Digital Rights and Responsibilities

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The Official AUP for the IIE

1. Students may not use technological tools with malicious intent, such as bullying or harassing others.

2. All students must respect each others privacy. Any attempt to access private files, phone or email messages will be considered theft.

3. Students may not use the Institute's technological systems for purposes that violates school rules or that is illegal.

4. Students may not use the Institute's systems or devices for private gain or ant commercial purpose.

5. Students must use on campus internet access for strictly academic purposes.

6. Students are not to vandalise equipment, resources or software that belongs to the Institution.

7. Students must adhere to the license agreements for installing/ copying software that is purchased by the school.

Non- Compliance Guideline:

The failure to comply with the Institutes AUP will result in serious consequences. The offender will be taken to immediate disciplinary hearing and a decision by the board will be reached on whether to suspend or expel the offender.

Rights and Responsibilities

1. Students have the right to education. And the responsibility to attend every lecture, submit assignments and do all the work that is needed accordingly.

2. Students have the right to access information resources they need to complete any task at hand. And the responsibility to use these resources in a correct manner i.e not vandalise information resources.

3. Students have the right to express their own views, in an acceptable manner, but must also take responsibility for applying to same right to others.

4. Every student has the right to learn as much as they possibly can based only on their individual abilities and without out hindrance or harassment. They have a responsibility to recognise and respect this right in their peers.

5. Every student has the right to use a learning approach that is reasonably compatible with their own learning style. And are responsible for making sure that they dont monopolise too much of the instructors time or influence the pedagogy of the class in a way which is incompatible with the learning styles of others.

6. Every student has the right to a learning environment that allows them to feel safe, comfortable and positive, but they responsible for helping to maintain this environment for all other students in the class.

7. Students have the right to be respected and treated as an individual. And the responsibility to respect the right of others to be different.

Summary of the AUP and guidelines

The Acceptable Use Policy that has been formed and presented is for highlighting serious ways and rules on how to students should access and use technological devices in an appropriate manner that is acceptable to the Institute. It is in place to guide and restrict certain usage of internet platforms, as we are all aware that the internet is a wide open environment that contains a whole lot of helpful resources but there are also inappropriate materials and resources that can be found on the internet that is not suitable for students due to its offensive nature to the institute and other students, so with such a policy in place, such things can be greatly avoided.

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References:

1. What is acceptable use policy( AUP)?: Definition from WhatIs.com.[ONLINE] Available at:http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/acceptable-use-policy-AUP.[Accessed19 June 2015]

2. Developing a school Acceptable Use Policy. [ONLINE] Available at:

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/LETSNet/frames/teachers/art/B9U1L4.html. [Accessed 20 June 2015].