COMPUTER USER POLICY

• Abandoned Laptop Warning 1: Students must arrange for their advisor to accompany them to the IT Desk to reclaim laptops. If their advisor is away from school, the Assistant

Head of School, Director of Upper School can accompany the student. The parents, advisor, and the Assistant Head of School, Director of Upper School will be notified. • Abandoned Laptop Warning 2: If a student needs to reclaim a laptop a second time, they must arrange for their advisor, along with a parent, or Assistant Head of School,

Director of Upper School to accompany them to the IT Desk. A member of the SAS staff can stand in for one of the two adults required. The parents, advisor, and the Assistant

Head of School, Director of Upper School will be notified. • Abandoned Laptop Warning 3: If a student needs to reclaim a laptop a third time, they will be fined $100. This must be paid before the laptop is returned. This is a penalty for lack of care and control of their laptop. The parents, advisor, and the Assistant Head of

School, Director of Upper School will be notified. Payment can be made through the

Business Office. Once the fee is paid, the Business Office will notify the IT Desk. The student must then arrange for their advisor and a parent or Assistant Head of School,

Director of Upper School to accompany them to the IT Desk. A member of the SAS staff can stand in for one of the two adults required. The parents, advisor, and the Assistant

Head of School, Director of Upper School will be notified. - The student will receive a disciplinary response - $100 fine must be paid before the laptop is returned - Abandoned Laptop Warnings are set back to zero

Classrooms: If a student leaves a classroom for a lengthy period, the laptop must be taken with them. A teacher may allow students to leave laptops in a locked classroom at special times throughout the school year.

Take It Home: Lockers are not to be used to store laptops overnight, on weekends, or on holidays. If it becomes known laptops are being left in lockers during unsupervised times, this creates a fire/security/theft issue.

Sports Travel: Laptops can be taken on sporting trips at the coach's discretion. Students will be informed whether the bus will be a secure environment to leave their laptops while participating in competitions.

School Travel: Laptops can be taken on academic and co-curricular trips at the discretion of the teacher organizing the trip. Students will be informed on how they can reduce the risk of loss or theft while travelling.

Computer User Policy

Academic Use First: Academic use of laptops must always take priority over recreational use. Students are not permitted to game or watch movies, videos, or television shows during the academic day. Additionally, students are not permitted to record audio or video of anyone without express permission, including students and staff. Each student is given an administrator equivalent user account on their laptops. Students can lose this privilege after three Computer Misconduct Warnings or at the school’s or parent’s discretion.

Copyrighted Software and Digital Media: When allowed, students should only be playing games, using software, listening to music, and watching videos, movies, and TV shows for which they have a legal right to do so.

Content Restrictions: Students cannot install on their computers or share or distribute files, videos, or documents that offend community standards, break laws, compromise computer

• Pornography in the form of images, videos, or cartoons. • Music that offends community standards on issues such as swearing, promotion of drug use, racism, etc. • Hacking utilities that may be used to compromise the school’s network security such as port scanners, key loggers, password crackers, decompilers, network administration tools, sniffers, tracers, protocol analyzers, proxies, VPNs, etc. • Photographing/videotaping tests or exams: Students cannot take photographs or videos of any tests or exams without the teacher’s permission. Students who receive electronic copies of tests or exams from other students should delete these files from all electronic devices and inform their teacher.

Software Conflicts: Students share the responsibility of ensuring their laptops are functional for academic use, especially in the classroom.

• If student-installed software causes the laptop to malfunction, students must uninstall the software. • Peer-to-peer software sharing is strongly discouraged as this free software is one of the major sources of virus infection on student laptops. It is highly recommended peer-topeer sharing software be removed from student laptops. Students are encouraged to purchase their music, movies, and TV shows online. • IT Desk personnel will not help install or provide assistance for software not purchased by the school. • The IT Desk can re-image a laptop that continues to malfunction for any reason. • Students are expected to keep their anti-virus software running and up to date.

Password Privacy: Laptop passwords must be kept private. Here are some password guidelines and etiquette to follow:

• No effort should ever be made to obtain another user's password. • No effort should be made to watch another user enter a password. When another user logs in, you should look away until they have finished typing and are successfully logged in. • No effort should be made to guess another user's password. • Software should never be installed on a computer to capture another password. • Students should never work on a computer logged in under another account unless they have expressly asked to do so, been given permission, and are in the presence of the other student. • No effort should ever be made to read another person’s private email without permission. • Efforts to obtain administrator and teacher passwords will be dealt with severely. This may include suspension and expulsion. • Students who hear of or are aware of any user or network security breaches must inform the IT staff.

Desktop Backgrounds: Desktop backgrounds are public spaces and viewable by many people. Students are permitted to customize their laptop desktops but are expected to use good judgment in their choices and be consistent with community standards.

Personal File Sharing: Students are responsible for any files they make available to or share with others. Methods of sharing include, but are not limited to, memory keys, external drives,