The ground rules, in plain English.

1. Agreeing to these terms

These terms are an agreement between you and Perch ("we" and "us"). By installing or using the Perch Chrome extension or this website, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use Perch.

Perch is for parents, guardians and other adults helping a student, for personal and family use. You must be at least 18 to use it. Our privacy policy explains how Perch handles information, and it's part of these terms.

2. What Perch is, and isn't

Perch organizes information from your school's Canvas so it's easier to see what your kids need to do. It's a convenience, not the official record. Please keep in mind:

• Perch only knows what's in Canvas. If a teacher posts late, posts somewhere else, gives a test in class or changes a date, Perch may not show it or may show it wrong.
• Some things are estimates. "Likely" quizzes, which night homework appears on, and "hidden zeros" are Perch's best guesses from patterns in Canvas. They can be wrong.
• Information can be out of date. Perch shows what it last loaded from Canvas, which may not reflect recent changes.
• Canvas and teachers have the final word. For due dates, grades and anything important, check Canvas or ask the teacher. Perch isn't responsible for missed work, grades or school decisions.

Perch is an independent product. It isn't affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Instructure (the company behind Canvas) or by any school or district. Canvas is a trademark of Instructure, Inc.

3. Your Canvas account

• Use Perch only with Canvas accounts you're allowed to use, like your own parent (observer) account. Don't use it to see students you aren't authorized to see.
• You're responsible for following your school's rules and Canvas's terms for your account. Perch works through your access, so it can't give you anything your account can't already see.
• If your school or Instructure changes how Canvas works, or limits access, parts of Perch may stop working.

4. The beta

Perch is in beta. That means it's free for now, and we're still building it. Features may change, break, be removed or come back better. We may also pause or end the beta. We'll try to give beta families notice before big changes, but we can't promise it every time.

5. Fair use

Please don't:

• use Perch for anything illegal, or to access information you're not allowed to see;
• use Perch to overload, disrupt or get around the security of Canvas or any school system;
• copy, resell or redistribute Perch, or reverse engineer it to build a competing product;
• remove Perch's names, logos or notices, or present Perch as your own.

6. Ownership and feedback

Perch, including its software, design, name and logo, belongs to us. These terms let you use Perch for your family. They don't transfer any ownership to you.

Your checkmarks, plans and tasks are yours, and they stay on your computer.

We love feedback. If you send ideas or suggestions, we may use them to improve Perch without owing you anything. That's what helps us make it better for every family.

7. Paid plans

Perch is free today. When a paid plan like Perch Plus launches, we'll show its price, billing and cancellation terms clearly before you buy, and you'll have to choose it yourself. Nothing free today will start charging you automatically.

8. No guarantees

We work hard to make Perch accurate and reliable, but we can't promise it will be. To the fullest extent the law allows, Perch is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. That includes any warranty that Perch will be accurate, complete, up to date, uninterrupted, error-free, fit for a particular purpose, or free of harmful components.

9. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Perch and the people who make it won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any lost data, missed assignments, grades, or school outcomes, arising from your use of (or inability to use) Perch.

To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim about Perch is limited to the greater of what you paid us for Perch in the 12 months before the claim, or $50.

Some places don't allow these kinds of limits, so some of them may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have that can't be limited by law.

10. Ending and changes

Ending: You can stop using Perch at any time by removing it from Chrome. We may stop offering Perch, or stop offering it to someone who breaks these terms. Sections 2, 6, 8 and 9 still apply after use ends.

Changes: We may update these terms as Perch grows. When we do, we'll change the date at the top, and for big changes we'll tell beta families by email. If you keep using Perch after a change, you're agreeing to the updated terms.

The rest: If any part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce something right away, we haven't given up the right to later.

Questions about these terms? Email hello@perchplanner.com.