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General Usage Policies

• It is the USER's RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN and REMEMBER THIS INFORMATION
• The use of UW-Whitewater's computer resources is a privilege. It is not a right.
• Be respectful of other lab users, lab equipment and area at all times in the computer lab.
• All noise levels (include: talking, music, muffled headphone noise, etc) in the lab should be kept to a minimum so that others are not disturbed. The computer labs are to be used as a study environment
• Lab staff on duty will be available to advise users with computer problems and how to do computer related tasks, but are not available to assist with users' academic work or other college-related tasks and cannot do computer work on the users' behalf
• To respect the privacy of other users; for example, users shall not intentionally seek information on, obtain copies of, or modify files, tapes, or passwords belonging to other users, or misrepresent others, unless explicitly authorized to do so by those users.
• By using any computer in the computer labs at UW-Whitewater, you agree to abide by this policy

Student Policies

The campus network at UW-Whitewater provides access to the campus computing facilities, including electronic mail and the Internet. All UW-W students, staff, and faculty can use e-mail and the Internet by first establishing a personal account on the network. Having an account is a privilege, in exchange for which you must agree to certain responsibilities:

• Respect the fact that at UW-W the primary use of the Internet network is academic: teaching, class assignments, research and communication, and administration
• Absolutely NO food or drink is allowed in the lab. Accidental spillage has accounted for significant expenditures to repair equipment and clean up the mess.
• Software piracy (making unauthorized copies of any copyright protected software, regardless of source) is against the law! Students caught pirating software in a lab will be warned and the action will be disallowed. If such pirating persists, the individual(s) involved in the illegal action will lose the privilege of lab use and be asked to leave the lab immediately.
• Push in your chairs before you leave. If you have moved any of the chairs, return them to their original places.
• Parents who bring their children into the facility must take the responsibility for the supervision and control of their child. Any child who is disruptive to other clients or causes damage to any of the equipment will be asked to leave (along with their parent). The parent shall be responsible for the costs of repairing the damage caused.
• Please turn off the ringer on your cell phone and pager, and only use your audio device with a headset and at a volume which cannot be heard by others. Also, to avoid disrupting others, keep phone conversations quiet, or take them outside the lab.
• Students are not permitted to install, modify or delete any software on lab computers. Software that comes with textbooks will not be able to install the software in the labs. Suggestions for new software may be made to Instructional Technologies Services.
• All Equipment in the computer labs is not to be removed, modified, relocated, or disassembled without permission from Lab Administrator.
• Recreational use of computers during busy times is not permitted. Example: Recreational web-surfing, recreational e-mail, chatting, games, etc.
• Problems with computer lab equipment are to be reported to the lab personnel immediately.

The following actions are considered unacceptable and participation in them may result in disciplinary actions and the loss of your Internet account and privileges:

• Using another person's computer account without permission
• Intentionally disrupting the work of other people
• Using abusive, objectionable, or threatening language in mail messages
• Harassing other users through electronic means
• Sending electronic chain letters
• Causing network congestion by flooding the network with mail or lists or individuals
• Using the network during long periods of time for non-academic purposes
• Placing unlawful information on the network or using the network to commit a crime
• Logging onto your personal account on the network constitutes agreement to the above guidelines. Remember that as a user of the Internet network, you are accountable for your actions when accessing network services.

Faculty Policies

• Software to be installed for instructional use at faculty request must be given to the lab manager one month before the start of the term for which the software will be used. A copy of the installation media along with related documentation will be retained by the Lab Manager as long as the software is installed in the labs.
• Instructors are responsible for testing software to be used in the labs in order to ensure that it is working as desired, and for providing information to students on the use of the software. Because of the range of special-purpose instructional software installed in the computer labs, lab supervisors and attendants will not be able to assist students in the use of special-purpose software.

Visitor Policies

• Visitors wishing to use the Computer Lab will need to request permission from the Lab Administrator at least one week prior to the event
• Visitors are expected to maintain discipline in the Computer Lab at all time.

Disruptive Behavior

• If disruptive behavior starts our Lab Attendants will warn the students requesting the behavior to stop.
• If disruptive behavior ensues our Lab Attendants are instructed to ask the students to leave and will report the incident to the Lab Administrator.