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Acceptable Use Policy
All use of learning management systems, blogs and other online collaborative tools hosted by Oakland Schools is subject to the Oakland Schools’ Acceptable Use Policy (see Oakland Schools Board of Education Policy 4510).
Acceptable Use and Etiquette
All users are expected to abide by the generally accepted rules of network etiquette. These include, but are not limited to:
- Gaining access to or attempting to gain access to resources or files, which are not for public access, is prohibited.
- Gaining access to or attempting to gain access to remote systems as an unauthorized user is prohibited.
- Mailing, viewing, downloading, uploading, copying, forwarding, creating,
storing or sending any inappropriate material is prohibited. Inappropriate
material includes, but is not limited to:
- software not licensed for school use; pornographic or obscene material; material insulting to ethnic, religious, or other groups;
- personally insulting or disrespectful material; material which threatens a person's well-being or safety;
- intentionally falsified or misleading statements or documents; chain letters;
- copyrighted material without permission of the copyright holder;
- advertisements, solicitations, commercial ventures, or political lobbying;
- any information that encourages the use of controlled substances or the use of the system for the purpose of inciting crime;
- viruses that can cause the system or other computers harm
Vandalism is prohibited. It is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy property of the user, another user or of any other agencies or networks that are connected to the network, or the Internet.
Be polite. Never send or encourage others to send abusive messages.
Inappropriate use may result in the cancellation of network and/or application privileges. The site system administrator, application administrator, or IT System Administrator may close an account ay any time based upon unethical, unlawful, and inappropriate activities from application participants. In some instances, inappropriate use could also result in disciplinary or legal action.
Security
Users will not post their personal information (phone numbers, home address or personal description of themselves).
User will not post links to their personal websites.
Every account will have a user name and a password. All information in a user’s profile must be accurate.
Passwords are for the security of the owner of the account. Account owners have responsibility for all use of their accounts.
Site Administration
Application accounts are not private.
Accounts may be monitored.
Users should be aware that Oakland Schools can not absolutely guarantee the confidentiality of a user's files or communications. Extremely sensitive material should not be on the system.
Oakland Schools is not responsible for the loss of data due to system failure either of hardware or software.
Any known abuse of the site should be reported to a teacher or administrator at your site immediately.
User Agreement
I acknowledge that all discussion groups, wikis, chats, forums and other communication features are public communications and may be read by others without my knowledge.
I acknowledge by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data or engaging in any other form of communication through these applications I am granting Oakland Schools’ permission to use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, reproduce, and publish any such communication.
I acknowledge the application administrators have no obligation to monitor the sites, but reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary, to any teacher or school administrator, to satisfy any applicable law, regulation or legal process or refuse to post any information or materials, in whole or in part.
I have read this Acceptable Use Agreement, and understand any violations of the above provisions may result in the loss of my user account and in disciplinary and/or legal action.