CISD TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Responsible Use

Employee Responsible Use

User account is to be used mainly for educational purposes, but some limited personal use is permitted (Doesn’t interfere with instructional responsibilities)

District may suspend or revoke your access if you violate the rules

Employee Responsible Use

Technology Department is exclusively responsible for installing and supporting all approved software on district computers

Selection of all new software begins with the CISD software evaluation form and is finalized through approval of the Technology Department

Employee Responsible Use

All original software will be stored at the technology center

Inappropriate Use

Attempting to disable any Internet filtering deviceBorrowing someone’s accountDownloading or using copyrighted information

without permission from the copyright holderPosting messages or accessing materials that are

abusive, obscene, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, damaging to another’s reputation, or illegal

Inappropriate Use

Wasting school resources through improper use of the computer system

Gaining unauthorized access to restricted information or resources

Posting messages to multiple users, which are not related to school business (chain letters, personal advertisements, etc.)

Inappropriate Use

Wasting school personnel resources by making computers inaccessible through either physical environment or blocking remote access by password changes, program deletion or screen savers, etc.

Sharing of security passwords or features for logon or applications or promoting activity to discover security passwords or features

Inappropriate Use

Leaving computer unattended by authorized user and/or not logging off system or secure program

Participating in any chat room accessed on the Internet

System Access

Employees and students in grades 2-12 will be assigned individual accounts

District requires that all employee passwords and student passwords in grades 8-12 be changed every 45 days (a forced password change will be initiated after 90 days)

All users will be required to sign a user agreement annually for issuance or renewal of an account

System Access

System users will have 1 gig of data storage available on the network

System users must purge electronic mail with established retention guidelines (10 meg storage on network)

System users must not move computers or telephones

System Access

Students may not distribute personal information about themselves or others by means of the electronic communications system

A student who gains access to inappropriate material is expected to discontinue the access as quickly as possible and to report the incident to the supervising teacher

System Access

A student knowingly bringing prohibited materials into the school’s electronic environment will be subject to suspension of access and/or revocation of privileges on the District’s system and will be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct

Caution!

Think before you post to a social networking site Twitter Facebook My Space Flickr

School Board Policy DH Local

Remember that:

My computer use is not private and that the District will monitor my activity on the computer system

Board PolicyCQ Local