Computer lab Policy

Statement of Philosophy and Goals
All instructional computing labs belong to the University and are managed for the benefit of the campus community as a whole. Equipment is placed in the labs at the request of the faculty but belongs to the University. No department owns a particular lab. Because of software and hardware configurations (particular software is installed in particular labs), certain departments may need to have priority use of a particular lab. However, the labs will be open access both to monitored student usage and to the scheduling of special events when a class is not scheduled in the room.

Ideal usage goal
The ideal usage goal for the instructional computing labs is to make the computers available to the greatest number of students for the greatest amount of time.

Licensing issues
All software loaded on Cal State San Marcos machines MUST have a proper site license. A copy of the license contract must be given to the Instructional Computing Labs Coordinator before software is installed in the labs. Unauthorized software will be deleted unless a license can be obtained. This is a serious legal issue and must be observed by all who use the instructional labs. All licensing questions and clearance should be done through Teresa Macklin (750-4787), Director of IITS Academic Technology Services.

Software Policies
All software acquisition and installation must be coordinated with existing software and is limited by the hard drive and memory size on any individual machine. In order to coordinate with all users, requests for software should be cleared through the individual Deans or their representative. It is always more convenient when existing software is used if that software fits the instructional needs of the individual faculty member.

Faculty members are encouraged to use existing software packages.

Problems in the labs: Software or Hardware
Please put a problem report on the individual machine or ask the lab monitor to do it for you. The student assistant lab technicians will look at the problem and see if it can be fixed quickly. The goal is to have these problem reports checked at least once a day. Some problems can be solved quickly but some may take several days to solve. If the "repair" will be extensive, we will try notify the faculty teaching in that lab.

Faculty should encourage their students to save all of their work on floppy diskettes, flash drives, or CDs. Students should be reminded that work saved on the hard drives in the labs is removed periodically.

Special Events Reservations
Events will be scheduled in the IITS Instructional Computing Labs, only when the labs are not being used for classes. The open access labs (ACD 202, ACD 211 & Kellogg 2000) will not be scheduled for any event.  All requests for special event scheduling should be made through IITS Instructional Computing Labs Coordinator at (760) 750-4788.