[Year 12 IPM] OT - Printing Policy

[Mark Kelly]

Robert Timmer-Arends wrote:

 > Hello Mark
 > Your policy looks good.
 > We have been using a similar product (PaperCut). The only concern we 
have is
 > one that you have covered in your policy (as we have), but we have found
 > hard to police, namely one student using another's account to print 
from -
 > this results in the legitimate user suddenly being unable to print. 
We have
 > basically pushed the line that this is yet another reason for keeping 
their
 > password to themselves (in other words 'stiff bikkies kid'). We have also
 > made some policy changes in Windows XP that make this more difficult 
to do.

Thanks, Robert.  We've always been brutal with the monitoring and 
enforcement of not using other people's logins (I used the word "people" 
rather than "students" in the policy so kids can't use a teacher's login 
and start playing bush lawyer).

Kids now accept that it is a capital offence to use someone else's 
account (even if the other person logs in for them and keeps their 
password secret).  This became necessary after we turned on internet 
charging.

We keep reiterating that anything (including things that cost money such 
as internet and now printing) that happens under their login name will 
be attributable to them alone, so they must protect their passwords.

> 
> A second 'concern' is just nuisance value and lasts for as long as it takes
> the teacher and/or student to cotton on: if your account is empty and you
> print, PaperCut doesn't tell you that you have no funds left. The desktop
> appears to print but nothing comes out, so at first it seems that something
> is broke! Many grumbles later one suddenly thinks to check the student's
> print balance....
> 
> Regards
> Robert T-A
> Brighton SC

I have not played with Gaia much yet, but I think it would warn that 
printing was not happening.  It seems to do pretty well everything else :-)

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Kelly" <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
> To: "Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'
> Mailing List" <ipm at edulists.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:33 PM
> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] OT - Printing Policy
> 
> 
> 
>>We're just about to turn on print charging for students with Gaia Print
>>   Charger (better late than never). As I worked on our announcement to
>>students, I wondered if other people had experience with such matters
>>and can advise of things I have not anticipated.
>>
>>My draft policy is attached.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>>--
>>Mark Kelly
>>Manager, Information Systems
>>McKinnon Secondary College

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Mark Kelly
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