• Students are not permitted to install unapproved or beta software on their iPads.
• All installed apps must be a legally licensed copy. The downloading of music files, video files, games, etc. through the school’ s network is absolutely prohibited unless it is part of an assigned, in-class activity.
• Brother Rice reserves the right to remove any apps / files that have been loaded onto the iPad that impedes the educational purpose of the iPad program.
• The iPad should be used solely for educational purposes. If the student wishes to install a paid app, he can either purchase an iTunes App Store gift card or the parent may wish to assign a credit card to the student ' s Apple iPad ID. However, the school assumes no liability for credit card purchases made through the Apple App Store using the student ' s Apple ID.
• There is a re-imaging charge to remove any unapproved apps.
Internet Use
• The Internet is a rich and valuable source of information for education. Inappropriate materials are available on the Internet and are strictly prohibited. These materials include items of a sexual or pornographic nature, extremist or militant materials, gambling, depictions of violence, images that are intended to be abusive or harassing, etc. Students must not access, display, or store this type of material.
• Information obtained through the Internet must be properly cited and in compliance with copyright laws. Due to the quickly changing nature of the Internet, a hard copy of referenced material is recommended.
• Students are required to give proper credit to all Internet sources used in academic assignments, whether quoted or summarized. This includes all forms of media on the Internet, such as graphics, movies, music, and text.
• Plagiarism includes the use of any information obtained from the Internet that is not properly cited. Plagiarism of Internet resources will be treated in the same manner as any other incidence of plagiarism.
• If a student accidentally accesses a website that contains obscene, pornographic, or otherwise offensive material, he is to notify a teacher, the school administration, or the IT Department as quickly as possible so that such sites can be blocked from further access. This is not merely a request; it is a responsibility.
Privacy, Use, and Safety
• Students should not give any personal information regarding themselves or others through e-mail or the Internet including name, phone number, address, passwords, etc. Receipt of messages by unknown senders should be reported to the administration.
• Students are not to provide their e-mail address or other personal information regarding other students, faculty, or administration to anyone without their permission.
• Students must secure and maintain private passwords for network and iPad access. This is important in order to protect the privacy of each student. Do NOT share personal passwords or usernames.
• Brother Rice respects the privacy of every student, faculty member, and administrator with respect to stored files and e-mail accounts. However, if inappropriate use of e-mail accounts or the school’ s network is suspected the school’ s administration has the right to view these files in order to investigate suspected inappropriate behavior.
• Brother Rice will monitor iPad activities, including logging website access, newsgroup access, bandwidth, and overall network use.
• Students are prohibited from accessing faculty and staff file servers for any reason.
• Students are prohibited from using any method to obtain control of another person’ s iPad or AppleTV through the use of their own iPad.
• Students are prohibited from utilizing peer-to-peer networking or any method of file sharing unless authorized by the technology staff.
• No identifiable photographs of students, faculty, or staff will be allowed to be published on the Internet or used in print without appropriate written consent. Concerning a student, appropriate, written consent means a signature by a parent or legal guardian of the student.
• Cyberbullying is the use of electronic information and communication devices to willfully harm a person or persons through any electronic medium, such as text, audio, photos, or videos. Examples of this behavior include, but are not limited to: o Sending / posting false, cruel, hurtful, or vicious messages / comments. o Creating or contributing to websites that have stories, cartoons, pictures, and jokes ridiculing others. o Breaking into an e-mail account and sending vicious or embarrassing materials to others. o Engaging someone in electronic communication, tricking that person into revealing sensitive personal information, and forwarding that information to others. o Posting of a student ' s picture without their permission.
• Any electronic communication that creates a hostile, disruptive environment on the school campus is a violation of the student’ s and the staff member’ s right to be safe and secure. Actions deliberately threatening, harassing, or intimidating an individual or group of individuals; placing an individual in reasonable fear of harm; damaging an individual’ s property; or disrupting the orderly operation of the school will not be tolerated.
• The iPads that are provided by Brother Rice continue to be the property of the school. Therefore, the school has the right to view all content at any time.
• Any electronic device used on the school network, even if privately owned, is subject to all policies and consequences of the Acceptable Use Policy, including the right to view the content of the device at any time, the right to remove content from the device and the right to retain the device in the school’ s possession if there is an infraction to the Acceptable Use Policy that deserves that consequence, as determined by the school’ s administration.
Copyright
• Unauthorized duplication, installation, alteration, or destruction of data programs, hardware, or software is prohibited.
• Data, programs, hardware, software, and other materials including those protected by copyright may not be transmitted or duplicated.
Consequences
• Brother Rice reserves the right to enforce appropriate consequences for the violation of any section of the Acceptable Use Policy, including all disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.
• Violation of any aforementioned policy may result in individualized password-protected restrictions being placed on a student’ s device for an extended period of time as determined by the administration.
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