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Student password

by LL Lady

Sep 3, 2009

I'm librarian at a middle school. I was told today that it is illegal to have a written record of the students usernames and passwords for the student computer accounts. In our district there is no password recovery ability for the students. So, when the students forget their passwords, a teacher (in my case it's almost always me) has to email a request for a password reset to our helpdesk. Then we wait anywhere from 5 minutes to about 24 hours for a reply. Finally, we have to notify the student of their new temporary password and tell them what to do. To avoid having to do this time-consuming process as much, we have a formula for the password each year such as a 6-digit birthday. I also keep a card for each student with this password on it. I was told today that it is illegal by a teacher. He thinks we should have the student make their password anything they want. That's fine, but my way I can remind the student that their password follows the predetermined guideline such as a birth...See More

techteacher On 9/03/09, LL Lady wrote: > I'm librarian at a middle school. I was told today that it > is illegal to have a written record of the students > usernames and passwords for the student computer accounts. > In our district there is no password recovery ability for > the students. So, when the students forget their passwords, > a tea...See More

Sep 3, 2009

Susie Why the heck would that be illegal??? You certainly have access to other more personal information on each student and I'm sure respect and protect privacy as appropriate.

The district has the ultimate right to govern and protect computer use. I would keep the passsword cards and ignore this teacher.

Or you'll just have to take a ...See More

Sep 7, 2009

Kevin On 9/07/09, Susie wrote: > Why the heck would that be illegal??? You certainly have > access to other more personal information on each student and > I'm sure respect and protect privacy as appropriate.

Having records of student passwords may not be illegal, but may be against school and district policy. It also provides an easy w...See More

Sep 7, 2009

LL Lady Thanks to all who responded. I don't find anything that tells me keeping the passwords is illegal or against our district's policy, so I will probably continue with our current procedure. I understand Kevin's concern completely. It has been my concern, too. Although I would never handle passwords this way in high school, we have not had a problem w...See More

Sep 9, 2009

Booklady I've "enjoyed" having the extra duty of managing the tech support piece in three different districts. None of which had a problem with my position having a record of teacher's passwords--makes life easier to cure their problems quickly. One district has student passwords on a main drive (limited access) --granted they are computer generated ones of...See More

Sep 23, 2009

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