Peer Programming

Effective October 28, 2026. These rules apply to everyone on Peer Programming: students, instructors, parents, and partner organizations' staff.

Be kind

Treat everyone with respect. No bullying, harassment, hate speech, threats, or sexual content, in chat, in Google Meet, or anywhere else you're part of Peer Programming. Disagree about code, never about people.

Keep it about learning

Use class chat and direct messages for the class. Don't ask anyone for their address, phone number, social media, or photos, and don't share your own. Keep conversations on Peer Programming instead of moving them somewhere else.

Protect your class

Never share your class's join link, join code, or meeting link with anyone outside the class. Join Google Meet with the name on your Peer Programming account, so everyone knows who's there and your attendance counts.

Instructors

Be on time and stay until the end. Meet students only in scheduled sessions on Peer Programming, never anywhere else. In a group class, press Start session to open the meeting. If someone you don't know is in the call and isn't in your class, press New meeting link at the top of your class chat: your class gets a new link and they don't. If they are in your class (anyone signed in as a student can join a listed class from the class list), or someone in your class shouldn't be there, for example an adult, remove them from the class and leave "Also give the class a new meeting link" ticked. Tell us right away either way. Tell us right away if anything makes you worried about a student's safety.

Parents and guardians

You can add your child to a class from the class list or with a class link. If your account is linked to your child's (your child can invite you from their account), you can read everything your child sees and sends in their classes. Group sessions are for the class's students and instructors, and a Peer Programming moderator may also join to check the session is safe. Parents don't join them. If something worries you, tell us.

Reporting a problem

To report a message (one you received, or your child's if your account is linked to theirs), hover over it (or tap it on a phone) and press the red megaphone icon, or email [email protected]. If someone is in danger, contact local emergency services first, and if you're a student, tell a trusted adult. We read every report.

If someone breaks these rules

Your instructor may remove a student from a group class. We may remove someone from a class, end a 1-on-1 pairing, or close an account. When a student is involved, we may contact their parents or guardians.