--- Forwarded Message from Karima Benremouga <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 18:52:49 -0600 >From: Karima Benremouga <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6607 Students downloading programs >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> Try FoolProof. Visit http://www.smartstuff.com/products/security.html for info about the product. We have been using it successfully with our Macs. Karima At 05:25 PM 4/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Siennicki <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 11:01:14 -0800 > >From: Barbara Siennicki <[log in to unmask]> > >Organization: The University of British Columbia > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Students downloading programs > >We have about 58 PC's running Word in our labs, all of which are >accessible to our international students for self-access. Although we >stress at new student orientations (and in signs all over the labs and >on each monitor) that students are not to download programs or fonts in >their own language, they continue to do so. We explain that downloading >programs changes system folders and cause other difficulties, but it >makes no difference to the students. We were told about some software >called "Fortress" that will prevent students from doing this, but we >can't find this company. Could anyone help with information about >Fortress or some other software that we could use? I should mention >that on Friday afternoons, we do reimage the computers and change from >Netscape to Internet Explorer to allow students to write in their own >language, but the rest of the time we want the labs to be English Only, >in keeping with our immersion program policy. We would appreciate any >suggestions you might have. > >-- >Barbara Siennicki >Head Teacher, CALL >English Language Institute >University of British Columbia >2121 West Mall >Vancouver, B.C. >Canada V6T 1Z4 > _______________________________ Karima Benremouga, Ph.D. Director of The Language Acquisition Center IALLT Representative at TESOL 311 Agnes Arnold Hall University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3048 http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/karima