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User Agreement for vCampus (vcampus.acc.edu.au)

1. Philosophy

The Australian Christian College Schools are Christian schools. We are committed to a Biblical worldview and to Christian values. The foundation of our philosophy is the triune God of the Bible and His revealed Scriptures. This website, http://vcampus.acc.edu.au, is the 'virtual campus' of Australian Christian College. It is expected that users of vCampus will act in a Biblical, Christian manner.

2. Purpose

The purpose of the vCampus website is to assist ACC students, families and staff in their interactions. vCampus presents users with the following advantages:

  • Improved interaction and relationships,
  • Greater access to academic assistance and guidance,
  • Broadened learning style alternatives and curriculum choices and
  • A reduction in isolation.
The three stages of vCampus are:
  1. Community,
  2. Online Activities and
  3. Teaching Space.
Stage 1 - Community

The first stage of vCampus is to facilitate community and relationship building. With so many students operating 'at distance', we are separated from each other. Sometimes families may even feel somewhat isolated. Building an online community brings us together on our commonalities. It helps parents and children know that they 'are not alone'. The vCampus community brings home educating students, families and school staff together.

vCampus brings us together!

Stage 2 - Online Activities and Courses

Stage two is to develop and provide online educational activities and courses. The paper 'technology' in the PACEs complements, and is complemented by, the electronic technology accessed through vCampus.

vCampus provides more services!

Stage 3 - Teaching Space

The third stage is to build a 'teaching space' where assistance in PACEs and learning can be provided via interactive audio and visual means (e.g. electronic whiteboard and audio chat.) The teaching space is where ACC staff can teach and interact with students. ACC is a partnership between homes and the school. It is an interaction between students, parents and teachers. ACC recognises that teaching is a vital part of parenting and that a loving home is an excellent learning environment. ACC combines the educational strengths of the home with the educational strengths of a school and trained teachers. It is a partnership which brings together the family home and our expertise in curriculum, learning, career guidance, and years of experience and knowledge of children in general.

vCampus puts teachers, parents, and students in touch!

3. vCampus Guiding Principles for use

It is intended that the atmosphere of our forum is informative & supportive. To maintain this atmosphere it is important to observe a few guidelines:

  1. Posts need to be gracious & understanding.
  2. No criticism of others; especially husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, Church leaders etc. Racism, gossip and other inappropriate communications are not to be used.
  3. No arguing or 'flaming' (antagonizing) of other members.
  4. Avoid drawing others into discussions relating to personal "agenda" or issues, not related to home education, in which some members may have strong views.
  5. No unauthorized advertising.
  6. Search the archives before posting a question. You will often find a wealth of information related to your question.
  7. Feel free to share your ideas and experiences with other members. But remember what works for one family may not work for every family.
  8. When seeking direction from the forum, please remember that you are responsible for your own final decision.
  9. In relation to curriculum, school procedures, policies, and, particularly, certificate requirements and graduation, it is best to check with Australian Christian College staff directly.

4. Terms of Service

Australian Christian College is providing vCampus as a service to individuals (the "User") who are affiliated with Australian Christian College. These include interested families, parents, students, alumnists and supporters. While all care is taken in regard to content and access, parental guidance of students is always required.

To use vCampus, you must agree to all the following:

1. SERVICES PROVIDED

Under this agreement, the Provider will provide the following services; which herein are known as the "Services" in this agreement:

  1. Access to utilize the forum, message and chat services.
  2. Access to documents such as FAQ's, erratum and other documentation.
  3. Access to digital Learning Objects, online courses and other learning aids.

2. CONTENT RESTRICTIONS

User posts must conform to the following standards:

  1. User's content must comply in a manner consistent with school policy and any and all applicable laws of Australia's State and Federal Governments.
  2. Users may not post content promoting illegal drugs, alcohol, Biblically illicit sex, pornography, nudity, or any other form of so called 'adult' or obscene content, profanity, hate, "spam", fraud, racism, pyramid schemes, or any illegal activity.
  3. User's posts must be in standard modern English.

Digital Learning Objects and other learning aids must remain in the vCampus site and cannot be downloaded or otherwise shared. Such content is used with permission of the copyright holders and such copyright must be respected.

3. MODIFICATION OF THIS AGREEMENT

This agreement may be modified at any time at the sole discretion of the Provider. Upon modification of this agreement, the User has two weeks (14 days) to terminate their account with the Provider or the User's continued use of vCampus will constitute acceptance of the modifications.

4. LIMITATIONS OF SERVICE

This service is not available to the general public. Members of enrolled families have access to much of the vCampus site. Interested families (interested in enrolment), alumnists, and supporters have limited access.

5. TERMINATION OF SERVICE

This service may be terminated at any time by the Provider or User. The Provider may at its sole discretion remove any post for any reason.

By clicking "Login" the User hereby agrees to the terms set forth in this agreement, under penalties of perjury and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Provider from any claim resulting from the use of the Provider's services and agrees that all information provided by the User to the Provider is true.

5. Advice to users

While all care is taken in regard to content and access, parental guidance is required. We strongly encourage the parent monitoring of student use of vCampus. To ensure transparency and accountability of students to their parents, please be aware that:

  • all messages to and from a student;
  • chats in which a student is present; and
  • posts by a student to a forum;

will be emailed to that student's parents on a daily basis. All posts to any forum are able to be viewed by any vCampus user and will be unable to be changed or deleted after 30 minutes. Thus all students will be accountable to their parents on a daily basis. Interaction on vCampus will also be monitored by vCampus monitors and ACC staff.

If offensive material is discovered, then immediate contact with the school office should be made so that, after investigation, any appropriate steps for removal and disciplinary action can be taken.

The following articles may offer some further guidance: