Code of Conduct & Acceptable Use Policy
Code of Conduct & Acceptable Use Policy
As a Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL) student, you are subject to the rules and restrictions implemented by your school and the Student Code of Conduct and Acceptable Use Policy.
This document describes the policies and guidelines for the use of the MIL courses and exists to ensure that all MIL students are aware of and understand their responsibilities when accessing and using MIL resources.
MIL reserves the right to update or alter this agreement at any time. Such revisions may substantially alter access to MIL instructional resources.
As a student enrolled in MIL courses, you should be aware of the following guidelines and expectations. Any activity that is not listed here, which
violates local, state, or federal laws, is considered a violation of the Acceptable Use Policy. Failure to follow these guidelines could result in the:
Student Conduct
Respect for the law and for those persons in authority shall be expected of all students. This includes conformity to your school rules as well as general
provisions of law affecting students. Respect for the rights of others, consideration of their privileges, and cooperative citizenship shall also be
expected of all members of the school community.
Respect for real and personal property; pride in one's work; achievement within the range of one's ability; and exemplary personal standards of courtesy, decency, and honesty shall be maintained in MIL courses.
Academic Integrity
All work submitted is assumed to have been completed on your own. Students are responsible for observing the standards on plagiarism and properly crediting all sources relied on in the composition of their work. Failure to abide by these standards will be reported to the appropriate administrative authorities and may result in loss of credit and revoked access to course(s) and additional disciplinary action. The use of digital, printed, or live translators is
strictly forbidden.
Use of Copyrighted Materials
All materials in the courses are copyrighted and provided for the exclusive use by enrolled students. Enrolled students may print or photocopy material from the website for their own use but distribution to others is prohibited unless expressly noted. Unauthorized copying or distribution may result in revoked
access to course(s) and disciplinary action.
Users shall not upload, download, transmit or post copyrighted software or copyrighted materials such as MIL curriculum, materials protected by trade secrets or other protections. This includes copyrighted graphics of cartoon characters or other materials found that may appear to be non-copyright protected. Unauthorized copying or distribution may result in revoked access to course(s) and disciplinary action.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
is the act of submitting someone else’s work as your own original, creative production. If you use another person’s writing or original work, you must cite
their words using an appropriate manuscript style in the Works Cited page, Endnotes, or in a Bibliography. The exact wording should be in quotation marks
or paraphrased in the paper and referenced as such in the paragraph in which it appears. You may not copy and paste directly from the Internet without giving
appropriate credit to the author. Plagiarism is a serious academic violation. Plagiarism will result in no credit and will also be considered as a
disciplinary issue and may result in removal from MIL courses.
Source Citation
Many courses require written work in which you will need to cite sources. Any direct quotations from your textbook can simply be cited as (Author, Page Number). Any quotations from outside sources require full citations, including author, title, publisher, date of publication, and page number. If you're citing information found on a Web site, provide the complete Web page or site title, URL, author if known, page number if applicable, and publication date of the site, if available.
Monitoring E-mail and other Material
MIL reserves the right to review any material transmitted using MIL instructional computing resources or posted to an MIL instructional computing resource to
determine the appropriateness of such material. MIL may review this material at any time, with or without notice. E-mail transmitted to MIL is not private and
may be monitored.
Acceptable Use Policy
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags or other materials ("User
Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such User Content originated. This means
that you and not MIL are entirely responsible for all User Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Services.MIL
does not control the User Content posted via the Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such User Content. Under no
circumstances will MIL be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or
damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services.
By posting information in or otherwise using any interactive service that may be available to you on or through the Services, you agree that you will not upload, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content—including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other
information—that:
Could be harmful to minors; is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious,
contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed
at another individual or group of individuals), uses vulgar language in the creation of a username, or otherwise violates these Terms or any applicable
School policy;Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;Constitutes
unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation,
solicits passwords or personally identifiable information, or any form of lottery or gambling, sweepstakes or advertising;Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges where available; Interferes with or disrupts the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services,
or disobeys any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;Provides material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; “stalks" or otherwise harasses another;
Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any
software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or
impersonates any person or entity, including but not limited to any employee or representative of MIL. You also agree that you will not harvest or collect
information about the users or Users of the Services or use such information for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk
electronic e-mail or communications.
You further agree that you will not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from a minor (anyone under 18 years old) without appropriate prior
verifiable parental consent. Personal information includes but is not limited to name, address, phone number, or name of their school.
MIL generally does not pre-screen, monitor, edit or remove User Content. MIL and its agents, however, have the right (but not the obligation) at their sole
discretion to pre-screen, monitor, edit or remove any User Content that, in MIL’s judgment, does not comply with these Terms or is otherwise harmful,
objectionable, or inaccurate. MIL is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such User Content. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any User Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such User Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any User Content created by MIL or submitted to MIL.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that MIL may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and User Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms; (c) respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; (e) protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of MIL, their users and the public; or (f) utilize Your usage and/or assessment data associated with the Services for internal analytic
statistical, development, educational or quality control purposes.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including your User Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various
networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
As a Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL) student, you are subject to the rules and restrictions implemented by your school and the Student Code of Conduct and Acceptable Use Policy.
This document describes the policies and guidelines for the use of the MIL courses and exists to ensure that all MIL students are aware of and understand their responsibilities when accessing and using MIL resources.
MIL reserves the right to update or alter this agreement at any time. Such revisions may substantially alter access to MIL instructional resources.
As a student enrolled in MIL courses, you should be aware of the following guidelines and expectations. Any activity that is not listed here, which
violates local, state, or federal laws, is considered a violation of the Acceptable Use Policy. Failure to follow these guidelines could result in the:
- removal of your access to MIL instructional resources
- your removal from the course
- restriction from social networking anywhere in the MIL system
- involvement with law enforcement agencies and possible legal action.
Student Conduct
Respect for the law and for those persons in authority shall be expected of all students. This includes conformity to your school rules as well as general
provisions of law affecting students. Respect for the rights of others, consideration of their privileges, and cooperative citizenship shall also be
expected of all members of the school community.
Respect for real and personal property; pride in one's work; achievement within the range of one's ability; and exemplary personal standards of courtesy, decency, and honesty shall be maintained in MIL courses.
Academic Integrity
All work submitted is assumed to have been completed on your own. Students are responsible for observing the standards on plagiarism and properly crediting all sources relied on in the composition of their work. Failure to abide by these standards will be reported to the appropriate administrative authorities and may result in loss of credit and revoked access to course(s) and additional disciplinary action. The use of digital, printed, or live translators is
strictly forbidden.
Use of Copyrighted Materials
All materials in the courses are copyrighted and provided for the exclusive use by enrolled students. Enrolled students may print or photocopy material from the website for their own use but distribution to others is prohibited unless expressly noted. Unauthorized copying or distribution may result in revoked
access to course(s) and disciplinary action.
Users shall not upload, download, transmit or post copyrighted software or copyrighted materials such as MIL curriculum, materials protected by trade secrets or other protections. This includes copyrighted graphics of cartoon characters or other materials found that may appear to be non-copyright protected. Unauthorized copying or distribution may result in revoked access to course(s) and disciplinary action.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
is the act of submitting someone else’s work as your own original, creative production. If you use another person’s writing or original work, you must cite
their words using an appropriate manuscript style in the Works Cited page, Endnotes, or in a Bibliography. The exact wording should be in quotation marks
or paraphrased in the paper and referenced as such in the paragraph in which it appears. You may not copy and paste directly from the Internet without giving
appropriate credit to the author. Plagiarism is a serious academic violation. Plagiarism will result in no credit and will also be considered as a
disciplinary issue and may result in removal from MIL courses.
Source Citation
Many courses require written work in which you will need to cite sources. Any direct quotations from your textbook can simply be cited as (Author, Page Number). Any quotations from outside sources require full citations, including author, title, publisher, date of publication, and page number. If you're citing information found on a Web site, provide the complete Web page or site title, URL, author if known, page number if applicable, and publication date of the site, if available.
Monitoring E-mail and other Material
MIL reserves the right to review any material transmitted using MIL instructional computing resources or posted to an MIL instructional computing resource to
determine the appropriateness of such material. MIL may review this material at any time, with or without notice. E-mail transmitted to MIL is not private and
may be monitored.
Acceptable Use Policy
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags or other materials ("User
Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such User Content originated. This means
that you and not MIL are entirely responsible for all User Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Services.MIL
does not control the User Content posted via the Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such User Content. Under no
circumstances will MIL be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or
damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services.
By posting information in or otherwise using any interactive service that may be available to you on or through the Services, you agree that you will not upload, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content—including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other
information—that:
Could be harmful to minors; is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious,
contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed
at another individual or group of individuals), uses vulgar language in the creation of a username, or otherwise violates these Terms or any applicable
School policy;Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;Constitutes
unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation,
solicits passwords or personally identifiable information, or any form of lottery or gambling, sweepstakes or advertising;Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges where available; Interferes with or disrupts the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services,
or disobeys any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;Provides material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; “stalks" or otherwise harasses another;
Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any
software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or
impersonates any person or entity, including but not limited to any employee or representative of MIL. You also agree that you will not harvest or collect
information about the users or Users of the Services or use such information for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk
electronic e-mail or communications.
You further agree that you will not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from a minor (anyone under 18 years old) without appropriate prior
verifiable parental consent. Personal information includes but is not limited to name, address, phone number, or name of their school.
MIL generally does not pre-screen, monitor, edit or remove User Content. MIL and its agents, however, have the right (but not the obligation) at their sole
discretion to pre-screen, monitor, edit or remove any User Content that, in MIL’s judgment, does not comply with these Terms or is otherwise harmful,
objectionable, or inaccurate. MIL is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such User Content. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any User Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such User Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any User Content created by MIL or submitted to MIL.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that MIL may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and User Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms; (c) respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; (e) protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of MIL, their users and the public; or (f) utilize Your usage and/or assessment data associated with the Services for internal analytic
statistical, development, educational or quality control purposes.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including your User Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various
networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
Netiquette
.MIL
Netiquette Standards Introduction
What does the word “etiquette” mean, you ask?
Well, it is a French word that refers to a set of rules either dictated by authority or by what has been deemed culturally acceptable to function in social or professional life. Netiquette is a combination of the words:
It is defined in the dictionary as the informal code of behavior on the Internet. In other words, Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online.
Why do we want standards or rules for how we communicate digitally?
We want standards because, like in school, everybody needs to act appropriately and realize that there are consequences for refusing to do so. It also helps us to understand the boundaries of what is acceptable behavior.
You should always remember that you are interacting with real people not just avatars like in video games.
You should give them the same attention and respect that you would give them in real life.
As a student of World Languages, you already know that to communicate in another language than your own, you need to learn more than the vocabulary and/or the grammar. You also need to learn the culture so you don’t commit social blunders. Well, cyberspace also has its own culture. Nobody really wants to
offend someone or to be offended because they misunderstand how to act in a given situation. It is the same online.
The tricky part is that online you need to be more careful because you cannot immediately see the damage you are causing by careless words.
Purpose
This document will help you reduce misunderstanding by explaining what proper behavior is like in cyberspace, and thus reducing the chances that you will
make someone mad without meaning to do so. The list of rules below will help you remember what is acceptable; therefore, it would be a good idea to post them next to your computer so you can easily refer to them when you are communicating with people online.
Standards for Online Communication
Respectful Communication
Please address your teacher appropriately by using Ms., Mrs., or Mr. as a title unless they have directed you to do otherwise.
Use appropriate language: curt, rude, or profane language will not be tolerated and will be reported immediately to your school administrator.
Clear Communication
Use appropriate Standard English when communicating. This is not the place for using “texting language”.
Use proper lower case when appropriate. Do not write in all capital letters – this has the appearance of yelling when communicating online.
Use a font and color that your teacher can read easily. We recommend Times New Roman 12-pt font since this is what you will use in college.
Always use a proper subject line when writing to your teacher.
Include specific Unit and Assignment names when referencing a problem.
Responsive Communication
Be patient. Do not send several emails within a short period of time and think that your teacher will respond immediately.
Always identify yourself by your full name. Do not expect your teacher to remember you by your email address. They can often be very
confusing.
If your teacher contacts you, be polite and answer back.
Please read and sign this document.
Netiquette Standards Introduction
What does the word “etiquette” mean, you ask?
Well, it is a French word that refers to a set of rules either dictated by authority or by what has been deemed culturally acceptable to function in social or professional life. Netiquette is a combination of the words:
It is defined in the dictionary as the informal code of behavior on the Internet. In other words, Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online.
Why do we want standards or rules for how we communicate digitally?
We want standards because, like in school, everybody needs to act appropriately and realize that there are consequences for refusing to do so. It also helps us to understand the boundaries of what is acceptable behavior.
You should always remember that you are interacting with real people not just avatars like in video games.
You should give them the same attention and respect that you would give them in real life.
As a student of World Languages, you already know that to communicate in another language than your own, you need to learn more than the vocabulary and/or the grammar. You also need to learn the culture so you don’t commit social blunders. Well, cyberspace also has its own culture. Nobody really wants to
offend someone or to be offended because they misunderstand how to act in a given situation. It is the same online.
The tricky part is that online you need to be more careful because you cannot immediately see the damage you are causing by careless words.
Purpose
This document will help you reduce misunderstanding by explaining what proper behavior is like in cyberspace, and thus reducing the chances that you will
make someone mad without meaning to do so. The list of rules below will help you remember what is acceptable; therefore, it would be a good idea to post them next to your computer so you can easily refer to them when you are communicating with people online.
Standards for Online Communication
Respectful Communication
Please address your teacher appropriately by using Ms., Mrs., or Mr. as a title unless they have directed you to do otherwise.
Use appropriate language: curt, rude, or profane language will not be tolerated and will be reported immediately to your school administrator.
Clear Communication
Use appropriate Standard English when communicating. This is not the place for using “texting language”.
Use proper lower case when appropriate. Do not write in all capital letters – this has the appearance of yelling when communicating online.
Use a font and color that your teacher can read easily. We recommend Times New Roman 12-pt font since this is what you will use in college.
Always use a proper subject line when writing to your teacher.
Include specific Unit and Assignment names when referencing a problem.
Responsive Communication
Be patient. Do not send several emails within a short period of time and think that your teacher will respond immediately.
Always identify yourself by your full name. Do not expect your teacher to remember you by your email address. They can often be very
confusing.
If your teacher contacts you, be polite and answer back.
Please read and sign this document.
How to get Started
First, you need to make sure that your computer
has Adobe Flash Player and Java Script. It is also mandatory that you have :
speakers and a microphone.
Next, make sure that when you log on your course, you turn off the
Caps Lock and that you do not put any extra space in the username and
password.
Finally, please be patient. Sometimes, loading may take a little while
depending on how many people are using the Internet.
