Stellar

Terms

of

Service

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=list} {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Intent {bgcolor} This service is intended for use by: * MIT students enrolled at the Institute * MIT faculty, instructors, teaching assistants and staff * Non-MIT affiliates enrolled and/or participating in an academic course *

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Intent

This service is intended for use by:

• MIT students enrolled at the Institute
• MIT faculty, instructors, teaching assistants and staff
• Non-MIT affiliates enrolled and/or participating in an academic course
• MIT/Non-MIT

• affiliates

• enrolled

• and/or

• participating

• in

• a

• project

• site

Stellar

is

a

service

offered

by

[

MIT

Information

Services

&

Technology

(IS&T).

|http://ist.mit.edu/] *

Requesting

and/or

using

a

Stellar

site

indicates

assent

to

these

Terms

of

Service.

*

Stellar

is

offered

on

an

"as

is"

basis

and

is

intended

for

Institute-related

business

and

interactions

only.

{bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Support {bgcolor} The Stellar Help Desk will respond to questions or difficulties during normal Institute business hours and will work to resolve issues as promptly as is practical within this time window. Support requests, bug reports and feedback may be addressed by contacting the [Service Desk|mailto:stellar-help@mit.edu] or by calling

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Support

The Stellar Help Desk will respond to questions or difficulties during normal Institute business hours and will work to resolve issues as promptly as is practical within this time window. Support requests, bug reports and feedback may be addressed by contacting the Service Desk or by calling 617-253-1101,

Monday-Friday

8-5

EST.

{bgcolor:E6E6FA}h3. Acceptable Use {bgcolor} This service is to be used for legal purposes only, and in conformance with the Policies and Procedures of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  For example, you may not use it to post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, obscene, or other unlawful material, including another's proprietary information, including trademarks or copyrighted information without express authorization from the rights holder. See the Acceptable Use Policy ([

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Acceptable Use

This service is to be used for legal purposes only, and in conformance with the Policies and Procedures of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  For example, you may not use it to post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, obscene, or other unlawful material, including another's proprietary information, including trademarks or copyrighted information without express authorization from the rights holder. See the Acceptable Use Policy (http://web.mit.edu/policies/

]

)

and

MIT

STOP

IT

(

[

http://web.mit.edu/stopit/

]

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Domain   {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Domain Administrator's Responsibilities {bgcolor} The person or group designated as domain administrator has Responsibilities

The person or group designated as domain administrator has first-line

responsibility

for

ensuring

that

content

and

access

control

for

the

site

adhere

to

the

above-mentioned

policies

and

procedures,

and

any

further

policies

desired

for

their

particular

course

or

project

site.

 

  Publication

of

information,

information

access

controls

and

group

or

individual

membership

controls

are

the

responsibility

of

the

Domain

Administrator

of

each

course

or

project

site.

{color:black} {color} {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Student Access to Academic Course Material {bgcolor} Course administrators are responsible for the managing of student access to and students requests for any and all course materials posted on current and past course sites. By default, materials labeled as "restricted use" are available to a site's membership list *for the current semester only*. At term's end, participant access to restricted materials will no longer exist. Non-restricted course material will remain read-only. {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Administrative Access to Site {bgcolor} Course administrators have access to course sites, present and past for a minimum of six years.  This is subject to change based on archive and storage limitations.  Domain administrators will receive notification prior to any permanent archival of course sites. {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Copyright {bgcolor} IS&T, in accordance with Institute policy, is committed to complying with all copyright laws to the fullest extent possible.  Information for MIT faculty mounting course material on the Web is available at [MIT Libraries Copyright Information|http://libraries.mit.edu/about/copyright-faculty.html]. For an extensive list of guides and references to copyright policies and practices at MIT, see [Copyright at MIT|http://web.mit.edu/copyright/]. {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Intellectual Property {bgcolor} Unauthorized use of third-party copyrighted work is illegal, unethical, raises significant financial liability, and damages the reputation of MIT.  All Stellar users must exercise scrupulous care to identify the source of every third-party owned element posted in the Stellar Course Management System. {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Authentication {bgcolor} Stellar uses MIT Touchstone as their login authentication process.  Non-members of the MIT community will authenticate to the service by means of [MIT Collaboration Accounts|https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/stellarhelp/Stellar+Login+via+MIT+Touchstone]. {bgcolor:E6E6FA} h3. Data {bgcolor} Data is stored and backed-up nightly. Copies of backups are available for up to two months upon request.

 

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Student Access to Academic Course Material

Course administrators are responsible for the managing of student access to and students requests for any and all course materials posted on current and past course sites. By default, materials labeled as "restricted use" are available to a site's membership list for the current semester only. At term's end, participant access to restricted materials will no longer exist. Non-restricted course material will remain read-only.

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Administrative Access to Site

Course administrators have access to course sites, present and past for a minimum of six years.  This is subject to change based on archive and storage limitations.  Domain administrators will receive notification prior to any permanent archival of course sites.

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Copyright

IS&T, in accordance with Institute policy, is committed to complying with all copyright laws to the fullest extent possible.  Information for MIT faculty mounting course material on the Web is available at MIT Libraries Copyright Information. For an extensive list of guides and references to copyright policies and practices at MIT, see Copyright at MIT.

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Intellectual Property

Unauthorized use of third-party copyrighted work is illegal, unethical, raises significant financial liability, and damages the reputation of MIT.  All Stellar users must exercise scrupulous care to identify the source of every third-party owned element posted in the Stellar Course Management System.

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Authentication

Stellar uses MIT Touchstone as their login authentication process. 

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Data

Data is stored and backed-up nightly. Copies of backups are available for up to two months upon request.