DASA may allow individual users to check out computer equipment to conduct university business at home.
- Directors and department heads that authorize home use of computers and other equipment must collect and maintain a signed Home/Portable Use Authorization Form.
- Computers and other items that are checked out to users for home use are the property of the university and are subject to the Computer Use Policy and Computer Use Regulation. In particular, DASA employees should be aware of
- The parameters of personal use of university computers
- The expectations of privacy regarding personal files
- Also, please note that DASA Tech is not responsible for maintaining or recovering personal files.
- Employees are responsible for
- Proper care and use of all computers and peripheral equipment checked out to them.
- Ensuring that the home-use equipment will work properly in their home. This includes ensuring that the equipment will work properly with their home networking solution (dialup, broadband, DSL, or otherwise), with their home electrical system, etc.
- Problems affecting personal equipment that has been integrated with the home-use equipment.
- Transporting the equipment from home to the appropriate DASA Tech office for repairs.
- Requests for help should be sent to the appropriate Get Help email address; DASA Tech will make reasonable efforts to support home-use equipment; however, please note that help requests for home-use equipment will generally be considered a low priority request.
- Problems with home equipment that arise as a result of improper use of the equipment, allowing other home users to improperly install or configure software; or mistreatment of the equipment is the responsibility of the user and are not subject to DASA Tech’s service and may result in the revocation of the use of the equipment.