ROWAN UNIVERSITY POLICY
Title: Computer Lab Policy
Subject: Information Technology
Policy No:
Applies: University-wide
Issuing Authority:
Responsible Officer: Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Adopted:
Last Revision:
Last Reviewed: Dec 29, 2014
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Rowan University offers a wide array of computing, networking, and instructional resources and services to members of the university community. Computer labs provide a learning environment that supports teaching and learning at Rowan. This document contains Academic Technology policies and procedures and also outlines responsibilities of those who use computing and instructional facilities or support at the universityUniversity. These policies are designed to enable high-quality services and maximize productivity while protecting the rights of all members of the community.
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- No food or beverages are permitted.
- Cell phones are to be turned off or set to "vibrate" mode. Cell phones should be used outside the open lab area.
- Open labs are reserved for academic use only. Use of lab computers for personal email, non-academic printing, instant messaging, playing games, listening to music, etc. is not permitted. Students are to use the Internet in accordance with (to be determined-tm).
- Printing is limited to academic use only. Students abusing printing privileges will be notified. Persistent violations will result in enforced printing limits.
- Technical support requests are to be emailed to atsupport@rowan.edu. Requests will be reviewed and addressed by Academic Technology according to priority.
- Students are prohibited from moving, modifying, or tampering with lab hardware. Students are not permitted to install or remove peripherals (power cords, monitors, mice, keyboards, hardware devices) without expressed written consent from Academic Technology.
- Students are not permitted to install or remove software without expressed written consent from Academic Technology.
- Personal headphones and flash media drives are permitted. Rowan University open computer labs do not support floppy or Zip disks.
- Moving or tampering with any cameras or security devices in computer labs will lead to immediate disciplinary action.
- Computers in open labs are not to be left "locked" or unattended for more than 10 minutes. Students waiting to use a computer in an open lab have the right to reboot a computer that has been left locked or unattended for more than 10 minutes.
- Academic Technology reserves the right to remove or delete any unapproved software or hardware from open lab computers. Students requiring special software should contact Academic Technology before installation.
- Academic Technology reserves the right to remove or delete any data stored locally on any computer in open labs. Computers may be reformatted or reimaged without prior notice.
- It is recommended that students use networking storage or cdrw CD-RW media or flash drive to store and transport files and data.
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