Student Online Policy
Consent for Third Party Applications
Joseph Banks Secondary College provides staff, students and in some cases, families, access to Department of Education online services. These enhance the contemporary learning opportunities available to students and the range of teaching tools available to staff to deliver the Western Australian Curriculum.
The Department’s online services currently provide students with access to:
- individual email and calendar accounts;
- the internet, with all reasonable care taken by central office and schools to monitor and control students’ access to websites while at school;
- online teaching and learning services such as web-conferencing and digital resources;
- online file storage and sharing services; and
- these online services at locations other than school.
In 2021 the Australian Government introduced legislation that requires schools to seek permission from parents and guardians to provide access to some additional services outside of the above list.
The College is currently using a range of services to enhance student learning outcomes, which are listed here – some of these require us to notify parents and guardians of their use, and others require consent. Please review this information then click the button above to notify the College of your preferences for each of your children.
Please take careful consideration when selecting to not provide consent, while the College will make every attempt to ensure your child receives equal opportunities and outcomes, these applications have been chosen to enhance their learning and skills. By not completing this consent form, your child(ren) will lose access to applications provided by the College. Please note that applications provided by the Department of Education, such as Office 365 and WebEx are exempt from this permission form.
While every reasonable effort is made by schools and the Department to prevent student exposure to inappropriate online content when using Department provided online services, it is not possible to eliminate the risk of such exposure.
Please be aware that the Department has the right to review, audit, intercept, access and disclose messages created, received, or sent over Department online services. Logs of email transactions and internet access data are kept for administrative, legal and security purposes and may be monitored. Like other corporate records, emails and internet access records are discoverable in the event of legal action and are subject to provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (www.foi.wa.gov.au). Please also be aware that general internet browsing not conducted via the Department’s network is not monitored or filtered by the Department. The Department encourages close family supervision of all internet use by children in locations other than school, and strongly recommends the use of appropriate internet filtering software. Advice on managing internet use at home can be found on the Office of the E-Safety Commissioner website (www.esafety.gov.au/iparent)