Guidelines

Consequences
(KH) Students are authorized to use the district’s on-line services in accordance with user obligations and responsibilities specified below:
 * 1) Students assume full responsibility for their actions while utilizing district technology services, the Internet, or other on-line services. Students shall keep passwords, account numbers, if issued, and/or related privileged information private. Students shall access the system only by utilizing their own password andlor account number.
 * 2) Access to the system shall only be for purposes related to education. Commercial, political, and/or personal use of the district network is strictly prohibited. The district reserves the right to monitor any on-line communications for improper use. Students shall not assume that any communications over the network are private or confidential
 * 3) Users shall not use the system to encourage the use of drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, nor shall they promote unethical practices or any activity prohibited by law or district policy.
 * 4) Users shall not transmit material that is threatening, obscene, disruptive, or sexually explicit, or that could be construed as harassment or disparagement of others based on their race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion or political beliefs.
 * 5) Copyrighted material may not be placed on the system without the author’s permission. Users may download copyrighted material for their use only. Dissemination of any copyrighted material without the author’s permission is strictly prohibited and violation of this is subject to disciplinary action.
 * 6) It shall be considered plagiarism for any user to download material that is not of his/her own creation and then submit that material under his/her own name without proper credit to the author/source.
 * 7) Vandalism will result in the cancellation of privileges and may result in disciplinary and/or criminal action. Vandalism includes, but is not limited to:
 * uploading/downloading of inappropriate/damaging material
 * creating computer viruses
 * malicious attempt to harm or destroy district equipment, materials, or data of any other user
 * knowingly attempting to produce a system failure or reduce/impede system performance in any way shape or form
 * 1) Users shall not read other users’ mail or files. They shall not attempt to interfere with other users’ ability to send or receive electronic mail nor shall they attempt to read, delete, copy, modify, or forge other users’ mail.
 * 2) Users are expected to keep messages brief and use appropriate language.
 * 3) Users shall report any security problem, misuse of the network, and/or inappropriate materials to their teacher, computer aide, or principal.
 * 4) Any student who is aware of any misuse or infraction of any of the above regulations and does not report it to the teacher, computer aide, or principal shall be subject to disciplinary action and/or revocation of computer access.

Penalties
(KH) Any user who is found to be in violation of any of the aforementioned rules or regulations may be subject to the following:
 * 1) Suspension and/or termination of all network access privileges or use of district technology
 * 2) Suspension from school and/or expulsion from the Needs a Name School District
 * 3) Referral to civil law enforcement authorities for criminal prosecution
 * 4) Other legal action, including action to recover civil damages and penalties

Copyright
(JV) Copyrighted material may not be placed on the system without the author’s permission. Users may download copyrighted material for their use only. Dissemination of any copyrighted material without the author’s permission is strictly prohibited and violation of this is subject to disciplinary action.

Safety and Security
(KH) The Needs a Name School District, in compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) will provide a firewall, and filter to block any inappropriate content that may be found on the internet. The firewall and filter will allow only sites that have been deemed educational. However, the Needs a Name School District will not be held accountable for any deliquent internet behavior. The district will not be responsible for the viewing and distribution of inappropriate internet content by a student who knowingly and willingly viewing and distributing.

The CIPA laws require the following: The district shall make every effort to ensure that students and staff use these educational resources responsibly. The Needs a Name School District strives to provide error free,dependable access to the Internet and other district technology resources. However, the district shall not be held liable for any information that may be lost, damaged, or unavailable due to technical or other difficulties.
 * Schools and libraries subject to CIPA may not receive the discounts offered by the E-rate program unless they certify that they have an Internet safety policy and technology protection measures in place. An Internet safety policy must include technology protection measures to block or filter Internet access to pictures that are: (a) are obscene, (b) child pornography, or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors).
 * Schools and libraries must also certify that, as part of their Internet safety policy, they are educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including cyberbullying awareness and response and interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms.
 * Schools subject to CIPA are required to adopt and enforce a policy to monitor online activities of minors.
 * Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and implement a policy addressing: (a) access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet; (b) the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications; (c) unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and other unlawful activities by minors online; (d) unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and (e) restricting minors’ access to materials harmful to them.

Prohibitions
(JP) 1. Use of the District technology for non-work or non-school related communications or projects are prohibited. Limited occasional or incidental use of electronic media (sending and receiving) for personal purposes is understandable and acceptable. All such use should be done in a manner that does not negatively affect the systems' use for their educational purposes. However employees and students are expected to demonstrate a sense of responsibility and not abuse this privilege. 2. Unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal identification information regarding minors or staff. 3. The District technology shall not be used to disrupt the work of others: and the hardware or software or files of other users shall not be destroyed, modified or abused in any way. 4. Using technology that results in any copyright violation is prohibited. 5. Use of technology for malicious purposes; harassment of others, infiltrating computer systems, and/or damaging computers, software, or other technology device is prohibited. 6. Use of the District technology to intentionally obtain or modify files, passwords, or data belonging to other users is prohibited. 7. Attempting to disguise your account or machines identity is prohibited. 8. No user may attempt to circumvent security or data protection. 9. Deliberately wasting or monopolizing resources is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to subscribing to list servers, mass emailing, Internet games, or creating unnecessary network traffic.

Student Developed Web Content
===(JP) As part of class/course assignments, students may be developing and/or publishing content to the web via web pages, blogs, wikis, podcasts, vodcasts, and webcasts, or may be participating in video conferences:===