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AUP PART 3
include component="comments" page="AUP PART 3 ACCEPTABLE USE OF LAPTOPS A" limit="10" Acceptable Use of Laptops Students with laptop computers will be asked to follow the procedures listed below: o Students are only allowed to bring into College laptops that have been certified by the College and display the official DCS certified logo. This process will enable the College to ensure that all laptops meet our minimum specifications and are ready installed with items including school based software, printing and Internet services. The logo on the laptop will quickly allow teaching and administration staff to identify certified laptops and prevent any non – supervised laptop from being used on the College premises. Any student bringing into College a non‐ certified laptop will be reported to the Director of ICT for appropriate action. o Students must take reasonable precautions to safeguard the physical security of the laptops. When in school the computer should always be under direct control of the student or stored in a secure location. The College will be providing new, more secure lockers for all students next year. Students are responsible for damage or loss to laptops in their care. o The College will install a secure, encrypted wireless network for users. A firewall will be installed to deter external access to the network, and a content filter will be installed to prohibit unauthorised access to undesirable material on the Internet, for example, chat rooms, ‘MSN’ etc. These protective tools will be regularly monitored by staff. Teachers in the classroom will also direct laptop use in the same manner as other teaching resources, such as textbooks, are currently used. It is possible for the teacher to monitor all student laptop use from their own computer, in addition, of course, to circulating normally around the class. Appropriate behaviour will be enforced through technology, but this is secondary to the primary model: motivating our students to make the right decisions.
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