FCC Academic Catalog 2016-2017

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Certain activities are prohibited per this Policy and
Procedures. These include the following:
• Circumvention of any security measure of the
College.
• Intentional use, distribution or creation of viruses,
worms, or other malicious software.
• Unauthorized copying or distribution of licensed
software or copyrighted material.
• Accessing data that is not publicly available, does
not belong to the user, and for which the user
does not have explicit permission to access.
• Accessing technology resources in a manner
designed to circumvent access limitations
to public or restricted-access data without
permission.
• Use of technology resources for organized
political activity.
• Use of technology resources that disables other
technology resources, consumes disproportionate
technology resources such that other users are
denied reasonable access to those resources,
or materially increases the costs of technology
resources.
• Use of technology resources that violates any
local, state, or federal law or regulation, or any
other College policy or regulation.
• Use of technology resources that leads to
personal gain.
III. User Responsibilities
Access to technology resources is a privilege to
which all College faculty, staff, and students are
granted. Users must:
• Protect user identification, password information,
and the system from unauthorized use.
• Respect the intellectual property of authors,
contributors, and publishers in all media.
• Adhere to the terms of software licenses and
other contracts.
• Receive prior authorization to purchase, install, or
download of any software applications. Persons
loading software on any College computer must
adhere to all licensing requirements for the
software.
• Not copy for personal or professional use College-
licensed software, except where allowed by
College site licenses.
• Comply with local, federal, and state laws and
regulations.
• Comply with laws, licensing, contracts, and
College policies and regulations applicable to the
appropriate use of technology resources.
• Use good judgment and exercise civility at all
times when utilizing technology resources.
• Respect the diverse community utilizing
technology in a shared manner.
• Understand the appropriate use of assigned
technology resources, including the computer,
network address or port, software, and hardware.
• Comply with the College use of email as an
official means of communication.
• Never use email as an appropriate tool for
confidential communication.
• Not attempt to alter the condition or status of
any computing network component in any
manner. Gaining unauthorized access to College
computing or network resources is prohibited.
IV. Password Security
The College reserves the right to audit user
passwords to ensure they meet current password
security guidelines. All user accounts will be
protected by effective passwords. An effective
password is both strong and protected. Strong
passwords have at least a specified minimum
number of characters, are a combination of
alphabetic, numeric and special characters, and
are updated on a regular basis. Account holders
and system administrators, acting as account/
password custodians, will protect the security of
those passwords by managing passwords in a
responsible fashion.
In addition to following a strong password policy,
users are required to safeguard their passwords.
Individuals should not write down or store the
password on paper or on a computer system where
others might acquire it. Passwords should not be
shared with other people. Users are also expected
to change their password immediately if they know
or suspect that it has been compromised.
V. Email Use
College email accounts are intended to serve as an
official means of electronic communication. Use
of College email accounts is limited to educational
purposes and legitimate business of the College.
Users must abide by all College policies and
procedures and federal, state, and local laws. Users
must be aware of the legal risks of using email. If
any user sends or forwards emails with libelous,
defamatory, offensive, discriminatory, or obscene
remarks, the user can be held responsible.
Email is intended for communication between
individuals and clearly designated groups of
individuals and should not be used for mass
broadcasting or the wide distribution of large
attachments. Only authorized users may send email
to all faculty and staff. General announcements
intended for the College community should be
posted on Communication Central. Requests
for use of the email system for marketing to
prospective or current students must have prior
approval by the Chief Technology Officer and
Director of Marketing.
The College may send official correspondence to
members of its community via email. Students,
faculty, and staff are expected to check their
College email account regularly. College employees
are expected to use their College email account for
all College-related communications. If a student
elects to forward his/her College email to another
email account, the student remains responsible for
any material not received because of any defect
in the forwarding mechanism or the destination
account.
VI. Web Policy
The College web site contains information for
and about the College community and is a
major means of communication, publication,
and collaboration in support of the mission of
the College. The College maintains the right to
temporarily disable access to any web page under
review for possible policy violations as well as web
pages containing inaccurate information reflecting
upon the integrity of the College.
Users are expected to abide by the following:
• Comply with all laws governing copyright,
intellectual property, libel, and privacy.
• Adhere to all policies, rules, and regulations of the
College.
• Use of the web for non-College commercial
activities is prohibited. For the purposes of
this Policy and Procedures, activities such as
publishing textbooks and other academic works
are considered to be College activities.
• Abide by U.S. and international copyright and
licensing laws.
The College Web Team, chaired by the Chief
Technology Officer, is responsible for web design
and navigation. Information Technology (IT) should
be notified via a service request for any updating
or changes to web site content. A College web
page is considered official when it is published by
the College. Official College web pages shall be
considered College publications.
This Policy and Procedures applies to all official
web pages and associated web-based services
developed by or for the College. The College will
ensure website accessibility for individuals with
disabilities in accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
VII. Social Media
College social media sites and accounts are
intended to serve as an official means of electronic
communication for the College. Use of College
social media accounts is limited to educational
purposes and legitimate business of the College.
Users must be aware of the legal risks of using
social media. If any user posts comments with
libelous, defamatory, offensive, discriminatory, or
obscene remarks, the user can be held responsible.
Creation or use of social media sites and accounts
require approval by the Communications
Coordinator.
Users agree to abide by all relevant policies and
procedures, federal, state, and local laws. These
include but are not limited to College policies
and procedures related to harassment, plagiarism,
commercial use, security, unethical conduct, and
laws prohibiting theft, copyright and licensing
infringement, unlawful intrusions, and data privacy
laws.