Strictly Prohibited

Students are strictly prohibited from the following actions while using their Chromebook (Bryson Elementary School reserves the right to modify this list at any time.):

• Illegal installation or transmission of copyrighted materials
• Any action that violates an applicable existing or future Board policy and any applicable laws
• Sending, accessing, uploading, downloading, or distributing offensive, profane, threatening, obscene, or explicit materials
• Use of chat rooms, book reports, and other forms of student work
• Messaging services-EX: MSN Messenger, ICQ, etc.
• Use of outside data disks or external attachments without prior approval from the administration
• Changing of Chromebook settings (exceptions include personal settings such as font size, brightness, etc.)
• Spamming-Sending mass or inappropriate emails
• Using the internet to access personal (non-school related) accounts - i.e. non-school provided e-mail accounts (yahoo, hotmail), facebook, other social media sites, etc.
• Gaining access to other student’s accounts, files, and/or data
• Use of the school’s Internet/E-mail accounts for financial or commercial gain or for any illegal activity
• Sending anonymous or misleading communications for any inappropriate purpose via any means
• Students are not allowed to give out personal information, without the permission and supervision of their parents or a school staff member, over the Internet. This includes, but is not limited to, setting up internet accounts including those necessary for chat rooms, Ebay, email, etc.
• Participation in credit card fraud, electronic forgery or other forms of illegal behavior
• Vandalism (any malicious attempt to harm or destroy hardware, software or data, including, but not limited to, the uploading or creation of computer viruses or computer programs that can infiltrate computer systems and/or damage software components) of school equipment will not be allowed
• Transmission or accessing materials that are obscene, offensive, threatening or otherwise intended to harass or demean recipients
• Bypassing the Greenville County Schools web filter through a web proxy