{"id":11076,"date":"2022-11-04T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginiawestern.staging.tempurl.host\/iet-services\/?page_id=11076&#038;preview_id=11076"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:04:53","slug":"guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virginia Western Technology Use Policies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/IET_Service_Level_Agreement.pdf\">VWCC Information &amp; Educational Technology Service Level Agreement (SLA)<\/a> <\/strong>(PDF) This service level agreement (SLA) provides the basis for managing the services provided and relationships between the Information &amp; Educational Technology (IET) department and the Faculty, Staff and Students at Virginia Western Community College (VWCC). This agreement describes how user service requirements are understood and addressed and attempts to create a realistic service expectation level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/pcusepol.pdf\"><strong>VWCC Information Technology Use Policy<\/strong><\/a> (PDF) The purpose of this policy is to ensure the appropriate, responsible, and safe use of electronic communications and social media by employees. This policy establishes minimum standards for all state employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/iet-services\/guidelines\/it-policy-qa\/\"><strong>VWCC Information Technology Use Policy Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/a> This document contains answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding technology use at Virginia Western. If you do not find your answer here contact the Help Desk directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virginia State Employee Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhrm.virginia.gov\/docs\/default-source\/hrpolicy\/pol175useofinternet.pdf\">Use of Electronic Communications and Social Media<\/a><\/strong> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of this policy is to ensure the appropriate, responsible, and safe use of electronic communications and social media by employees. This policy establishes minimum standards for all state employees. Agencies may supplement this policy as necessary, as long as such supplement is consistent with this policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virginia Community College System Guidelines &amp; Standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/07\/Employee_Acceptable_Use_Agreement.pdf\"><strong>Information Technology Employee Acceptable Use Agreement<\/strong><\/a> (PDF) As a user of the Virginia Community College System&#8217;s local and shared computer systems, I understand and agree to abide by the above acceptable use agreement terms. These terms govern my access to and use of the information technology applications, services and resources of the VCCS and the information they generate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vccs.edu\/student-patron-acceptable-use-agreement\/\"><strong>Information Technology Student\/Patron Acceptable Use Agreement<\/strong><\/a> As a user of the Virginia Community College System&#8217;s local and shared computer systems, I understand and agree to abide by the above acceptable use agreement terms. These terms govern my access to and use of the information technology applications, services and resources of the VCCS and the information they generate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Western Technology Use Policies VWCC Information &amp; Educational Technology Service Level Agreement (SLA) (PDF) This service level agreement (SLA) provides the basis for managing the services provided and relationships between the Information &amp; Educational Technology (IET) department and the Faculty, Staff and Students at Virginia Western Community College (VWCC). This agreement describes how user [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11076","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use - IET Services at Virginia Western<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Guidelines and policies for computer use at Virginia Western\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use - IET Services at Virginia Western\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guidelines and policies for computer use at Virginia Western\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IET Services at Virginia Western\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T15:04:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/guidelines\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/guidelines\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use - IET Services at Virginia Western\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-04T20:11:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T15:04:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Guidelines and policies for computer use at Virginia Western\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/guidelines\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/guidelines\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/guidelines\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/\",\"name\":\"IET Services at Virginia Western\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/iet-services\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use - IET Services at Virginia Western","description":"Guidelines and policies for computer use at Virginia Western","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use - IET Services at Virginia Western","og_description":"Guidelines and policies for computer use at Virginia Western","og_url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/","og_site_name":"IET Services at Virginia Western","article_modified_time":"2025-07-10T15:04:53+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/","url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/","name":"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use - IET Services at Virginia Western","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-04T20:11:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T15:04:53+00:00","description":"Guidelines and policies for computer use at Virginia Western","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/guidelines\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Guidelines &amp; Policies for Computer Use"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/","name":"IET Services at Virginia Western","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}