Desktop Settings - Do you allow changes to Backgrouds, shortcuts on the
desktop, screen savers, etc
NO - Faculty is not allowed to make any of these
changes
Do
you allow saving to the local hard drive, or restrict saving to the network
only
NO - Saving is to network drives only for a couple reasons.
First data backup...if they loose data (and they do) I can get it back.
Second if I need to switch out or reimage a computer I don't have to waste
time with local data
How
about disk space quotas - how much do you allow a user to store on the
network
? - In the past we limited students to 20MB and staff 100MB. We
have increased our storage capacity and have not enforced quotas, but will if
it gets out of hand.
Use
of e-mail programs - do you have district supported programs, or can they use
anything they want
We use outlook so all staff either use the the outlook
client or outlook web access.
Installing programs on the machine - both district-supported and personal
software
NO - Faculty is not allowed to install programs on their
own. Several reasons, licensing, security,
imaging
Do
you allow computers to be used without any connection to the network
All teachers have a production computer that is attached to the
network. As we retire computers teacher may ask for additional
computers as stand alones, not connected to the network for skill and drill type
usage.
Do you allow people to connect personal peripherals to the computer that
require software - digital cameras, zip drives, cd-burners, scanners,
etc...
NO - We provide the equipment if need to
do school work
In
what method do you suggest people move data from school to home for work - usb
flash keys, floppy, e-mail
We suggest email and are starting to look at usb key
drives
Sorry for all of the
questions. We are trying to get some baseline data for security that
other schools are using. If you would help us out, I would appreciate
it. I would be happy to compile all of the data and return it to the
list, should there be any interest for that. Again, thanks for any
help!!! Have a great weekend!!!
Jeremy
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Jeremy
Pearson
Network Administrator / Computer Technician
Fort Dodge Community
School District
104 South 17th Street
Fort Dodge, Iowa
50501
http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us
(515)574-5676
voice
(515)574-5324 fax
