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Information
IS Policies
Interpretation of AUP Concerning Web Pages
Download a Web Posting Security Quick Reference sheet (pdf)
Scope of AUP
Current relevant sections of the AUP apply to world readable web pages. At this time, any web page or blog that is created and/or hosted on UCLS server should be considered world readable. Note that this includes any web page stored in a user's “Website” folder even if these pages are not linked anywhere else (including any UCLS page).
Personal Identification
No personally identifying information about students should be posted to a web page with the exception of student names: rules concerning the use of student names are detailed in the next section. Some examples of information which should not be posted include addresses, phone numbers, and instant message screen names. UCLS web pages may not contain links or URLs to student-owned web pages hosted outside UCLS.
Naming Security
As set forward in Lab's AUP, we are committed to the safety of our students online. A very important part of our web security guidelines concerns the use of student names on web pages and blogs. No student names may be used to caption photos of lower and middle school students on a web page. If lower and middle school student work posted to a web page is captioned, only first names should be used. U-High student work may be captioned with first and last name. U-High student photos may be captioned with first names. When students achieve noteworthy distinctions, High School administrators may request students’ and parents’ permission to post student photos captioned with students’ first and last names.
Blog comments
On school-hosted blogs, comments must be moderated. Moderators should not approve comments that don’t conform to security and content restrictions, including the use of student first and last names in blog comments. Lower School blogs which utilize comments must be password protected.
Student Schedules
Student and/or class schedules or other discrete data about students that, when combined, can locate a particular student in space and time should not be posted.
Commercial Personal Web Pages
No faculty or staff web pages on, or linked from, school servers should be used for commercial purposes.
Web Content Redirecting
Care should be used when including dynamic content from non-UCLS services like external blogs, social networking services etc. (via RSS or HTML embedding) as these services sometimes contain advertisements or offensive content, some of which may not meet UCLS AUP guidelines.
Web Page Updating
All faculty and staff web pages should be updated regularly to assure the content and links are current and relevant. When the Webmaster finds out of date content, broken links, or questionable posting decisions, pages may be taken down temporarily until page owners rectify the situation.
Web Page Content
All faculty and staff web pages should meet basic academic standards regarding spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Copyright Guidelines
Web site contents must comply with applicable copyright law. This means that:
- The material (images, text, video etc.) used on the site must be original work, OR
- You must have permission from the copyright holder to use the work on your site. OR
- The work must be in the public domain. OR
- The way you plan to use the work falls under fair use provisions of copyright law.
Copyright law, and particularly what counts as copyright infringement under “fair use” provisions for educators, can be confusing. Nonetheless, educators have a legal and ethical obligation to make an informed judgment about fair use before posting copyrighted material. Resources to help inform one’s judgment and online citation conventions are listed below. A rule of thumb is to assume content is copyrighted when in doubt.
A University of Chicago maintained a web-based resource for copyright questions
A guide to determining whether something is public domain
A simplified look at what counts as fair use
An excellent reference for online citation styles
There is also a guide to fair use posted in all three computer labs and in the tech support office in Judd basement. Please feel free to ask Computer Science teachers or IS staff when attempting to evaluate fair use.
