Community Questions

Everyone who completes a course or programme at aali. While you are still studying you can enter the space of your own cohort. Joining is free and does not depend on buying more courses (draft).

Once your completion is recorded, we email an invitation to the address on your account. Accept it, create your profile and agree to the honor code. The platform's address appears in the invitation [platform: to be confirmed].

Check your spam folder and the address on your account first. If it is not there a few days after your completion shows in your account, write to support with your name and the name of your course.

Each course has a space for its cohort, and the boards are organised by topic, city and sector. You can filter the member directory the same way; it lists only those who chose to appear in it.

Members see your name and the courses you completed. You decide whether to show your employer, city and way of contact, and you can hide your profile at any time.

Begin with what you share: a course, a board topic or an event. Write a short first message that says who you are and why you write. A member may decline to reply, and that is fine.

You can message members who allow messages. A member can turn them off, block you or report them, and repeated unwanted messages break the conduct policy.

Post in your cohort space or on the boards what you want to study and when. Several members may form a small group; aali does not assign partners and does not promise mentors, since the groups are voluntary.

Use the space set aside for opportunities. Keep your post factual, one post per topic with no repeats, and do not use the other boards to sell or recruit. aali does not check or endorse any opportunity.

Open the notification settings in your profile to mute a board, a group or the whole community. To leave a group, choose Leave on its page; you can rejoin later.

Virtual panels and talks, book clubs, local meetings and, from time to time, a larger gathering of learners. The calendar shows what is coming [events programme: draft].

Open the events calendar in the community or the events page of this site, and register with your account. You then get a confirmation and a reminder before the day.

Many are free for members. If an event has a fee, it is shown before you register. An organiser may not charge without aali's agreement [fees: to be confirmed].

Some are, when this is announced in advance. You may keep your camera and microphone off or use the chat. Do not record, or share a recording, yourself without permission.

Write to the organiser or support when you register, and the accommodations policy applies: step-free access, a sign-language interpreter, captions or a written text of the talks.

An organiser is a volunteer learner who sets up meetings or events for a city, sector or interest. They welcome members, keep to the code and report problems.

You need to have completed a course, to be in good standing under the honor code, and to apply with a short plan. The team replies and gives a short briefing [criteria: draft].

We give guidance, a template for announcements, a place in the calendar and a point of contact. As for funding or venues: [support for organisers: to be confirmed].

Pick a public, well-lit venue and announce the place and time in the calendar. Say plainly who is welcome, keep to the honor code, make reasonable arrangements for access, and collect no personal data or fees without aali's agreement.

Start with people's safety, ask the person to stop or leave if needed, and tell support the same day. We take it from there under the conduct policy; you are not expected to investigate.

The honor code and the conduct policy: respect, honesty and discretion, with no harassment, no discrimination and no selling on the boards. Read them when you join; they apply in every space.

We hear the people involved and choose a step that fits: a conversation, a warning, a limit in a space, a suspension or removal. The decision can be reviewed under the appeals policy.

Use Report on a post or profile, or write to support. You can ask that your name be kept from the other person as far as fairness allows [confidential channel: to be confirmed].

Only in spaces that say so. Promotion elsewhere, including private messages to members, is removed. Recommending a book or a tool within a discussion is welcome.

Members see it. Treat other members' stories as confidential: pass on what you learned, not who said it, and do not post screenshots of private spaces without permission.