Acceptable Use Policy
Supervising
Control of the technology will be the responsibility of the entire administration and faculty of each department. Immediate control will be the responsibility of the teacher supervising students using the materials and equipment.
Violations
The computer user is responsible for his/her actions and activities within his/her account. Unacceptable uses of computer systems and technology equipment will result in the suspension or revocation of privileges.
The following is not a complete list of unacceptable uses, but are some examples of unacceptable use:
- Access, create, download or display offensive or obscene messages or pictures
- Use obscene or defamatory language
- Participate in unauthorized Internet "chat" rooms, blogs and email
- Install, download or play games or programs of any kind without permission of the school personnel(Computers are for academic use only.)
- Give out personal information about themselves or another student such as their name, address,phone number or location
- Harass, insult, defame or attack others
- Damage computers altering computer systems or computer networks
- Violate copyright laws, such as illegally installing or copying of software
- Try to obtain or use another person's password
- Trespass in another's folders, work or files, vandalizing the data of another user
- Posting anonymous messages or attributing one's communications to another individual
- Intentionally waste limited resources such as paper, data storage space, time online
- Employ the network for financial gain
- Gaining unauthorized access to resources
- Neglecting to log out all programs and the network when users leave the computer station
All Fulton County computers are monitored electronically.
Failure to follow these guidelines can also violate the Official Code of Georgia, OCGA, Codes 16-9-90, 16-9-91, 16-9-92, 16-9-93, and 16-9-93.1 as well as United States Public Law 106-554, known as the Children's Internet Protection Act.