Information Technology Policies and Procedures

The College of Wooster provides technology resources in support of our educational mission as a residential liberal arts institution, our core values, and our programs and initiatives.  Everyone depends on our technology resources: our  website, campus network, a notebook computer, Moodle, or the phone on one’s desk.  Given this, we expect high quality, accessible, and reliable services whenever we need them.   

We all share responsibility in ensuring that our high standards are met.  For Information Technology (IT), this means we have a set of “principles” that guide what IT does; for Wooster, we have a set of “principles” that guide how students, faculty, staff, and others access, acquire, and use Wooster’s technology resources.

Here you can find these guiding “principles” and where applicable, the related “how we..” or “how to…”  statements.

• Common policies & practices: all users of Wooster’s technology systems & services
  • User Responsibilities & Appropriate Use Principles
  • Password Policy
  • Guest Wireless Acceptable Use Policy
• Administrative (ERP) Systems
  • Administrative ERP User Access Policy
  • Administrative ERP Program Change Procedures
  • Administrative Data Access Policy
  • The College of Wooster ERP Data Stewardship
• Copyright & Use of Electronic Content
  • Acceptable Use of Electronic Content
  • Copyright Infringement Policies Procedures Sanctions 
• Compliance Statements (what we agree to do as a condition of program participation)
  • Higher Education Opportunity ACT OF 2008 Compliance Plan
  • InCommon Federation Participant Operational Practices
• Email
  • Email Distribution List Use (‘ZWD lists”)
• Equipment
  • Disposition of Used Computer Equipment
  • Wireless Handheld Device Allowance
• Information Privacy Policies
  • California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
  • GDPR Privacy Statement
  • Safeguarding Individual Information (GLBA “Safeguards Rule”)
• Technology Processes (guides for our work)
  • Access to electronic content of deceased or incapacitated students, employees, and retirees
  • Investigations Requesting Information from IT Systems & Applications