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Student Access Computing Facilities

Guidelines

  • No food or drink is allowed.
  • Facilities are to be used by IPFW students for tasks related to their university responsibilities. See the Ethical Guidelines for Computer Users for complete details.
  • Children of students are not permitted to use Student lab computers.
  • Please respect others in the lab and keep talking to a low level. The entire Walb Union 221 computer lab is designated for group study. To provide further group study space, there are 4 computer workstations located on the 2nd floor of Helmke Library.
  • You are to provide your own floppy disk, Zip disk, or USB flash drive to save files.
  • Don't wait until the last minute to do your assignments in the labs. They are sure to be full or closed when you do.
  • Feel free to ask someone playing games in a crowded lab to quit and give up their machine so you can work on your assignments. If you are uncomfortable with this, ask the consultant to help.
  • If the labs are full of students working on assignments, use the E-mail Quick Stations for e-mailing tasks.
  • Do not abuse printing privileges; print only what you truly need or think will be useful in your research.
  • Please do not leave a mess around the PC when you leave it. If someone has left a mess at the PC or the keyboard or mouse is dirty, alert the lab consultant on duty.
  • Do Not save files to the C: drive on the lab machines. If you forget them, they may not be there when you get back. Always save to a flash disk, your I drive, zip or floppy.
  • Copy any files you are updating frequently.
  • Make duplicate copies of your files to another location.
  • Label your diskette with your name and e-mail address.
  • Don't forget to Sign out the lab stations. Otherwise, someone else can cause damage, and you will be held accountable.