Internet+Safety

**A.U.P. Forum**
**Why an AUP is important?** An AUP helps protect any user against inappropriate language, pornography, questionable influences in an educational setting. Furthermore, it helps guard business interests. **What is included in an AUP?** ** How do you create an AUP? ** Give notice to everyone affected that policy creation or revision is underway and establishes a contact point for collecting feedback. Then decide on the purpose of your AUP. Will it only set general guidelines and expectations or will it be a legally enforceable document? This will have a strong bearing on the tone and wording. // (Prohibit users from logging into any account other than their own) // // (Don’t use words like “should” when you really mean “must) // // (Be very specific and tackle areas on e-mail and web browsing. // // (What a company or institution condones for a user in relation to social media. For example, what material they can download or what they can post on the web/email) // // (What personal devices might be attached to the network?) //  // (Define unacceptable activities) //  // (Be honest about any monitoring (active and passive) that may be occurring) //  // (Spell out the penalties for AUP violations – including possible termination of employment) //  //(Include provisions for regular revisions, updates, and notifications)//
 * What is an AUP?** AUP or “acceptable use policy” is a set of [|rules] that restrict the ways in which the network [|site] or system may be used. In other words, if a user does not agree to follow any business’s/institutions policy or contract, their access to the network or Internet is not approved.
 * Computer security (managing passwords, software licenses, and online intellectual property)
 * Basic interpersonal etiquette, particularly in email and bulletin board conversations.
 * Overuse or misuse of resources, such as generating excessive network traffic by playing computer games, for example.
 * Computer Security
 * Permitted Activities
 * Prohibited Activities
 * Social Media
 * Etiquette
 * Resource Use
 * Computer Vandalism & Harassment
 * The Level of Employee Privacy
 * Enforcement and Consequences for Noncompliance
 * Revisions and Update

//**Local Schools A.U.P.’s**//  ü Expectations & acceptable use of internet  ü Unacceptable use of computer network or internet <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ü Internet filtering/access & Network use <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ü Penalties <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ü E-mail management <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> ü Authorized users

**//My Choice://**
 * //The AUP I found the best was the// //Jefferson// //County// //one because it requires a signature from the user (student), which is clarification by the school that the individual has read the policy and adheres to it. I also like the need for additional verification, by requiring the student’s parent/guardians signature. It also provides a lot more specific explanation on what a user may-not do. Finally it defines its purpose and its enforcement/consequences for noncompliance. //

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