The Instructional Resource Center follows guidelines and policies established by the University, with particular attention to the Responsible Use of Computing Policy (see Policy #1301 for further details). Specific policies about lab use are as follows:

Who may use the lab

The lab is open to teaching faculty, instructional support staff, and academic units seeking to improve instruction. University students may not use the lab unless they have a notice from a faculty member stating that they are working on a faculty project. Technology Assistants Program (TAP) students and Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) graduate teaching assistants may use the lab without a note.

Reservations

Faculty may use the lab on a walk-in or reservation basis. However, if you "walked-in" and someone arrives who has a reservation to use the equipment you are working on, you will be asked to move. To make a reservation, call the IRC Lab Manager, James Ouellette, at x3-4766 or email him at jouellet@gmu.edu. If you do not know how to use the equipment you are making a reservation for, please mention that so we can make sure a lab assistant familiar with that equipment will be available to help you.

Other Guidelines

• No food or drink is allowed near the computers or other electronics.
• Do not change the hardware or software configuration of any computer or the settings on any other device (e.g. a VCR) without first consulting a lab assistant to make sure it is okay to do so.
• Do not install or remove any software or data files without first consulting a lab assistant to make sure it is okay to do so.
• Save your work often! If you don't know where you are saving things, please call a lab assistant to help you. We regularly go through and clean out the hard disks on the lab computers so work improperly saved may get unintentionally deleted.
• If you log into any servers or other network resources with your own username and password, then please make sure you log out when you are finished.

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