• Student Guide to MyCOD's Campus Cruiser
• General Rules of Behavior
• Group Study
  
• Cell Phone and Pager Use
  
• Printing
• Using the Network TEMP folder
  
• Saving Files
  
• Lab Closing
  
• Emergencies
  
• Lab Aides
  
• Employment Opportunities
  
• Board Policy #6114
  
• Children in Computing Labs Board Policy #7255
  
  

The following guidelines are not meant to be an exhaustive catalog of what is allowed or disallowed. The computer lab staff are fully authorized to interpret these guidelines and apply them to a patron behavior as the situation warrants.

The computer lab staff are charged with maintaining the proper environment and are authorized to request of all patrons compliance with the listed guidelines.

If after two warnings a patron fails to abide by our established rules, he or she will be asked to leave the facility. Public Safety personnel will be called for assistance if necessary.

The following activities are PROHIBITED:

• Engaging in any illegal activities
• Undertaking willful damage to or unauthorized removal of College property
• Engaging in disorderly conduct, committing a nuisance, or unreasonably disturbing or offending computer lab users
• Using abusive, loud or obscene language
• Smoking or using any other tobacco products
• Bringing open food or beverage containers in the computer lab
• Eating or drinking anywhere in the computing lab facilities including hallways and classrooms
• Soliciting, selling, distributing leaflets or posting notices not authorized by the facility
• Remaining in the facility past the posted closing time
• Entering or remaining in a classroom area without authorization or the presence of your instructor
• Occupying more space than is strictly needed to work
• Loading non-academic related software on computers
• Using open lab computers for game playing or chat rooms, unless authorized by your instructor
• Using a cell phone anywhere within the lab facilities

Group Study in the Academic Computing Center

In an effort to reduce noise in ACC open lab, vacant Academic Computing Center classrooms will be provided, when available, for group study. The room is only available to registered students who need to work on a group project that requires software available only in Academic Computing Center. A request form, available at the ACC front desk and online, must be completed and submitted to the Lab Supervisor on duty. See the form for additional details.

Wireless laptops are available for use in the Library in conjunction with the Library's group study rooms.

Saving Files

• A new empty Print Card costs $1. A new card has zero copies on it! The cost for a usable new card is a $2 minimum. (One dollar for the card, plus one dollar to add the first 15 copies.)
• To add copies to a new card or a empty card, reinsert the card into the vending machine. Insert money. Each dollar adds 15 copies to the card. The vending machines accept $1 to $20 bills. Please be aware that vending machines DO NOT give change. A $10 bill immediately adds 150 copies to your card.

• We recommend you do not have more than 150 copies ($10) on you card.
• Always PRINT your name on a new card. The college is not responsible for the replacement of lost, stolen or damaged cards. Found cards, with names on them, are held for 30 days. Cards without identification are not held. Cards held in the Library are at the Print Center. Cards held in the ACC are at the Distribution Center.
• Do not throw out and "empty" card -- recharge it. You do not have to wait until the card is empty to recharge it.
• To Print a document, your card must have at least the same number of pages as the total pages in the print job. After it is sent to the print queue, you cannot print only a portion of that print job.

• Used cards or unused copies on a card cannot be refunded. If you have multiple cards, we will transfer copies from one card to another. No refunds or credits are issued for extra cards.
• Cash refunds are not given for defective prints. If a defect is due to our hardware or software problem, we will credit your print card or reprint the pages at no cost.
• You must pay for all pages you print. Most software programs have a "print preview" function to help you select only the pages you need, before you send it to the print queue. We do not refund or offer credits for "extra" printed pages. The print queue displays the total number of pages for each print job before you print it. If it appears to be too many pages, do not print it. Ask for assistance.
• The College reserves the right to replace a print card with an encoding error. Cards displaying an "ER" message or cards displaying over 300 copies have encoding errors. Replacement cards are issued with no more that 150 copies.
• If you accidentally purchased a new card when you intended to recharge an existing card, immediately bring both cards to the Print Center service desk in the Library, or the Distribution Center is the ACC. We will credit your existing card with 15 copies in exchange for the new card. (The exchanged card must be empty and in like-new condition.)

Each of the IBM Networks has a space for the temporary storage of files. This space is intended to facilitate the quick distribution of files between students and instructors.. In general, students should not place files on the network for any other purposes. The folder can be found via Windows Explorer in G:\TEMP. You should copy files from G:\TEMP and place them onto your floppy drive to work on. A quick way to do this is to right-click on the folder you would like to copy and select "Send to 3 1/2 floppy (A)" from the popup menu that appears. Be sure to copy all of the files that you need before you leave the lab. The G:\TEMP folder is emptied each night after the lab closes. After the end of the day you will need to get a copy of the files from your instructor.

Placing Files into the Network TEMP Folder
If instructed to do so by your instructor, you will be able to place files into this folder, but will not be able to modify or delete them after they have been placed there. It works best to prepare your work in a folder on a floppy or zip disk and then copy the directory to G:\TEMP. Remember that the G:\TEMP folder is emptied each night after the lab closes.

Announcements will be made prior to the closing of the lab. Patrons should finish their work when the announcements are made and should be outside of the facility at the posted closing time.

In case of an emergency, contact the Lab Aide on duty. If the fire alarm should sound, all users will evacuate the center immediately. Everyone must wait outside until it is announced by Public Safety to return.

Lab aides are in the lab to help students log in to and out of applications, print their work, and to check out materials. They are not able to help students with applications or assignments. Your instructor is responsible for teaching you how to use a particular application.

The Academic Computing Center, K Computer Complex, Addison, Carol Stream, Naperville, and Westmont Regional Centers hire eligible students to fill open lab aide positions. This is an excellent opportunity for students to gain additional computer knowledge. Student employees must satisfy the following requirements:

• Enrollment for at least 6 credit hours of college level courses (or acceptable remedial courses) for each quarter except summer quarter and must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA. Some prior experience using computers would be helpful.
• Not more than 20 hours per week may be worked during Fall and Spring terms. If you are interested in working in these labs, please go to Human Resources, SRC2053 to apply.

Any access/use of the College of DuPage computer systems is restricted to duly authorized individuals only. Any unauthorized access/use by an individual, including administrators, faculty, classified staff, students and the public, of the computer systems, computer network, computer programs, computer software, computer supplies, documentation and/or data will be subject to disciplinary action, civil action and/or criminal prosecution.

A complete copy of the disciplinary procedure, which involves a disciplinary authority, sanctions and a student's right to appeal, is available in the office of the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.

See also.

The college administration maintains the right to restrict access to college facilities in the interest of safety and sound educational practices.