|
These are the rules and policies of the Open Computer Lab. We ask that you follow these rules to make eveyone's stay more enjoyable.
1) Only currently registered 4Cs students, Suffolk, UMass Boston and Dartmouth 2+2 students, may use the computer lab facilities. You will need your username and password located on your current class schedule to log into all computers on campus. You can receive help logging in in the open lab in TE116 or by calling the Student Help Desk at 508-375-4004 or 4004 from a campus phone.
2) To keep our machines in good condition, food and drink are not allowed in any computer lab or classroom on campus. Please drink and/or eat in the hall and discard or finish your food and/or drink before you enter these room. This policy will be strictly enforced so please help up by cooperating. We thank you in advance for helping maintain our equipment in good condition.
3) To save your work in progress you will need to provide a 3½ inch, high density diskette and/or a 100MB or 250MB Zip disk. All computer labs and classrooms have Zip 250 drives which accept Zip 250 and Zip 100 disks. Please be aware that Zip 100 disks periodically fail when used in the Zip 250 drives. We are not responsible for data loss in these drives and we strongly recommend that you back up all of your work. This semester each currently registered student will have a personal 100MB (Y:\) drive located on our server and backed up each night. This is your personal space and is accessed with your username and password. Do not give out your username and password or you will give someone access to your personal space. You will also be breaking our acceptable use policy and can jepordize your computer priviledges. Please be aware that our security system clears the (C:\) drive each time it reboots. If you save your work to the (C:\) drive it will be lost.
4) Printing in the lab is for class work only. Please review your work before printing to avoid wasting paper and toner and please do not print your personal work. This includes personal Internet downloads, personal pictures, and email.
5) You are welcome to access your email or surf the web for fun from our computers. Please surf responsibly. You will be asked to give up your machine if people are waiting in line. Remember, some people need to complete work assignments and do not have a computer at home.
6) The lab is not designated as a "quiet" zone. Many group projects must be completed in the open lab and there is often conversation among group members. If you find the noise bothers you you may try the Writing Resource Center in TEG02 or bring headphones and the CD music of your choice.
7) Children are not allowed to use the computers in the open lab as it is designated for "current students only." If your child must accompany you please be considerate of others and be sure your child has something to occupy him while you are working on the computer. To be fair and considerate of others working, we prefer that your children not come in the lab unless there is an emergency or you have no alternative to finish you work.
8) There is a lab attendant in the open lab at all times and he/she can assist you with functional use of the equipment and basic questions about the software. Please be aware that the lab attendant is not a tutor. If you need help with understanding or completing an assignment, please see your instructor and/or sign up for tutoring in the Tutoring Center.
Cape Cod Community College
Electronic Resources Access and Use Guidelines
1) By accessing College electronic information systems you assume personal responsibility for their appropriate use and agree to comply with all applicable College policies and procedures as well as external networks' policies and procedures, local, state and federal laws and regulations.
2) You are solely responsible for your access and use, and may not transfer or share your passwords or account except as expressly authorized in writing by the Executive Director of Information Technology Services(ITS).
3) Cape Cod Community College electronic resources are provided to support the college mission. Uses such as private business use or use for personal gain, non-profit activities, advertising and fundraising not related to the college are prohibited. Excessive personal use for activities such as game playing, financial transactions or communicating with family and friends is also prohibited.
4) Uses that threaten the integrity of any system or its contents, the function of resources accessed through the system, the privacy or safety of anyone, or that are illegal are forbidden.
5) Misuse can lead to penalties up to and including loss of system access, employment termination or expulsion from classes or from the college. In addition, some activities may lead to risk of personal legal liability, both civil and criminal. Use common sense: the same rules of courtesy, ethics, morality and law apply here as elsewhere.
6) All persons accessing the College's electronic resources are covered by these guidelines, whether faculty, staff, students, trustees, volunteers, emeriti or retired persons, guests, or any other user.
7) All electronic resources of the College are covered by these guidelines, including without limitation all networks, supporting backbones and links, stand-alone computers, output devices, shared computers, and connecting resources of any kind, including any external networks.
8) You should not assume that anything received, sent or stored on any of these systems is private. The College generally, and system administrators specifically, will respect the privacy of users. However, these systems are not provided or intended for sending or receiving private or confidential communications. If material is stored electronically rather than in paper files, it must be just as accessible to others who need access to those files as any paper file would be. In addition, system administrators have access to all mail and user access requests and will monitor them as necessary to assure efficient performance and appropriate use. If access discloses improper or illegal use, it may be reported and penalized. Legal process, including requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act, may also compel disclosure.
9) Each user must respect the privacy of every other user. You may not attempt to access, copy, modify or otherwise view or use the passwords, data, or electronic resources of any other user, except as expressly authorized in writing by the Executive Director of Information Technology Services(ITS).
10) You may not represent yourself as someone else, or send messages that appear to originate from someone else ("spoofing").
11) You have free speech and academic freedom rights in electronic forms of communication as you do in other forms of communication. However, your responsibilities may be somewhat different because of the nature of the medium. Electronic messages may be accessible to unintended audiences. The College will not impose restraints or monitor content of communications except as required by applicable law and system administration requirements. Your communications are subject to such laws, including those regarding others' rights to privacy, licensing or copyright, prohibition of defamation, or prohibition of harassment or stalking, and the consequences of violations can be severe.
12) Your access to resources of the College, including access to electronic resources, is a privilege and not a right.
13) You must observe classroom and computer lab policies and procedures, and comply with instructions of support staff in the computer labs and ITS staff. In particular, you will vacate workstations or the facility and will surrender other resources (such as printers and software) promptly when asked to do so both at closing times and when necessary to permit access by others.
14) You should assume that anything you access may be copyrighted. Absence of a © notice does not mean that the material is not copyrighted. That means that, for example, before you download a document, an image, or any other media to your web page, you should ask the author's permission.
15) You have full responsibility for statements made via the electronic resources of the College, including statements on any personal Web pages. Such statements do not represent the opinions of the College or any other member of the College community. Your personal Web page should include the following disclaimer at the bottom of the first page: "This space is provided as a service by Cape Cod Community College. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the College."
16) The following list is provided as an illustration, but not an exhaustive list, of the kinds of uses that could subject you to penalties by the College or by outside authority:
Harassment, such as repeated unwanted communication or communication that threatens;
Violation of others' privacy;
Destruction or damage to equipment, software or data of the College or others;
Violation of computer system security;
Use of computer accounts or access codes without permission, or permitting another unauthorized person to use accounts or access codes;
Violation of copyright or software license agreements;
Negligent or deliberate inappropriate use of the resource in ways that degrades service for other users, including viruses, Trojan Horses, worms and the like;
Academic dishonesty;
Violation of College policy or local, state or federal law;
Using computer resources for any purpose which is criminal, unethical, dishonest, damaging to the reputation of the College, or likely to subject the College to liability.
17) Consequences and process will depend on the violation. When required to protect others or system integrity, immediate termination, removal of pages or other materials, or suspension of user privileges may occur. Otherwise, the user will normally be notified of the alleged infraction and will have an opportunity to respond to a person or body separate from system administration, and will have an opportunity to appeal. The process used will depend on the nature of the alleged infraction, and could be heard under the Judicial Process, Senate Policy 2.065; Student Violation of College Rules and Regulations, Senate Policy 8.045; Disciplinary Action, Support Staff Policies and Procedures 1.12; Affirmative Action or Sexual Harassment complaint procedures, or other appropriate college procedures, or could be referred to outside legal authorities where violations of local, state or federal law are involved. Penalties imposed may range from warnings to suspension of privileges for a temporary, definite, or indefinite period, to termination of employment or expulsion from classes or from the College, to civil suit or criminal prosecution and the penalties resulting from those actions.
Thank you for keeping the lab an enjoyable place to work by adhering to these rules. If you have any questions, please call Jim Doherty, , college extension 4494 or the Director of Information Technology Services at extension 4701.
|
