Academic Computing Policies
Access to computing resources is granted to members of the College community for use in their academic work, with the understanding that such access is a privilege and carries with it certain responsibilities.
To use academic computing resources, you must be a registered student and obtain a computer account username and password, which provides access to student E-mail and file storage. Student computer accounts will remain active only while the person is registered for a class during the current or next semester.
Files you store on college servers are subject to disk quota limitations, and may be read or copied by faculty and staff members. Files stored on college servers are scanned continuously for viruses, and may be deleted if found to be infected.
FLCC Student systems are not personal and private. FLCC Computing Services staff and teaching faculty may routinely access student user data for legitimate business purposes, to review homework, to diagnose and resolve technical problems, to archive old data files, and to investigate possible misuse of FLCC computer systems and resources.
To use stored files elsewhere, you must copy them to your own removable disk or e-mail them to yourself.
Files which students have stored on college servers should be copied off at the end of each semester if they wish to keep them. Student files may be removed from active storage at the end of each semester, and retained offline for one year.
You may not have food, drink, or their containers near any computer.
To use a laser or inkjet printer, you must have your own paper (20 lb. copier paper is fine). Single sheet paper is not provided by computing services, although instructors may provide paper for laser printing during class.
You may not install software, connect or disconnect hardware, alter the configuration, or circumvent security measures on any computer.
You may not use any equipment in an abusive or unethical manner.
You must not transmit any materials anonymously, or as though they came from another person.
You may not display, print, or transmit offensive, illegal, or damaging materials.
Your use of computing facilities must not interfere with others’ use of the facility.
Your use of computing facilities must not interfere with others’ rights to privacy or academic integrity.
You may not duplicate copyrighted software, media, printed materials, or other students’ work without the owner's explicit permission.
You may not use computing resources for recreation, personal profit, business (whether profit or non-profit), mass mailings, or political purposes.
You are responsible for all activity under your individual account. You may not use another person’s account or enable another person to access yours. Password(s) should be changed often in order to protect users and their data. The following recommendations are provided for selecting passwords:
- Pick passwords that are difficult for someone else to guess.
- Avoid words that might appear in the dictionary.
- Select a password that has embedded numbers or consists of multiple words.
- Do not write your password where an unauthorized user might find it.
- Change your password often, especially if it may have been compromised.
As a network user, you are expected to conserve resources by avoiding unnecessary large file transfers.
If network administrative personnel request that you cease a network activity because of its negative impact on the network or other users, you are expected to cease that activity immediately.
The network should not be used for the transmission of “chain letters” or broadcasting of messages locally or on the Internet.
You should avoid replying to distribution lists when a reply to an individual will suffice.
You must not engage in unethical practices, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Attempting to intentionally interfere with the performance of the network.
- Creating files or programs which consume excessive amounts of system memory, CPU time, or network bandwidth.
- Running any type of server software under your account
- Attempting to access data being transferred through the network or files on any computer connected to the network without the owner’s permission.
- Abusing any interconnected network such as the Internet.
- Using the network to attempt to violate any connected computer system’s security.
- Using the network to spread computer viruses, Trojan horses, worms or any program designed to violate security, interfere with the proper operation of any computer system or destroy others' data.
- Using the network in any manner that violates any federal, state, or local law.
- Using subterfuge to avoid being identified while using the network or any computer systems attached to it.
Plagiarism:
Some classes provide public accounts for student use. Students using these
accounts are required to do so in a manner completely consistent with
in-class instruction and/or on-line instructions and menus. Individual
accounts are provided to students for the creation and maintenance of
individual files. The act of copying text, media, programs, or subroutines
from a textbook, the Internet, or another individual, and submitting them
as your own work constitutes plagiarism and is prohibited. All computer
users are subject to the Academic Regulations and Student Code of Conduct
outlined in the college catalog.
PAWS
Web Site Policies for Students:
Finger Lakes Community College provides a Web Server and related electronic
publishing resources for the purposes of furthering its educational mission.
Web serving capability is available to all Faculty and Staff and will
be available for instructional purposes to Students working with Faculty
who require it as a part of their coursework. By making use of this resource,
the owner of the individual account agrees to utilize the account in a
manner consistent with his/her responsibilities/assignments as a Employee
or Student. Students may only use this resource for the sole purpose of
completing required assignments in coursework for classes they are registered
for at FLCC.
All FLCC personal web pages are "electronic publications" and as such, all content and maintenance of content is the responsibility of the author of the individual publication. The account owner will utilize the web server capabilities and related resources as they are intended, will not pursue outside business interests with them, and will take care to identify himself or herself as the owner of all pages within the account. It is the responsibility of the owner to insure that the creation and presentation of materials in this site adhere to copyright, and other Federal, State, and local laws. Additionally, the account owner agrees not to share his/her password, or otherwise provide access to their account to another individual and assumes responsibility for all misuse of their account. The personal web site disclaimer statement must be made available as a link from all individual account pages. Institutional Computing Services reserves the right to take actions necessary to verify conformance with the FLCC Academic Computing Policy. Failure to adhere to the policy can result in the loss of account privileges.
E-mail
Policy:
E-mail capability is provided for FLCC students to support their academic
endeavors. Users of e-mail must be ethical and responsible in its use,
and respect the rights of others. Abusive, threatening, or harassing materials
sent via e-mail are prohibited.
The college encourages the use of e-mail distribution lists to enhance productivity through the efficient exchange of college information The college will manage an e-mail distribution list for all students, and allow students to maintain other e-mail distribution lists for academic purposes.
Posting of appropriate e-mail to all students will be done upon request to the Academic Computer System Administrator (Sam Iraci).