Oatridge College Moodle Site Policy

Conditions of Use:

1. The purpose of the Oatridge College Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is to deliver on-line learning opportunities to the College community. All staff and students are entitled to use Moodle in connection with their association with Oatridge College.

2. A username and password are used to access Moodle. Users should keep their password confidential and not disclose it to anyone else, attempt to log on as a different user or use a computer which is logged in as another user. Any problems with logging into Moodle should be reported to the Resource Centre where staff will be able to help. You may be asked to show your student card as proof of identity before changes to a Moodle account can be made.

3. Some resources on Moodle are universally available for all staff and students. Other resources may only be available to specific groups or course members. The structure and content of these courses are developed at the discretion of the named tutor(s).

4. Use of inappropriate language and material will not be permitted. Users must not use obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening or disrespectful language. Users must not use Moodle to post material that is profane or obscene (pornography) or that advocates illegal acts or violence or discrimination toward others.
5. Do not add anything offensive to your profile and please do not add any personal and private information that you would not wish others to see
6. Users are reminded that text, images and other information created by third parties will be subject to the laws of copyright, and that this includes material found elsewhere on the Internet. Messages posted to the discussion area must not include such material without the copyright owner's permission.
7. Users are expected to respect the right to privacy of others. Users must not repost a message that was sent to them privately without permission of the person who sent the message. Nor must users post private information about another person or post contact information (eg. address, phone number) about any other person.
8. You should be aware that Moodle uses e-mail to communicate with registered users and messages will be sent to the e-mail account which you specify during registration.

9. By using the Oatridge College computer systems in whole or in part you are also agreeing to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy for ICT.