University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 2012 – 2013 Student ...

Applies to all University of St Augustine for Health Sciences Students• IF you have to wonder if the site you want to use is appropriate, it probably isn't.• IF you should happen upon a site (perhaps you typed the link wrong) and the site has grosscontent, make a note of the URL and leave the site immediately. Report this to the IT departmentthru the myUSA portal IT tab.Violation of the above policies will result in a referral to the Professional Misconduct Committee or theUniversity Harassment Committee and/or other appropriate measures.Use of Phone SystemUse of the phone system should be limited to business needs only. An exception to this would be anyemergency phone calls (both placing and receiving). Do not make personal long distance phone callsusing the University phone system.Policy on Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File SharingThe University of St. Augustine is committed to avoiding misuse of its computer network, including useof the computer network to violate the Copyright Law of the United States. All students, faculty, andstaff should have a basic understanding of the Copyright Law. Please refer to employee, faculty andstudent handbooks for more information on the university copyright policy.Campus computer networks have been popular sources of reproduction and distribution of illegal music,movies, television shows, pictures, and software through the use of peer-to-peer (P2) networks. When theUniversity of St. Augustine receives a formal complaint from a copyright holder, we notify the individualinvolved and pass along any information received from the copyright holder to that individual. We do notsupply any information to the copyright holder about the individual involved unless a valid subpoena ispresented.Active efforts are in place to prohibit the use of illegal file sharing and the University of St. Augustineemploys Open DNS filtering which blocks access to all known file distributions sites.EMAIL NETIQUETTEEmail can be an easy and convenient way to communicate with faculty and staff. You should rememberthat emails can be easily misinterpreted. In order to insure that your message is sent in a professional andthoughtful manner, please consider following proper netiquette and use these guidelines when composingyour email.1. Proof your emails:a. For spellingb. Grammatical accuracyc. Use of vocabularyd. Composition2. Don’t email your professor asking for notes or handouts that you have misplaced. If you missclass or lose your notes, contact your peers. Inform a friend in the class that you will needher/him to pick up any handouts and to any changes to the syllabus that you will miss because ofan absence.3. Don’t email your professor asking (or complaining) about your grades. If you want to discuss thegrade on an assignment, make an appointment to speak with your professor or contact themduring office hours. Also, don’t email your professors asking if they have finished grading aparticular assignment. Instructors will return papers as soon as they are graded. The same goesfor final grades. Professors are not permitted to inform individual student of their final grades viaemail nor should they be expected to explain how a final grade was calculated. That’s thepurpose of providing grading polices on the syllabi.4. Think about what you are asking for before emailing. Make sure that the answer to your questionisn’t readily available elsewhere.5. Treat your faculty/staff (and fellow students) with respect, even in email. Use your professors’proper title unless you are specifically invited to do otherwise.University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 45