Policies and Procedures

Please read the following agreement carefully. You must accept this agreement in order to access Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Student Computing Resources.

Florida State College at Jacksonville Computing Facilities Policies and User Agreement

Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville.

A user of Florida State College at Jacksonville Computing Facilities will: Recognize that Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville systems personnel may, while performing routine operations or investigating system problems or complaints, have access to data and software stored in Florida State College at Jacksonville computing facilities, including electronic mail.

Recognize that Florida State College at Jacksonville disclaims responsibility for loss of data, time delay, system performance, software performance or any other damages arising from the use of Florida State College at Jacksonville computing facilities.

Understand that some systems at Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville computing facilities. Take reasonable steps to protect the integrity and privacy of the software and data available.

Use Florida State College at Jacksonville computing resources in a manner consistent with all Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville.

Respect the privacy of electronic mail and other user files transmitted and stored in Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville or any other location accessible through Florida State College at Jacksonville computing facilities.

Not use the Florida State College at Jacksonville computing facilities for conducting private business or for personal financial gain, that is not related to designated college programs or functions.

Not use Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville or elsewhere, unauthorized disruption of Florida State College at Jacksonville computing facilities, attempts to discover or alter passwords or to bypass security systems in Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville computing facilities and other disciplinary actions as appropriate. I also understand that any use of Florida State College at Jacksonville facilities is not private and that data and/or transactions may be reviewed by system administrators as part of normal operations and that Florida State College at Jacksonville 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 State College at Jacksonville and/or registration for classes at Florida State College at Jacksonville and/or use of Florida State College at Jacksonville computing facilities that I have agreed to and entered into this agreement as it is incorporated into the applications for employment and admission.

In order for you to access Florida State College at Jacksonville student computing resources, you must agree to the terms of the acceptable use policy.