Barren County Barren County SchoolsSchools

Student Technology Student Technology Acceptable Use Acceptable Use

Policy Policy (AUP)(AUP)

2014-2015 2014-2015

• Computers are the Computers are the property of the Barren property of the Barren County School System County School System and any information and any information stored on them is also stored on them is also property of the Barren property of the Barren County School System.County School System.

• StudentsStudents will not will not engage in any illegal engage in any illegal activity including activity including copyright copyright infringement, infringement, vandalism, or vandalism, or harassment on the harassment on the computer.computer.

• You will be financially You will be financially responsible for any malicious responsible for any malicious damage or vandalism that you damage or vandalism that you cause.cause. Vandalism is any attempt to harm Vandalism is any attempt to harm or destroy the computer, the or destroy the computer, the operating system, or any operating system, or any applications installed on the applications installed on the computer; computer;

or to tamper with another or to tamper with another person’s data.person’s data.

• You may not alter the You may not alter the setup of any school setup of any school computers or load computers or load programs without the programs without the expressed permission of expressed permission of the School Technology the School Technology Coordinator and/or Coordinator and/or principal.principal.

• The network The network administrators and the administrators and the District Technology District Technology Coordinator have the right Coordinator have the right to access any information to access any information stored in your user stored in your user directory, in your directory, in your computer email account, computer email account, or on the current screen.or on the current screen.

• You cannot visit sites that have no educational purpose.

• All of your internet traffic of site visits and duration of time on the pages are logged.

• You may not knowingly download / upload inappropriate graphics or text from the internet or via email.

• Accessing audio or video services via the internet without the permission of the teacher and the District Technology Coordinator is strictly prohibited.

• You must not access newsgroups, chat rooms, or similar devices.

The use of your school email is for educational purposes only.

The content of your mail will be randomly checked.

You cannot open, forward, or create chain letters, joke of the day, prayer of the day, or any other form of non-educational email.

All third party email accounts (i.e. hotmail, yahoo mail, etc.) are prohibited.

You cannot change or add desktop and email backgrounds.

You must not attempt to access the network with other user accounts or give your account information to another user. Doing so will result in the immediate loss of your user account and computer privileges.

Your user account, which gives you access to the internet, email, and your home folder, may be terminated and privileges taken away if you do not follow these AUP guidelines.