Technology Usage Policy
Students should comply with all federal, South Carolina, and other applicable laws, college rules and policies, and all applicable contracts and licenses. Examples of such laws include the laws of libel, privacy, copyright, trademark, obscenity and child pornography (including the sharing of photos/videos), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and HIPAA. Students should not use equipment or software for any illegal or unlawful purposes. If a student violates basic standards of conduct with regard to computer/network usage or violates applicable laws, rules or policies, the student’s computer privileges may be revoked, including suspension of all University computer accounts. Depending on the severity and type of the violations, additional judicial or legal action may be taken by the University according to the University Student Conduct Procedures outlined in this handbook.
Social Media
Wise use of social networking promotes healthy communication. Students may be held accountable for information shared in the public arena that might be in violation of University policy, indicate illegal activity, or libelous information regarding a member or policy of the University. Social media posts and other content specifically added by administrators of the University’s social media accounts are official Coker University content. Opinions expressed by other social media users do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the University. User provided content is not screened or evaluated during the submission process. The University is not responsible for content posted on individual faculty, staff, or student social media accounts. Further, users are expected to abide by applicable laws, regulations, rules, and policies including the Coker University Student Handbook/Covenant, the Coker University Faculty/Staff Manual/Handbook, the University’s sexual harassment policy, and other regulations and policies (e.g. Office of Athletics’ social media policy, etc.) concerning public communications. The University reserves the right to remove content from its page and encourages users to report content that violates the social media company’s code of conduct.