Online & Digital Resource Vetting

User: The vetting process begins at the school level. After reviewing the current list of vetted resources, a district 5 staff member can submit a request to have a Digital or Online resource vetted (this form is only available to D5 staff). The user must review the resource's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to ensure the protection of student and staff data.

Digital Integration Specialist (DIS): Each school's Digital Integration Specialist (DIS) will oversee any requests from a school. The school DIS will research the resource and contact the vendor for additional information.  Receiving communication and information from the vendor is an important part of this process and can take time.  As needed, the DIS will work with members of the iFive team (Technology Teacher Leaders, Librarians, DISs, and Administrators). Once a school has approved the request, the DIS will submit a request to have the resource evaluated by The Office of Instruction.

Office of Instruction: The Office of Instruction will review all requests to ensure that they align with the district's approved curriculum and if applicable, support the South Carolina State Adopted Standards.  If approved by Office of Instruction, the request will then be submitted to Technology Services.

Technology Services:  Technology Services reviews the resource for the validity, confidentiality, security and implementation.  As a part of their review, Technology Services adds the resource to the D5 Vetted Online & Digital Resources Database (approved and not approved) and ClassLink. 

User: Throughout the process the user is notified of their request's progress. Once vetting is complete  and the user is notified of approval, they can then begin to use or purchase the online or digital resource.   Resource will be added to user's ClassLink App Library or assigned to the user ClassLink LaunchPad as appropriate.