Information Systems & Technology
Acceptable Use (Electronic
Access) to state the College’s policy
regarding the acceptable use of access to electronic campus and global
resources.
In order to fulfill the mission and goals of Randolph Community College,
the College provides electronic access to campus and global resources.
These resources are available to faculty, staff, and students. Selected
resources are also available to adult community members. Responsible
and ethical behavior is both expected and required.
This policy is subordinate to any local, state, and federal statutes
related to technology resources or systems. Users of these resources
are responsible for identifying and adhering to pertinent laws.
Technology used to provide electronic access includes, but is not limited
to computers, storage devices, peripheral devices, software, and networks.
This technology is provided in the library, classrooms, laboratories,
offices, administrative settings and points of remote access.
Individual departments within the College may establish rules and regulations
for the use of technology under their control. These rules and regulations
must be consistent with the overall College policy but may provide additional
guidelines or restrictions.
The College accepts and adopts the "EDUCOM Code of Software and Intellectual
Rights" as the guiding principle for acceptable use of its computing
resources:
"Respect for intellectual labor and creativity is
vital to academic discourse and enterprise. This principle applies to works
of all authors and publishers in all media. It encompasses respect for the
right to acknowledgment, right to privacy, and right to determine the form,
manner, and terms of publication and distribution. Because electronic information
is volatile and easily reproduced, respect for the work and personal expression
of others is especially critical in computer environments. Violations
of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy, unauthorized
access, and trade secret and copyright violations, may be grounds for sanctions
against members of the academic community."
Anyone who violates College policies (including this document) or applicable
law shall be subjected to disciplinary action. This action includes,
but is not limited to, prohibiting connection to or use of any campus
network, disallowance of the privilege to connect computers to the campus
network, prohibiting use of College computers to access any on-line network,
fines, restitution, probation, suspension, expulsion, termination of
employment or other action (or any combination thereof). In the case
where violations constitute criminal offense, the College will contact
appropriate state or federal authorities for prosecution.
Guidelines for Networking/Internet Access
Randolph Community College cannot guarantee absolute privacy in the use of its computing resources. The System Administrator or the Network Administrator has the right to view and monitor computer activities for the purpose of backups, network management, and other types of maintenance. It shall not be the policy of the College or its employees to routinely view files and messages, but the College reserves the right to review files and communications to maintain system integrity and insure that users are operating the system responsibly.
To ensure appropriate use of information systems and networks, users must do the following:
- Use resources only for authorized purposes
- Protect any user ID and password from unauthorized use
- Access only
files and data that are publicly available, or to which the user has
been given authorized access
- Use only legal versions of copyrighted
software in compliance with vendor license agreements
- Be considerate
in the use of shared network resources. Users should refrain from monopolizing
systems, overworking networks with excessive data transfers or downloads,
and abusing disk space on workstations or network servers with personal
data
- Immediately inform the Network Administrator of any occurrences
of a computer virus
Prohibited actions include, but are not
limited to, the following:
- Intentionally use information systems or networks to send or receive
offensive, insulting, harassing, attacking, or obscene text and/or
images
- Engage in any activity that might be harmful to systems or to
any information stored thereon, such as creating or propagating computer
viruses, disrupting services, or damaging files on workstations or
servers
- Make or use illegal copies of copyrighted software, store such
copies on the College system, or transmit them over College networks
- Attempt to circumvent, subvert, or damage system software or security
measures
- Use another person's user ID/password or trespass in another
user's files or folders without permission
- Intentionally waste limited
resources including network bandwidth
- Employ the network for commercial
purposes
- Create, modify, execute, or retransmit any computer program intended
to obscure the true identity of the sender of electronic mail or electronic
messages including, but not limited to, forgery of messages and/or
alteration of system and/or user data used to identify the sender of
messages
- Violate any copyright laws
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