General
Computer/Network Usage Policies Assumption College
Electronic information resources form a critical utility at
Assumption College. All members may have access to electronic
systems as described below. Assumption expects all members
of its community to use electronic communications in a responsible
manner.The College reserves the right to remove user accounts
or access as needed to prevent further illegal acts or damage
to the operation of the electronic systems. See
the Policy Regarding Computer Software and the Assumption Sexual Harassment
Policy Statement (available from Human Resources) for related
details. (See Information Systems
Sexual Harassment Issues page.)
The College may restrict the use of its computers and network
systems for electronic communications, in response to complaints
presenting evidence of violations of other College policies
or codes, or state or federal laws. Specifically, Assumption
reserves the right to limit access to its networks through
College-owned or other computers, and to remove or limit access
to material posted on College-owned computers. These resources
are shared and limited. Their purpose is to support the academic
mission and administrative functioning of the College. The
College reserves the right to limit use of systems for strictly
entertainment purposes. The College may remove files from institutionally
owned servers that are not associated with academic work or
adminstrative functions (such as wav, quicktime, MP3 files
for example.) Personal material may be hosted by arrangement
but is subject to the other limitations described herein. The
College's e-mail and web server systems and distribution lists
may not be used to list or advertise items or services for
sale.
The College seeks to enforce its policies regarding harassment
and the safety of individuals; to protect the College against
seriously damaging or legal consequences; to prevent the posting
of proprietary software or the posting or distribution of electronic
copies of literary or other works, including audio and video
files, in disregard of copyright restrictions or contractual
obligations; to safeguard the integrity of computers, networks,
and data; and to ensure that use of electronic communications
complies with the provisions of the College Code of Conduct
(in the Student Handbook) for maintaining public order or the
educational environment.
E-mail and Internet Use
All members of the community may use e-mail and the Internet.
For e-mail an account must be set up and a password assigned.
Call Charlie Davidson of Information Technology (ext. 7596)
if you need an account. Passwords should be secure. They
should not be a word that can be found in a dictionary or
any proper noun. Mix letters and digits randomly. You should
never tell or give your password to anyone. Do not write
down your password or leave it on your computer. See Information
Technology for instructions on managing and changing your
password. Students must use a Post Office Protocol (POP)
client to access their e-mail or a web-based e-mail client
such as Houndmail. Terminal emulators should not be used to
access server e-mail. Students are resticted to 10 MB of
e-mail. E-mail directories with larger sizes may have content
deleted by Information Technology managers. The e-mail server
may not be used to archive other files (such as MP3 or commercially
produced video files) except those associated with particular
courses and when conforming with fair use and copyright law.
Faculty and staff will use e-mail software in accordance
with institutional standards. At present, most offices are
transitioning to Microsoft Exchange services and will access
their e-mail with Outlook, Entourage, or a web client.
Lab Computer Use
All members of the campus may use the public cluster machines
in the Information Technology Center, Founders, and the Library.
Users may not install or remove any software from these machines.
Some machines (such as those in the Multimedia Lab) are designed
for special applications that are not generally available
in other labs. Users needing to use these special functions
for course related work have the right to ask users of those
machines running generally available software to move to
another machine or lab. See the lab monitors for details.
Personal files should not be stored on lab machines. The
IT Center first floor houses the main public cluster lab
available during all open hours for use by any student, faculty
member, or staff member. This space may not be reserved for
group use during normal hours of operation. The labs (IT
222 and IT 223) on the second floor of the IT Center may
be reserved by faculty or staff for classes or groups on
a first-come first-served basis, where classroom use takes
priority over other uses. Contact Carmella Murphy to reserver
one of these spaces.
Administrative Computer Use
Access to the administrative computer systems is restricted
on a need-to-know basis. Each Department chair, working with
the Information Technology Department, shall establish the
access capabilities of each member of their department. Such
access capabilities shall be regularly reviewed and terminated
at the end of employment in a given position as directed
by the department chair in conjunction with the Human Resources
Department.
Other Policies
These policies are supplemented by others applying to particular
subsets of the community. It, in no way, should be construed
to contradict those policies. Please contact Dr.
Robert Fry with questions or suggestions. The Information Technology
Department operates under a collection of policies and procedures,
some of which are available on the www.assumption.edu server
and some of which are not. Contact April Ludy (x7444) for
inquiries as to other policies and procedures.
Authored by Dr.
Robert Fry
25 June 1997
Last Update: August 2004
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