Multiliteracies in ELA Classrooms

Creating a Class AUP

Many school boards recommend creating a classroom online agreement that uses school and district agreements as guidelines. Classroom agreements should be as specific as possible to the activities you hope to undertake and should be developed in consultation with students. As ever, consequences need to be clear and implementable. That is, if the consequence of inappropriate behaviour is withdrawal of access to an online learning space and students’ grades are based on activities to be undertaken in that space, then an alternate learning activity needs to be in place and students need to be clear about what the alternate activity will be when they are creating the classroom AUP.

Sample Acceptable Use Policies from Local School Districts

Surrey School District’s AUP – http://www.sd36.bc.ca/board/policies/5000/5780.1-parametersforictacces.pdf

Langley School District’s AUP – http://www.sd35.bc.ca/district/ist/default.aspx

Richmond District 38 – Palmer Secondary: http://public.sd38.bc.ca/~palmerlib/acceptable_use_policy

Vancouver District 39 – http://www.vsb.bc.ca/district-policy/iiaf-access-online-learning-resources-0

BC Ministry of Education — Internet Safety Tips for Parents: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sco/resourcedocs/internet_safe/

BC Ministry of Education — Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sco/resources.htm (scroll down to see links to cyber bullying documents, etc)

UBC Appropriate Use Statements

UBC AUP: http://www.it.ubc.ca/service_catalogue/information_security/security/security_policies.html

UBC Blogs Terms of Service: https://blogs.ubc.ca/support/about/terms-of-service/

UBC CTLT Appropriate Use of Technology Policy: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/distance-learning/learner-support/using-the-technology/ (see left margin, 1/3 down the page)