Acceptable Use Guidelines
Faculty/Staff Online Audio Conferencing Room

 

  1. A room can be created and assigned for each HCCS faculty member teaching a DE course.  To have that assignment made, the faculty must go through the online training for this service.  These workshops can be found at http://tc1.hccs.cc.tx.us/hist/yr02/De_Workshops/   To access this online training, you must:
  • use Internet Explorer or Netscape version 6.2x.  DO NOT use any earlier version of Netscape on a PC.
  • view the training at 1024x768 or with maximized browser at 800x600.
  • have REAL PLAYER installed.
  • have a high-speed connection to the internet  (i.e., cable, DSL, or a connection from your PC at HCCS).

    complete the evaluation form included with the training.  Once your evaluation is completed and turned in to Distance Education, your room will be provided, you will be given a password to it, and you will be added to the list of approved moderators.
  1. Once completing the training, the faculty will be provided with “Moderator” status for using the software.

  2. Moderators must be HCCS faculty or staff.  Students cannot be moderators.

  3. There will be no use of obscenities of any kind in the audioconferencing rooms.  Violations must be reported to the Distance Education Department.

  4. There will be no for-profit activities conducted in the audioconferencing rooms.  Violations must be reported to the Distance Education Department.

  5. All participating students must adhere to the HCCS Student Code of Conduct.

  6. If HCCS faculty or staff wish to do so, they can, as moderators, remove any student from their audioconferencing room at any time.

  7. Faculty will be able to transfer files, display web pages, and share applications using the audioconferencing software.  Students will be given these permissions on a class by class basis.

  8. There will be several rooms not specifically assigned to any HCCS faculty or staff.  They are available through the DE web site and are for general use.  They can be reserved on a first come, first served basis.  Reservations can be made through Carolyn Paul at 713-718-5210 (paul_c).

  9. Faculty MUST put the following “Acceptable Use Guidelines” into their WebCT page next to the link to their individual audioconferencing room.
  • You must use Internet Exploror to access the Chatterbox audioconferen
  • There will be no use of obscenities of any kind in the audioconferencing rooms.  Violations will be reported to the Distance Education Department.
  • There will be no for-profit activities conducted in the audioconferencing rooms.  Violations will be reported to the Distance Education Department.
  • All participating students must adhere to the HCCS Student Code of Conduct.

    Direct links to faculty audioconferencing rooms should be made from the faculty’s WebCT course.  Distance Education will set up an HTML template of these “Guidelines” for faculty use so they can upload it to their WebCT course together with the link to the audioconferencing room.
  1. If you would like to set up a an audioconferencing room using the Chatterbox software, please fill out the following short form and submit it to the Distance Education Department.

Click here for application for Online Audioconferencing Room