Student Guide

UCR offers its students a wide variety of electronic communications resources including Internet and Wireless Network access, Webmail, iLearn, and more. Students are encouraged to widely utilize these resources in support of classroom, research, and other academic activities. Importantly, as with all university assets, use of campus electronic resources comes with certain responsibilities and is subject to constraints required for reliable operations and respect for others’ use of these tools, systems, and services. Thus, as you utilize UCR’s various e-resources, please keep in mind the following guidelines designed to ensure secure and effective access for everyone.

• Commercial Benefit and Personal Financial Gain – When using electronic services and tools such as iLearn, your student webpage, or the Webmail system, please recall that these resources may not be used for financial gain, including advertising books for sale or rooms for rent.
• University Policies – When using campus electronic communications resources, please recall that other UCR policies, such as those relating to sexual harassment, govern use of these services. Therefore, please consider (for example) the impact your e-mail messages may have on others, and you should never send e-mail that is considered harassing.
• Illegal Activities – Please remember that use of campus electronic resources is governed by all applicable federal, state, and local laws. For example, the campus network (including the wireless network and the network in the dorms) may not be used to illegally download copyrighted music or movies.
• Excessive Use of Campus Electronic Resources – When using UCR electronic resources, student must avoid placing unreasonable bandwidth demands on the network or other electronic systems or services (whether or not this is a result of purposeful or inadvertent actions). For example, students should avoid sending large e-mail attachments to 100s of recipients or using a virus infected computer to connect to the Internet.
• Representation – The official University of California, Riverside name and seal should not be used in a way that implies you represent UCR.
• Violations – If you violate the Electronic Communications Policy, or other UCR policies or guidelines related to the use of campus electronic resources, your access may be suspended. Illegal activities, such as the illegal file sharing of copyrighted music, may also result in legal action.
  

• View the video to the right to see the importance of avoiding infection (Credit to Joseph Ellis & Eric Collins, University of Delaware).

• View the video to the right to learn the dangers of clicking fake links from IM's, etc. (Credit to Evan Michals, Dartmouth College)

• View the video to the right to learn the dangers of not securing your laptop in public spaces. (Credit to Nolan Portillo, CSU Bakersfield)

• View the video to the right to learn about computer protection. (Credit to Nichole Bennett, Donna Prince, & Alex Rower, Central Ohio Technical College)

• View the video to the right to learn why it's important to keep your computer updated. (Credit to Cory Schwarzmiller, University of Washington)

• View the video to the right to learn about the dangers of Botnets and how to avoid them. (Credit to John Le, Raul Granados, & Andy Chen, Cal Poly Pomona)

• View the video to the right to learn about the seriousness of computer viruses. (Credit to Kris Read, Central Ohio Technical College)

• View the video to the right to learn about locking up your laptop. (Credit to Collin Monda & Morgan Redfield, University of Washington)

• View the video to the right to see a different perspective on ID theft. (Credit to Scott Polcyn & Daniel Garcia, University of Central Florida)

• View the video to the right to learn about ID theft. (Credit to Mark Lancaster, Texas A&M University)

• View the video to the right to learn about data protection. (Credit to Chris Herbein, Pennsylvania College of Technology)

• View the video to the right to learn about computer hacking. (Credit to Peter Marshall, University of North Texas)

• View the video to the right to learn about computer phishing. (Credit to Brian Haught and Eric Drewes, Central Ohio Technical College)

• View the video to the right to learn about the risks involved with social sites like Myspace, etc. (Credit to Mark Lancaster, Texas A&M University)

• View the video to the right to learn about the importance of computer security. (Credit to Yarmiar Rodas, CSU Los Angeles)

• View the video to the right to learn about the dangers of providing too much information online. (Credit to Kristopher Martel, Tennessee Technological University)