Frequently Asked Questions

WFDF Academy is designed according to World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines level AA. This means participants can:

• Enlarge text by zooming in.
• Read the text and view images that have a high contrast to their background.
• Change the background and text color and fonts using browser plugins.
• Navigate the website using only a keyboard.
• Navigate using a screen-reader and speech-recognition software.
• Listen to texts and image descriptions using a screen-reader (such as NVDA).

Alter This Site to Suit Individual Needs

WFDF Academy features an accessibility toolbar throughout the site, which allows participants to customize the site to their visual needs, such as changing text sizes, color schemes and text-to-speech.

To activate accessibility features, when logged in:

• Click your name or profile picture in the top right corner
• Click'Accessibility'
• Click the 'Font Type' or 'Enable Accessibility Toolbar'to enable features

To delete an account:

• Click the name or profile picture in the top right corner 
• Click 'Profile'
• Scroll to the 'Privacy and Policies' section
• Click 'Delete my Account'

This action is irreversible and the account cannot be restored. All course progress, certificates and badges will be lost.

To merely stop email notifications of forum posts, view the FAQ 'Stopping Forum Emails'.

If a participant is not receiving emails, they are likely going to the junk/spam mailbox. The participant should check this and ensure academy [at] wfdf.sport is marked as ‘not junk’.

A participant’s password can be reset by visiting the Reset Password link and inputting either the email address. A password reset email should be immediately received.

To update a profile, when logged in:

• Click the name or profile picture in the top right corner
• Click 'Profile'
• Click 'Edit Profile'
• Edit the desired fields
• Click 'Update Profile'

By default, the time zone is set to Central European Time. All deadlines and times in WFDF Academy are set relative to the participant's time zone set. 

If some fields cannot be edited, please contact WFDF Academy to change them.

Courses and their content is primarily created in English but a participant can set WFDF Academy’s system language of the major languages.

To change the system language, when logged in:

• Click the name or profile picture in the top right corner 
• Click 'Language'
• Click the preferred language

WFDF welcomes and invites stakeholders in the community to support:

• Suggest and vote on course and webinar topics
• Collaborate to develop and create content and courses
• Translate content and courses into more languages
• Provide general feedback

Please contact WFDF Academy for more information.

WFDF Academy content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives International 4.0, meaning that it can be reused under specific conditions:

• Credit must be given to the content creator
• Only non-commercial use of the content is permitted (non-commercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation)
• No derivatives or adaptations of the content are permitted 

The purpose of this license is for alignment in the Flying Disc Sports’ community.

National Federations and the wider community are encouraged to promote, incorporate and collaborate with WFDF Academy. 

Please contact WFDF Academy to support in developing content to maximize reach and impact.

Participants will continue to have access to courses after evaluations and completion so content can be reviewed, any outstanding requirements completed, to provide feedback and/or to download the certificate/badge.

For participants without consistent access to the internet, some courses and their content can be downloaded for viewing and completion without an active internet connection.

To download a course:

• Download the mobile application
• Login using the site and your account details
• After logging in, click '…' on a course and then 'Download Course'

Courses and their content are primarily created in English.

For self-study content, it is recommended to install a translator such as in Google Chrome or installing the Google Translate toolbar extension on another browser to support the translation of content. English text takes precedence in all courses.

Participants and members of the community are encouraged to contact WFDF Academy to support in translating content into different languages to maximize reach and impact.

Generally no presentation slides will be shared with participants; participants should take their own notes throughout. Other resources may be available for download via the Academy.

Generally, no printed resources will be provided in an effort to protect the environment; resources and certificates will be distributed digitally.

Certification Course recordings may be available for viewing afterwards.

Webinar recordings will be available for viewing afterwards.

Participants receive emails from WFDF Academy when they are subscribed to one or more forums.

To stop forum emails:

• Access the email
• Scroll to the bottom of the text
• Click on one of the following (log in required to take the chosen action):
  • Choose 'Unsubscribe from Forum' to stop receiving any notifications from that specific forum
  • Choose 'Unsubscribe from this Discussion' to stop receiving replies to that particular discussion thread 
  • Choose 'Change your Forum Digest Preferences' to generally control how and when email notifications are received

Videos based on YouTube can be viewed with subtitles in different languages.

To turn on subtitles:

• Click 'CC' on the bottom right corner of the video