COA 09-11 Catalog - Peralta Colleges

College INFORMATION29College HourThe policy of College of Alameda is to provide for a weeklyCollege Hour, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tuesdays, soas to encourage college-wide events, student clubs andother extracurricular activities.Student Computer Use PolicyInternet PolicyStudent, faculty, and staff Internet access is provided foreducational and work-related purposes only. Violationsof Internet use include, but are not limited to, thefollowing:Logging onto chat rooms and/or participating in onlinechat; exceptions are educational and/or classroommandatedchat rooms;Visiting pornographic, racist, or hate sites and/ordownloading and viewing pornographic pictures;Sending harassing, intimidating, racist, hate and/orthreatening messages; and unauthorized downloadingand installation of programs.Policy ViolationsConduct which is considered violation of campusand district policy with respect to computing facilitiesincludes, but is not limited to, the following:Sending racist, hate, harassing, intimidating and/orthreatening messages through electronic mail or othermeans;Downloading, storing or displaying obscene orpornographic materials;Using computing facilities in a manner that violatescopyrights, patent protections or license agreements,including using pirated or unlicensed software;Installing personal software and downloading softwarefrom the Internet onto desktop computers or network