Technology Guides

Chromebook and charger are property of 27J and on loan to you during the school year. Whether transferring to another District, 27J school or leaving the district, you are expected to return the Chromebook and charger in good condition to your school as part of the process. All Chromebooks will be remotely disabled and rendered inoperable when you leave 27J.

Chromebooks are intended for use at school each day. Students are responsible for bringing their Chromebook to all classes unless specifically advised not to do so by their teachers

This Chromebook belongs to 27J therefore schools have the right to review the content or user history at any time per Board Policy.

Students are responsible for the general care of the Chromebook they have been issued by the school. Chromebooks that are broken or fail to work properly must be taken to the designated Help Desk at their respective school as soon as possible in order to begin the repair process. Chromebooks owned by the district should not be taken to any outside computer service for any type of repairs or maintenance. Students or parents should not attempt to complete any repairs to a Chromebook.

If the Chromebook is lost, students are expected to let their school know immediately and to provide information to help recover it if possible. If the device is stolen, please complete and submit a police report to the school within 14 days.

• No food or drinks are allowed next to your Chromebook while it is in use.
• Cords, cables, and removable storage devices must be inserted carefully into the Chromebook and removed carefully.
• Never transport your Chromebook with the power cord plugged in.
• Chromebooks must remain free of any writing, drawing, or stickers UNLESS the Chromebook is protected with a plastic cover or removable skin. Vents CANNOT be covered.
• Chromebooks are labeled with a School District 27J property tag. This tag must not be removed or altered in any way. Removal of the tag may result in disciplinary action.
• Chromebooks should never be left in a car or any unsupervised area.
• Students are responsible for bringing a completely charged Chromebook for use each school day.

If a Chromebook has keys missing and they do not bring the keys to you with the Chromebook that is considered intentional damage.

Parents/Guardians should be proactive in establishing home guidelines around appropriate use regarding student access to content and materials as well as Internet safety. The 27J content filter works outside of 27J buildings and will apply filtering no matter who is logged in and on what network.

We encourage parents/guardians to set boundaries, safeguards, and expectations for technology use at home that align with family values. You have the right to monitor your student’s use of the device. It is expected that Parent/Guardians be proactive in ensuring their student and the device is ready for academic use.

Student Code of Conduct

Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Personal Devices

Repair and Replacement: You are responsible for the care of your device and accessories. If they are broken or lost, you must report it to your school and may be responsible for the cost of repair or replacement (see below fee structure).

Accidental Damage: There will be no fee for accidental damage to a Chromebook. A letter may be sent to the parent/guardian if deemed necessary. Repeated accidental or careless damage to a Chromebook will be addressed by school administration and can result in a full fee assignment for the Chromebook.

Repairing Damaged Chromebook: Repair to a Chromebook irresponsibly or intentionally damaged may be charged at the actual cost of repair parts and labor. The school administrator will determine if the Chromebook has been irresponsibly or intentionally damaged.

Chromebooks are mobile devices designed specifically for people who live on the web. With a comfortable, full-sized keyboard, large display and clickable trackpad, all-day battery life, lightweight and built-in ability to connect to Wi-Fi, the Chromebook is ideal for anytime, anywhere access to the web. They provide a faster, safer, more secure online experience for people who live on the web, without all the time-consuming, often confusing, high level of maintenance required by typical computers

Chromebooks run millions of web-based applications, or web apps, that open right in the browser. You can access web apps by typing their URL into the address bar or by installing them instantly from the Chrome Web Store.

Each Chromebook we provide to students will be a managed device. The Information Technology Department will maintain devices through our Google Apps for Education domain. As such, the school can pre-install web-applications as well as block specific web-applications from a centralized management console.

Chromebooks can connect to:

• USB storage, mice and keyboards
• SD cards
• External monitors and projectors
• Headsets, earbuds and microphones
• Chromecast

Yes, as long as you have a Wifi Signal to access the web. Chrome also provide the ability to access Drive and other platforms through the Google Drive App so users can work in an “Offline” mode.

No. The district Chromebooks will not have broadband access outside of the school buildings.

Chromebooks batteries will last a regular school day. However, students will be responsible for charging their Chromebook each evening to ensure maximum performance during the school day. Chromebooks should be fully charged and then removed from the AC adapter while in use.

It is not necessary to have antivirus software on Chromebooks because there are no running programs for viruses to infect.

Yes. The Chromebook is the preferred learning device at our school, and it will be used frequently!

Hopefully, you will not have to print at school since you have the ability to share your documents with your teachers and peers in the Cloud.

It is your responsibility to make sure that your Chromebook is stored safely no matter what class you are in. See your teacher if you have specific questions or concerns.

Yes for high school students(not middle school), but the preferred account for SD27J students to use is the @sd27j.net Gmail account. Any account added to the Chromebook will make that account info accessible by school staff.

You want to tell an adult, a teacher, an administrator, or your School Resource Officer as soon as possible. You can also report it on Safe-to-Tell.

The Vision software is used to help facilitate teachers in the flow of their classroom as well and giving them a tool to help students stay on task. This software platforms works through Google Classroom and enables the teacher to see the student Chromebook screens while they are in his/her classroom.

Due to online privacy laws, Google is required to alert users if they are being monitored. Therefore, the Vision platform alerts the student user with a pop-up in the middle of their screen anytime a teacher activates a class for monitoring. If the student does not accept the Vision alert, the machine will remain in “standby” until the alert is acknowledged.

The Vision platform is designed for in-school monitoring only and only by the teacher of that particular Google Classroom in which the student is enrolled. This connection is facilitated “to protect student privacy and to prevent accidental connections from outside your organization, Vision does not allow students to join classes unless the students' and teacher's external IP addresses are in the same range, sharing the same first two address octets.