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COMPUTER
USE POLICIES
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No food or drinks are allowed in classrooms or computer labs.
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No children should be left unattended on campus.
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No pornography or risque/indecent material is to be viewed from the campus network or on college owned computers.
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Any illegal copy or transfer of copyrighted materials
(such as movies, music, or software) is prohibited.
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Peer-to-peer file-sharing software is prohibited.
- Users
in laboratory rooms must be mindful of other people. Please
maintain a quiet environment.
- College
resources are for instructional purposes only.
- Avoid
bringing viruses or virus-infected disks into any computing
area. Always have your disks scanned for viruses.
- Do
not change configurations on any computer on campus. (Do not install software on any computer on campus.
Only Computer Services staff is authorized to install software on campus.)
- Users
must back up their work on their own disks. Do not try to
store confidential work on College computers. College resources
may not be private, and documents may be subject to the
Georgia Open Records Act.
- Students
should not connect any computer equipment to the campus
network without approval from Computer Services.
- Prior
to attempting to access computing resources, guests and
visitors seeking to use computers facilities must secure
approval from the Office of College and Community Services
who in turn will check with appropriate persons for validation.
Some laboratories may require all users to sign in.
- Credit
and non-credit classes always have priority in laboratories.
Computer labs have schedules postedon the Computer Services
Website and outside of room 132C.
- Misrepresentation
of authorization, identity, or relationship with the College
for the purpose of obtaining or using computer or network
resources will lead to expulsion from the campus.
- E-Mail
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 constitutionally
guarantees the privacy of e-mail and provides for prosecution
of violators who access financial or personal data. However,
Waycross College cannot guarantee that individual e-mail
messages are private or secure.
- Users
must use e-mail only in support of academic pursuits
or College business.
- Occasional
monitoring for maintenance and problem resolution of
the e-mail system may be expected. System administrators
will respect privacy in so far as possible.
- Remember
that your password is secret and should not be given
out. If you are using college resources to send material
that would embarrass you or hurt others - don't send
it.
- Avoid
fraudulent, defamatory, harassing, obscene, or threatening
messages or any other communications which might cause
harm or be prohibited by law.
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is relatively easy to identify not only the institution
but also the individual sending inappropriate messages.
Be aware that the Internet is not a secure network.
Do not attempt to access files or accounts other than
your own. Students must fill out and sign the Student
E-Mail Account Request form, which can be obtained from
the Computer Lab or Student Life.
- World
Wide Web
Waycross College has established a presence on the WWW to
promote the institution, to provide information about the
school, and to extend its educational reach beyond the physical
campus. Documents placed on the Waycross College Website
must adhere to the following guidelines:
- All
pages should be approved by the Waycross College Webmaster
before being placed on the World Wide Web.
- Pages
should not violate copyrights or other restrictions
- Production
will be limited to faculty/staff authorized to act for
their departments/ divisions/organizations.
Required for compatibility:
- Link
to the Waycross College home page
- Date
of last update
- Name
and e-mail address of person responsible for the page
- Full
name of department/division/organization in title or
document text
- Navigational
aids if needed due to size of documents
- Use
a spell checker and have someone read your document(s)
- Active
links to mentioned Web sites
- Check
finished document with appropriate browsers
- Users
must comply with the regulations and policies of news groups,
mailing lists, and other public forums through which they
may disseminate messages.
- Administrators
of College computing systems will perform their duties fairly,
in cooperation with the user community, the appropriate
higher-level administrators, University System policies,
and funding sources. System administrators will respect
the privacy of users as far as possible and will refer all
disciplinary matters to appropriate authorities. Student
violations of these policies will be considered a violation
of the student conduct code.
- Students,
faculty, and staff who believe they have been unfairly denied
access to computing resources at Waycross College may appeal
to the Vice President and Dean or the Vice President for
Business Affairs.
COMPUTER
RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SERVICES
Waycross
College is committed to management procedures and allocation
of computer resources and services that will ensure adequate
support for quality instruction, student development, public
service and general institutional administrative activities.
Defining institutional and unit goals and needs through the
college planning process is the first step leading to the
best use of all institutional resources. This goal-oriented
planning is prerequisite to the allocation of resources and
provision of needed services throughout the college. Computer
services consists of academic and administrative computing.
The College's
Electronic Data Processing Committee serves as the advisory
and planning committee on matters relating to computing. This
committee has responsibility for maintaining a three-year
Electronic Data Processing Plan for the college which defines
and monitors plans, inventories, facilities, standards, priorities,
and anticipated needs and/or changes.
Individual
institutional units are responsible for the required planning
necessary to link their computer needs directly to institutional
budget, decision making and resource allocation procedures
as followed at the college. The administrative organization
for computer services and required planning for resource allocation
are outlined in the Waycross College three-year Electronic
Data Processing Plan.
COMPUTER
USE
Waycross
College is committed to the increased use of instructional
technology including computers and all of their peripheral
components. Students, faculty, staff, and administration are
encouraged to explore and apply the capabilities of computing.
Computer resources at Waycross College are available in offices,
the computer lab, the Academic Support Center, the English
computer lab, and the library.
As in
all situations where shared equipment and other people are
involved, the computer user does have responsibilities: to
others in an open environment, to the equipment, and to those
who are providing the services being used. These policies
are intended to comply with legal and University System requirements
and to provide guidance to users. However, the constantly
changing technical conditions in computing will require that
many decisions affecting computer use will have to be made
by knowledgeable people at the time they are needed rather
than prescribed in advance. If these policies do not provide
necessary answers to questions, the user is advised to seek
out a person who supervises computer resources. These policies
apply to all users of computer equipment at Waycross College.
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