Be aware of scams people may run to gain access to your account. In general, treat your fellow local and global computer users in a polite and civilized manner. As a user of a CIS computer account, you are a part of an electronic community. As with conventional communities, everything runs more smoothly when everyone cooperates. You are expected to use your account in an appropriate fashion.
Appropriate use is an ill-defined term.
However, this list cannot be comprehensive. In general, we request that our users use simple common sense when using their accounts, and try to be polite to their fellow users. If you try to follow this philosophy, you are unlikely to run afoul of the department's policies. You may use your CIS account not only for CIS lab work, but for other CIS course work, for any course work in general, and even for recreation. However, since these facilities are provided by the CIS department, users working on CIS course work have top priority.