ACS Loan Agreement and Student Device Needs

Thank you for taking the time to read through the following documentation and signing the online electronic, loan agreement at the bottom of this page:

Parental Responsibilities

As a parent of an Aidanfield Christian School student, you are responsible for your child’s actions and the use of all the resources ACS provides your child.

Please review this Loan Technology Agreement carefully and discuss it with your child. Your signature and your child’s signature at the bottom of this page indicate that together you have read and understood the policies stated.

This Loan Technology Agreement represents a living document, which is subject to annual review by the related stakeholders: administrators, teachers, students, and parents. The purpose of this living document is to provide safe guidelines that support and protect students, while at the same time protecting ACS’s financial investment in the devices. A device is only a tool; but it is a valuable tool, which we believe when used in accordance with the Loan Technology Agreement, has the potential to maximize your child’s ability to learn while school is closed.

Questions and Answers

The following are questions and answers concerning iPads, MacBooks and Chromebooks. A glossary of terms is in the sidebar for your convenience.

Do I need to password-protect the device?

No. You will need to connect to your own home wi-fi and then will be able to use the device as usual.

Do I need an Apple ID (a.k.a. an iTunes account) or an app store account?

No, the school will provide all the apps you need. You will not be able to download apps.

Do I need Microsoft Teams account?

You already have one. Simply log-on to the Microsoft Teams account using the user name and password the school has given you.

Do I need to use my school assigned email?

Yes.

What happens if I use up all the storage space on my device?

You won’t – you should be saving everything to your Office 365 account in the cloud.

Should I sync my device to my computer?

No, you are saving everything to the cloud. You don’t need to sync it.

What do I do if my device isn’t working correctly?

Restart your device, see if it corrects the issue.
Please email office@aidanfield.school.nz

Am I responsible for the content on the device?

Yes. Apps that the school has installed on your device may not be deleted; also Apps that the school has required you to install on your device must be present. The nature of any media on your device is subject to regular school policies as stated in the Parent/Student Handbook. Profanity, indecency, or malicious media, for example, will not be tolerated as well as practices that glorify violence, drugs or gangs.

May an ACS Staff Member check my device at any time?

Yes. An ACS staff member may with reasonable cause check your device. If you refuse to give a staff member the necessary password(s) to gain access to the device, or you don’t remember your password(s), the device will be confiscated. Please remember that the device is the property of Aidanfield Christian School and it is on loan to you for the time the school is closed, for the specified purpose of keeping up with your learning.

What happens if I am using my device for inappropriate purposes?

You will lose the use of the device.

Can I turn Location Services, in Settings, off?

No. This is to protect YOU from losses. If your device is lost, the school can attempt to find it using cloud location services.

Can I put my own software or media on my device?

No, you will not be able to add software to the device. You should save all photos and documents to your Microsoft account, remembering that they need to meet the school requirements for content.

What about updates?

The school will let you know if updates need to be made and will arrange to collect and update your device. It is unlikely updates will be needed before the school reopens.

What happens if my battery is low, or dead?

You will be issued with a charger. Please keep your device charged.

If there is a problem with charging, (eg. device not holding its charge), please email office@aidanfield.school.nz.

What happens if I lose my charger?

You will have to pay for the replacement of the charger.

Do I have to use the school issued case?

Yes, to protect the device.

Am I responsible for the maintenance of the case, device, and charger?

Yes. You must keep all device–related items clean and free of damage, or you will be charged for damages when you return these items to the school once school re-opens.

Can I take the barcode sticker off the back of my device?

No.

Can I use peripheral devices with my device?

Yes, you can use peripheral devices, such as keyboards, headphones and speakers, with your device.

What do I do if my device is damaged?

Please email office@aidanfield.school.nz.
You will have to pay the repair costs, or the insurance excess (whichever is less) to repair the device.

How do I know if the damage is mine?

When the device is sent home with you, it will be photographed by the school – top and bottom. This will be a record of any prior damage.

What if I lose my device?

Check with your parents.
Look for it carefully.
Please email office@aidanfield.school.nz.

What if my device is stolen?

Contact the Police and report the theft. You will need a Police Report to file an insurance claim.
Please email office@aidanfield.school.nz.
You may have to pay the insurance excess to replace the device.

Can I jailbreak my device?

No. Never.

Student Device Needs and Loan Device Agreement Form

We have already done our device distribution. Once you have read the above information, please contact the school office to request a device office@aidanfield.school.nz. We need your child’s name and year group please.

This information is solely used by the school and will not be shared with any other parties. It will be stored on our data services online and used by office staff only.

Glossary

App (Application): Software that runs on a portable device.

Apple ID: Membership to an Apple account

Backing up: Saving work to a storage space other than the device.

Export: Transferring information out of an App.

Find my iPad: A service offered to iCloud users letting them log into iCloud on any computer, to have the location of their iPad shown on a map, based on its last connection to the internet.

The Cloud: Virtual storage space – Microsoft 365 and iCloud are examples of this.

Import: Transferring information into an App.

Jailbreak: Changing an Apple iOS to allow for purchases outside of iTunes portal. This nullifies the Apple warranty and is forbidden.

Media: Apps, songs, pictures, videos, documents, slide-shows, spreadsheets.

Portable Document Format (pdf): a “picture” of a page that is commonly used in communication. Because it is a picture, it is usually not a page that is meant to be edited. PDFs can be opened on virtually any computer.

Peripheral Device: Any device-compatible accessory.

Social Media: Sites, such as Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter, which are used to augment social interactions between people through an electronic device.

Sync: Matching what is on one machine with another machine, or a profile of a device on another machine.

Updates: Software patches, fixes and improvements that software developers provide from time to time in order to improve software function.

Virtual Storage: Storage that is not local to a machine, but exists on some distant server, that the user can access at any time, from any computing device with internet access

Wi-Fi: Wireless internet connection

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