Acceptable Use Policy

All students, faculty, staff, employees at Penn State sign to indicate that they have read and agree to the university's acceptable use policy when they are issued their access accounts. Typically, for students this happens during orientation.

My approach this fall will differ somewhat from previous years. It will include three parts. First, I will remind them of this at the start of my class in the fall semester via the following statement which will be attached to my syllabus. Additionally, the statement on academic integrity is required on all syllabi at Penn State Brandywine. I read that and explain it to students on the first day of class. Finally, this year I will require that students complete the online module on academic integrity, plagiarism, and copyright materials provided through Penn State's I-Study site at http://istudy.psu.edu/FirstYearModules/CopyrightPlagiarism/Materials.html

A. In LLED 10 this semester you will be using the internet as a tool to access information, respond to it and thereby create new information. Therefore, it is important for all that you adhere to the acceptable use policies and procedures of Penn State University. These procedures can be found http://guru.psu.edu/policies/AD20.html. Additionally, we will adhere to the National Educational Technology Standards (https://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfmSection=NETS) for fostering appropriate use of information technology. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

1) Users will "practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology" by

• complying with all federal, state, and local laws and university policies
• safeguarding the private information (including names, addresses, passwords) of all individuals
• restricting use of data, passwords and access to yourself
• using university accounts for university related activities only
• represent yourself truthfully in all communications

2) Users will "exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity" by

• completing all activities with enthusiasm, diligence, honesty and open-mindedness

3) Users will "demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning" by

• contributing to class and on-line activities
• seeking out and adding relevant information
• questioning and investigating information

4) Users will "exhibit leadership for digital citizenship" by

• adhering to all policies and procedures as defined by the university
• assisting others to also abide by these policies
• practicing, encouraging and fostering responsible use of all sources of information by oneself and others

The above implies and includes conducting yourself at all times according to the academic integrity policies of the university which can be found at

http://www.psu.edu/dept/oue/aappm/G-9.html.

B. "All students are expected to act with civility and personal integrity; respect other students’ dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.

Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another person’s work as one’s own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, “ghosting” (i.e. taking or having another take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the work of another, facilitating other students’ acts of academic dishonesty, etc.

Students charged with a breach of academic integrity will receive due process and, if the charge is found valid, academic sanctions may range, depending on the severity of the offense, from 0 (zero) for the assignment to F for the course." (from http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/judicial/codeofconduct/)

Any graded work for this course which is found to be copied, stolen, plagiarized, or otherwise represents a breach of the university’s academic integrity policy will receive 0 points.