Acceptable Use Policy

The implementation of the computer network at Baltimore City College provides an unlimited supply of resources and information to the community, but the system also places an enormous responsibility on all users. This document is intended to clarify those rules as they apply to our network and computer facilities.

All members of the Baltimore City College community who use the computing and information resources must act responsibly. Every user is responsible for the integrity of these resources. All users of the school's computing systems must respect the rights of other computer users, respect the integrity of the physical facilities and controls, and respect all pertinent license and contractual agreements. It is the policy of Baltimore City College that all members of its community act in accordance with these responsibilities, relevant laws and contractual obligations, and the highest standard of ethics. Users, supervising staff, and system administrators must all guard against abuses that disrupt or threaten the viability of all systems.

Access to Baltimore City College computing facilities is a privilege granted to students, faculty and staff. Baltimore City College reserves the rights to limit, restrict, or extend computing privileges and access to its information resources.

City College's computing facilities and accounts are to be used only for school-related activities.
Gaming is not permitted.
Chat rooms are prohibited except as directly related to a supervised academic assignment.
Students may make no changes, internal or external, to any school computer system, including but not limited to interface, hardware and software.
No outside software may be used or installed on school equipment.
Student work may not be saved on the internal disk of any school computer without explicit specific permission of the instructor. Students must have their own personal disks for the storing of data. Disks must be virus-free.
Computer availability is not guaranteed.
Students may print only one copy of any document.
Students may not print material from the Internet without the specific permission of the supervising teacher.
Inappropriate use, as determined by any staff member, will be considered a violation of this Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

While every effort will be made to assist students in the use of technology, City College and its employees bear no responsibility for loss or damage to student documents or disks.

Internet Use Guidelines

The Internet is a vast global network linking computers at universities, high schools, science labs and other sites. Through the Internet, one can communicate with people all over the world through a number of discussion forums, thus making it possible to speak to prominent scientists, world leaders and close friends. With such a great potential for education, also comes the potential for abuse. While questionable material does exist on the Internet, a user may not access materials that are inappropriate while using the Baltimore City College system. Failure to abide by this policy, as determined by any staff member, will result in suspension of the privilege of using the system.

Violation of any part of this Acceptable Use Policy will result in graduated consequences leading to denial of computer or Internet access.

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