Internet Services
Internet Services are available on all computers in the ASC labs.
To use the Internet students must be properly enrolled and agree the ASC Computer and Internet Use Policy.
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Who can use ASC Internet services?
How do I get help?
The ASC Computer and Internet Use Policy.
Who can use ASC Internet Services?
To use Internet services at the ASC, a student must be enrolled in either a course with a required lab that meets in the ASC or an independent lab section at the ASC. For more information about enrollment, see Using the ASC. Students must also read, understand and sign the ASC Computer and Internet Use Policy card, indicating that they agree to abide by the Center’s policies.
Internet services are intended for academic use only. Students will not be allowed to use the Internet for personal business, playing games, shopping, etc.; e-mail is not currently available. Accessing pornographic or hate sites is also not allowed. Courts have ruled in several cases recently that displaying such material in a public access institution such as the ASC constitutes harassment against other users of the lab. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
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How do I get help?
If students have never used a computer before or never accessed the Internet before, the ASC has a number of services to help them. To begin with, the ASC staff is trained in basic Internet operations and search methods and will be glad to help. Hand out information on citing Internet sources in research papers is available in the ASC Writing Lab. Finally, COD also offers Internet courses through its Business Division.
Internet services at the ASC have been customized to assist students in research. For instance, Internet always opens on the Home Page of the COD web site. So if students need information about COD services, policies, current course offerings, Library services, or access to an instructor’s web page, these things are just a mouse click away. We have also reserved a variety of useful sites (CNN, the New York Times, the Library of Congress, etc.) as “Bookmarks.” Computers in the various labs also have sites saved that focus on specific disciplines (i.e. math related sites in the Math Lab). Also, instructors who want their students to visit particular Internet sites may send us a list of those sites and we will reserve them as Bookmarks under the instructor’s name for student use.
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Academic Skills Center Computer and Internet Use Policy
The following policies were created to protect our facilities and services and to insure that all students can rely on regular and equal access to ASC services in comfort and safety. All students who wish to use Internet services at the ASC must read, understand and sign a copy of the Academic Skills Center Computer and Internet Use Policy (below), showing they agree to abide by these policies.
1. The computers, software, and Internet services available at the ASC are to be used for acceptable educational purposes only.
- Please only use software that is already available on the computers. We do not allow any outside software to be used on or loaded onto ASC computers without prior approval of the Coordinator of the ASC.
- Internet services are to be used for assigned course-related work only. Please do not use the computers for games, personal business, or recreational purposes.
- Email is only allowed for the completion of on-line course assignments.
- Cheating, plagiarism, or engaging in academic dishonesty is prohibited.
- Downloading products or software from the Internet is prohibited.
2. It is prohibited to damage or attempt to damage computers, software, networks, or any other computer facilities anywhere on or off campus.
3. No modification of computer configurations or programs is permitted.
4. Internet services may not be used for sexual harassment or any harassing or discriminatory behavior based on race, sex, religion, age, national origin, or disability.
- This includes intentionally accessing Internet sites that endorse or present such harassing or discriminatory materials.
5. Using Internet or any other computer services to access and display sexually explicit materials is prohibited.
6. Unauthorized use of any computing resources is cause for suspension of your rights to use the College’s computers and may result in college disciplinary action as described in the Student Conduct Standards and Procedures policy as outlined in the current COD Catalogue. The guidelines listed above are in agreement with that policy.
7. Students must supply paper for any internet printing.
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