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Operating Procedures, POSC L-101
- Appropriate Use of the POSC L-101 Lab:
- General Use of the POSC L-101 Lab:
- Printer Use in thePOSC L-101 Lab:
Appropriate Use of the POSC L-101 Lab:
- Appropriate use of the Lab should always reflect academic honesty, ethical and moral responsibility and restraint in the consumption of shared resources. Appropriate use demonstrates respect for intellectual property, ownership of data, system security mechanisms, and for individuals' rights to privacy and rights to freedom from intimidation, harassment and unwarranted annoyance.
- The Center for Poultry Excellence Computer Lab is provided for daily walk-in use by current students, faculty and staff of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and others taking classes offered by the College: The POSC Computer Lab is funded from undergraduate funds. Therefore, priority is given to undergraduate students and their academic computing needs in that facility. Lab users may be requested to present a valid University I.D. to use the Lab. A university I.D. validated for POSC Lab use is required to gain access after normal business hours. Please refer to the receptionist on the first floor of the Poultry Science Building to gain or verify accessibility. Others wishing to use the Lab should obtain permission from the Poultry Center's building coordinator (Diana Bisbee).
- Allowing persons into the Lab who do not possess a validated University I.D. is strictly prohibited: Your safety, the safety of others and the security of the computing equipment depend on the security system that is in place. If you are found to be allowing access to those who do not possess a validated I.D. or those who knock on the door, your access to the facility may be temporarily denied or permanently revoked.
- No food, drink, or tobacco products are allowed in the Lab under ANY circumstances.
- All users must use computing equipment, software, and network access in a manner pursuant to the University Codes of Conduct, the University Code of Computing Practices and applicable statutes of the Arkansas Criminal Code.
- Tampering with any equipment, software or data in the computer Lab is considered vandalism, which may lead to civil liability or criminal prosecution.
- Activities that interfere with the ability of other users to make effective use of campus computing and network resources are prohibited.
- Programs and data provided in the AFLS Computer Labs are not to be taken to other computer sites: You may use software on POSC Lab computers only if it has been legally obtained and if its use does not violate license or copyright restrictions. You may not use programs in the Lab that were obtained from other computer sites unless they are in the public domain and authorization to use them in this facility has been obtained from the Network Administrator.
- The Poultry Science Computer Lab is not part of the University's General Access Computer Labs (GACL) system: Use of all AFLS Computer Labs, including Poultry, is a privilege not a right. College officials reserve the right to ask any user (authorized or unauthorized) to leave at any time.
- Inappropriate use or violation of the Lab's operating procedures may result in revocation of Lab privileges, referral to the University's Judicial Board or criminal prosecution.
- When a class is in session in a Lab, public access is restricted: Please ask the instructor using the Lab, if you have a question concerning availability of the Lab.
General Use of the POSC L-101 Lab:
- Users of all AFLS Computer Labs are expected to follow the guidelines below at all times.
- Active Directory account activation is now required to access the Poultry Science Lab Computers: Follow the link below to activate your account. Activate Your Active Directory Account via PassWeb (secure)
- Try to work from the computer's hard drive and backup to removeable: Hard drives provide a more reliable and faster media than removable disk(c)s or remote storage, such as floppy disk, Zip disk, flash media (USB or thumb drive) and CD-RW or network storage space. Simply place a copy of the file with which you will be working in a temporary folder on the local hard drive. Then, periodically save the file to your removable media or network space, noted below, and immediately save the file to the hard drive again to continue working from that location. Note: The location from which you are currently working is always the last location to which you saved your file. To ensure your own privacy, after saving your current work to removable or remote media (Zip, floppy, thumb drive, CD-RW or network), please delete your working files from the hard drive before leaving the Lab. On Windows computers, you should always empty the Recycle Bin on your desktop to free that space for subsequent users.
- A location for temporary storage of work files is provided: These scratch areas may be cleaned on a periodic basis. Lab management cannot be responsible for lost data that was stored on any computer in the Lab. Users are expected to save their work on floppy disk, Zip disk, CD-RW, USB drive or their network space.
- Save early and save often to help prevent lost work: While every effort is made to keep the Lab in peak operating condition, random events can and do happen. Some programs include a backup or recovery technique. If you feel that you are on the verge of losing a significant amount of your work, please consult the program's help section before taking drastic action. It could save you time.
- The My Documents folder now provides access to your Comp space: Computing Services provides all users 300MB of space available on Comp. When you logon to the computers in the Poultry Science Computer Lab, your Comp space is automatically made avialable in the My Documents folder. If you will need a file to be available elsewhere on campus, simply copy the file to the My Documents folder. Then, the file can be retrieved later from any location on campus that allows Active Directory account logon.
- Be sure to LOGOFF when you leave: If you leave the Lab and you are still logged on to a computer, other users can access your Comp space (see above).
- If you are engaging in non-academic pursuits on a Lab computer and there are people waiting to use the Lab, you will be asked to make the computer you are using available to those who are waiting.
- The Poultry Center Computer Lab does not permit users to install software on Lab computers: Unauthorized programs found on Lab computers will be promptly removed without warning. Authorized users, including instructors, who wish to have software installed should contact the Lab administrator or the College's Help Desk at 575-3420 for assistance. If you are found installing software in the Lab, your access may be restricted, or disciplinary action may be taken.
- Users may not connect peripheral devices to any Lab computer without prior permission from the Lab administrator: The only exceptions are the connection of headphones or USB thumb drives. We encourage users to exercise extreme care when connecting headphones or thumb drives to ensure they are connected properly. This will avoid damage to the Lab's equipment and the student's device. If you are unsure of the proper procedure, please ask for assistance.
- Problems with hardware or software should be reported to the Lab Operator or Administrator as soon as they are detected, so repairs can be expedited: If no one is available at that time, please call the College's primary Compuet Lab site at 575-4452 and provide complete information regarding the problem.
- If a user leaves the Lab for more than 15 minutes, the computer left behind may be made available to someone else.
- No food, drink, or tobacco products are allowed in the Lab under ANY circumstances.
- The telephone in the Lab is for business and emergency use only: Since classes meet in the Lab, the phone number is not given out. People in the Lab should not be expected to attempt to locate students who might be using the Lab.
Printer Use in the POSC L-101 Lab:
- Authorized users of the Poultry Science Computer Lab can print class related documents free of charge. College officials reserve the right to cancel, reschedule or withhold print jobs that do not follow the Lab's printing guidelines.
- You may need to install a printer:
If a printer is not currently installed on the computer you are using, follow the nstructions posted in that facility. - Authorized users may only print class related documents in the Lab:
Acceptable printing includes: course work, research for course related topics and professional correspondence. No personal printing or duplicates are allowed. There is a copy center on campus and student copiers in various locations on campus for duplicating documents. Please call 575-2646 for more information - If you do not intend to wait for your printout and take it with you, please do not submit the job at all.
Paper and toner are expensive and if not used appropriately, those in the UA community may be charged for all printing. - Instructors are encouraged to photocopy handouts rather than expecting students to print them in the Lab.
- There is currently a 25 page per day limit on printing:
If you need to print a larger document, please consult with other users in the Lab before submitting the print job. Or, you may print the sections of the job that you currently need and then print the remaining pages on another day. - Please use the spell checker and print preview features before printing your document:
Check your document before you print it. Please do not print blank pages and/or garbage characters. - Please attempt to print items exclusively from the local hard drive:
PDF documents are notorious for taking an excessive amout of time to print, especially when printing them from a web page. If you right-click a PDF's link and select "Save Target As...", you can save the file to C:\Temp and open it from there. If you do end up needing to print the document, the printing step will work much more smoothly. As noted above in the General Use section, please remove your files from the temporary space when you are finished with them. Instead of printing the document, you might consider moving those files to your own removable media, such as a thumb drive or other portable disk. You will then have electronic access to them at any time you are near a computer. - If you need to print a page from a web browser, look for a "Printer Friendly" link:
Often web pages will offer a link labelled "Printer Friendly" to allow proper formatting and a better fit to 8 1/2 x 11 paper. These special links are provided voluntartily by the web provider and may not appear on all web pages. - If your print job is not ejected from the printer, please ask for assistance before re-printing, or cancel the print job before leaving the Lab:
Typically, your printout is in the printer queue and may take a few minutes before coming out. Ask others in the Lab to see if they have submitted print jobs that are hindering yours. Clearing other users' jobs can help in releasing your print job. - Help files and other online files should be printed only if absolutely necessary:
Online Help pages typically exceed the 25 page per day limit. Documents larger than 25 pages must have approval before they are sent to the printer. - If the printer appears to be malfunctioning, please inform the College's priary Computer Lab contact by calling 575-4452 for assistance:
Do not attempt to fix the printer yourself. - Consult the Lab Opeator or Administrator before using special paper:
Special paper (resume stock, transparencies, etc.) frequently causes paper jams in the printer, as well as interrupting the normal workflow of others. All special paper must be handled by a Poultry Science official or the Lab Administrator. Most special paper will not be allowed in the Lab printers, due to increased wear and tear on the printers. Typically, only paper provided by the Lab should be used in Lab printers.
- You may need to install a printer: