Information technology provides important means of communication, both public and private. For faculty members, the principle of academic freedom will apply to public communications in all these forms. In accordance with guidelines in procedure, the College may monitor individual usage of any information technology facilities and resources. The College reserves the right to monitor and record the usage of all information technology facilities and resources if threatening or abusive behavior has been reported. All members of the College community who use Oakton s information technology facilities and resources must act responsibly in their use of the resources.
Every user is responsible for the integrity of the resources.
Oakton s policy requires that all members of its community act in accordance with these responsibilities. Authorized users and system administrators must all guard against abuses that disrupt threaten the viability of any and all systems, including those at the College and those on networks to which the College s systems are connected. The President is responsible for supervising adoption of guidelines to implement this policy. Systems administrators may adopt additonal guidelines for use of their own systems. Enforcement Alleged violations of this policy will be processed according to the judicial processes outlined in the Oakton Community College Policies and Procedures Manual, College collective bargaining agreements, the Student Code of Conduct, and the Code of Academic Integrity.