Acceptable Use Policy
Please read the following
agreement carefully.
Florida Community College computing facilities
are defined as any computer, network, peripheral, operating system,
software, or any combination thereof owned, licensed by or under
the control of Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
A user of Florida Community College Computing Facilities will: Recognize that Florida Community College
computing facilities are intended to support the academic mission
and administrative functions of the college and assume full responsibility
for using these facilities in an effective, efficient, ethical,
lawful and courteous manner.
Recognize that authorized Florida Community College systems personnel may, while performing
routine operations or investigating system problems or complaints,
have access to data and software stored in Florida Community College computing facilities,
including electronic mail.
Recognize that Florida Community College disclaims responsibility for loss of data,
time delay, system performance, software performance or any other
damages arising from the use of Florida Community College computing facilities.
Understand that some systems at Florida Community College are operated under license
agreements with IBM, Microsoft, Novell and others. Under these
agreements, the systems may be used for instructional and research-related
purposes only.
Take all necessary steps to protect the integrity of Florida Community College computing
facilities. Specifically, users shall not share with others the
access codes, account numbers, passwords or other authorization
assigned to them. The user shall be responsible for all access
and/or authorizations assigned and all activities occurring under
these accesses/authorizations.
Respect the copyrights of all software and data available through
Florida Community College computing facilities. Take reasonable steps to protect the
integrity and privacy of the software and data available.
Use Florida Community College computing resources in a manner consistent with all Florida Community College
general policies, rules and procedures regarding codes of conduct,
academic integrity and the college environment.
Respect the policies established by the administrators of external
networks such as those accessible through the Internet. The user
shall also respect the policies established by the administrators
of computing facilities at Florida Community College.
Respect the privacy of electronic mail and other user files transmitted
and stored in Florida Community College computing facilities or at any other location
accessible through a network.
Accept that a userid or program may be terminated, or its priority
may be altered if it is consuming excessive system resources,
degrading system response or threatening system integrity.
Use only those facilities which are in the public domain, or for
which they have obtained explicit authorization, at Florida Community College or any
other location accessible through Florida Community College computing facilities.
Not use the Florida Community College computing facilities for conducting private business
or for personal financial gain, that is not related to designated
college programs or functions.
Not use Florida Community College computing facilities for any unauthorized or illegal
purpose, such as creation or deliberate introduction of a computer
virus, destruction or alteration of data owned by others, destruction
or alteration of computing facilities, interference with legitimate
access to computing facilities or harassment of users of such
facilities at Florida Community College or elsewhere, unauthorized disruption of Florida Community College
computing facilities, attempts to discover or alter passwords
or to bypass security systems in Florida Community College computing facilities or
in any other computing facility.
I understand that violation of these
policies may result in temporary or permanent loss of my access
to any or all Florida Community College computing facilities and other disciplinary
actions as appropriate. I also understand that any use of Florida Community College
facilities is not private and that data and/or transactions may
be reviewed by system administrators as part of normal operations
and that Florida Community College implies no privacy or secrecy for those using its
computing facilities.
I further understand that by my acceptance of employment in any
capacity with Florida Community College and/or registration for classes at Florida Community College and/or
use of Florida Community College computing facilities that I have agreed to and entered
into this agreement as it is incorporated into the applications
for employment and admission.
