INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY - [PART B]

Computer Facilities Use Agreement:

As a student at St Edmund’s College, I will:-
respect the computer equipment, and take care of the equipment and rooms;
report any faulty, damaged or missing equipment immediately to my teacher;
NEVER allow anyone else to use my account or give my password to anyone else;
NEVER use another student’s account or tamper with another student’s account in any way;
NEVER attempt to change the system in any way or to bypass security;
report any security lapses that I may discover; (Do not go looking for security problems, as this will be construed as an illegal attempt to gain access to the system);
NEVER download program files or documents onto the College network;
NEVER install unauthorised computer programs onto the network or into my home directory;
use the printing facilities wisely;
leave the computing facilities neat and tidy
obtain and take my diary signed by my teacher if I wish to use the computers during another class period.

Student Email Acceptable Usage Agreement:

As a student at St Edmund’s College, I will:-
be a responsible Email user and respect the rights of others;
understand that as an official St Edmund’s College Email account holder, my communications must be consistent with the high standards of our College;
not allow another student to use my Email;
only access my College Email account while on the College network.  I will not use any other Email programs or Web mail;
NEVER threaten, abuse or harass any other user;
NEVER send offensive, racist or sexist messages; (a misspelled word will be treated as its correctly spelled equivalent).

Student Internet Acceptable Use Agreement:

 As a student at St Edmund’s College, I will:-
only access material on the internet that is directly related to my College work during school time;
be aware that I may encounter material that would be considered offensive or inappropriate because of obscene, pornographic, racist, violent  or illegal content .  Accordingly I am responsible for monitoring and appropriately rejecting information or links accessed by me. Hence I will not intentionally attempt to retrieve, view, store or disseminate such inappropriate material;
restrict my use to the internet and will not use chat channels, news or other services without the permission of my teacher;
not download or use software, games or music;
acknowledge any ideas or material of others that I use in my work by listing their source in a bibliography and clearly indicating any directly quoted material;
not reveal any personal contact details about myself, or others, on the web.  This includes home, College and work addresses, email addresses, telephone and credit card numbers;
not use the internet for business purposes, financial gain or for political purposes;
accept that my internet usage is monitored by the College and that I am responsible for the sites visited by my login .

 As a student at St Edmund’s College, I will:-
observe all copyright laws, including those relating to computer software;
respect the rights and privacy of other users;
report any obscene or offensive material I encounter;
accept that St Edmund’s College has the right to monitor all activities on the College’s network. 
realise that, if I do not abide by the above rules, the penalties as outlined in the Information Technology Acceptable Use Policy will be applied.

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