Internet Acceptable Use Policy

INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

EXPECTATIONS

Pupils are responsible for appropriate behaviour on the Internet just as they are in a classroom or sportsfield. Communications on the Internet are often public in nature and general school rules for behaviour and communications will therefore apply. Pupils are personally responsible for their actions in accessing and utilising the school's computer resources. Pupils are advised never to access, keep or send anything that they would not want their parents or teachers to see. It is expected that users will comply with the standards and rules set out below.

SPECIFICALLY ACCEPTABLE USES

There are limitations on our use of the Internet. All traffic coming in to our site attracts costs which are borne by the school. Students are expected to use this resource for:

  • direct educational purposes;

  • accessing information for private interests or hobbies;

  • constructive communication with other Internet users or keypals.

SPECIFICALLY UNACCEPTABLE USES

Users are not to:

  • take part in the sending or re-sending of any sort of chain letters;
  • make use of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and "Chatrooms";
  • use offensive language or language which may be deemed offensive in any written communication over the Internet;
  • attempt to access any sort of pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind whatsoever, be it via E-Mail, the World-Wide-Web or any other Internet facility;
  • use any other student's E-Mail account and thereby impersonate (and incriminate) any other user.

USE OF THE SCHOOL'S INTERNAL COMPUTER NETWORK

The pupils must appreciate the following:

  • All users are entitled to privacy of their work and therefore it is an offense to use or attempt to use another user's account / password no matter what the circumstances may be.
  • Storage capacity is at a premium and pupils are to conserve space by deleting unnecessary E-Mail or other material which takes up excessive storage space.
  • Pupils should never download or install any software onto network drives. All copyright rules must, therefore, be obeyed. Students should not attempt to install or run any software not already installed on the workstation that student is using
  • Pupils have full responsibility for their accounts and must not share their passwords with anyone, and therefore, any violations of any part of this policy that can be traced to an individual account name will be treated as the sole responsibility of the owner of that account.