances.

Once the content is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Therefore, teachers may want to discuss the inappropriate content with the offending student before deleting it, or print a copy for discussion with the student later.

To delete inappropriate content:

1. Navigate to the page with the inappropriate content.
2. Click Report Misuse on the left side of the page.
3. Click the Delete button next to the inappropriate content.

4. In the pop-up window, type the reason you are deleting the content and click the Delete Content button.
5. The content will immediately be deleted and a message with the reason will be sent to the student.

Safety Quiz

If a student's content has been reported, that student must pass an online Safety Quiz the next time s/he logs in to ThinkQuest Projects. The quiz consists of five randomly-generated questions that help remind students of the Safety Rules. The student must answer all five questions correctly before proceeding.

Once all questions have been correctly answered, the student is given the option to either delete or leave the reported content (if s/he wishes to edit it to remove the violation). This option is not displayed if the reported content has already been deleted by a teacher.