Acceptable Use Policy AUP for Faculty

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Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Faculty

• ARP ISD

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Computers are NOT

• Toys for students to play on
• Babysitters for students to stay occupied with
• Excuses for students to talk through email or
  chat with friends
• Excuses for surfing the Internet without Teacher
  Direction and Monitoring

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You MUST protect the District Resources

• No student should be on a computer if SOMEONE
  else is logged onto that computerEVER!
• With one click of a mouse they can gain access to
  the entire district grade book FOLDER they
  dont need your password.
• With one click of a mouse they can delete many
  teachers resources.

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If you think a student has seen your password
---CHANGE it!

• Your login opens up all types of resources to an
  intruder
• You can be held liable by both state and federal
  laws for giving a student unauthorized access to
  district and Internet resources

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Can Students Use Email?

• Yes, all students have an email account through
  the district. HOWEVER, they are ONLY to use this
  email for school related and educational
  activities.
• PLEASE instruct students about netiquette and
  about federal law. Their email is NOT private and
  can be held against them in a court of law.
• They are NOT to email for the fun of it or for
  chatting purposes. They can email teachers
  assignments from home. They can respond to
  educational questions, etc. They are NOT to use
  email to make dates or gossip with friends.

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Can students check their Yahoo Email?

• NO!
• Why not?
• Because the CIPA federal law states that children
  will have filtered access to Internet and Mail
  resources. Yahoo and other outside mail
  providers are NOT filtered are not under the
  jurisdiction of the district.

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Nothing on the school network is private

• All activities on the school network are
  monitored
• All logs are public.
• If a child is on your computer with your login,
  then YOU will be held accountable for any and all
  activity.
• Violations of the AUP can result in harsh fines
  and jail time.

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Is it OK for my child to use my login?

• NO!
• By law, ALL ACCESS to the network, requires that
  a person read and understand the AUP.and use
  their own login name and password.
• Is there ever an exception to this rule? Only
  with permission from the Network Administrator
  who will log that time period.

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My grade book has a password
Doesnt MATTER your login and password lets a
student have access to the entire district grade
book folder. Instead of getting into YOUR Grade
book to change a grade, they could actually
delete the entire District grade book.
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When do YOU NOT Monitor Access?

• Students may NEVER be on a school computer
  without a teacher monitoring!
• Students have a tendency to go and do whatever
  practices they have developed at home or
  elsewhere.
• Many times this type of surfing or chatting is
  definitely inappropriate for school use.

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When a student is ON a Computer

• YOU are responsible for monitoring their access
  and all their use.
• All activities MUST be TEKS/TAKS based learning
  activities that are included in your lesson
  plans.
• Wasting time on a computer is NOT allowed for any
  reason at any time during the school day.

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Can a student be on a Computer

• Without a teacher in the room?
• NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Lock your room and lock your computer access.
  This is YOUR responsibility.

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Serious Consequences

• When you have finished this powerpoint, you are
  to email your principal and Dr. Rousseau STATING
• I have read the AUP and I understand it.
• Any further violations will result in a formal
  written reprimand and loss of network privileges
• We are NOT about to loose our federal funds due
  to the lack of enforcement of federal laws