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Presentations and Training

The Office of Community Standards and Student Conduct is available for presentations or training.

Presentations or training offered:

  • Academic Integrity
  • Code of Student Conduct
  • Managing Inappropriate Student Behavior/Disruption

If you do not see a particular topic on our list, please let us know and our staff can design a program to fit your needs. We will be happy to schedule a presentation for your department, office, class, or team. 

Sessions offered by our staff are for:

  • Academic Departments
  • Faculty, Staff, and Students
  • Residence Life Staff (RAs/CDs)
  • Athletics
  • Student Groups/Organizations
  • First-year seminars (UVC)

FERPA DOs & DON’Ts

DO

  • Do use the university’s Learning Management System to post grades
  • Do use a sealed envelope if you need to send out student information
  • Do obtain a signed release form from a student before releasing records to someone who’s requested that student’s records
  • If you have a good-faith belief that a health or safety emergency exists, then do release records necessary to deal with that emergency situation
  • Do use a student’s wright.edu email address for correspondence you need to send to that student
  • Do use your wright.edu email address for correspondence you need to send out in your role for the university (other systems may not be as secure as ours)
  • Do protect your log-in password
  • If someone calls you requesting educational record information, do go through steps to verify that the person on the phone is who the person claims to be (i.e., the student him/herself, or someone the student has authorized to have access to such information)
  • Do keep your computer locked when you’re not in your office
  • Do set your handheld devices (including smartphones and tablets) to automatically lock when not in use for a period of time
  • Do use the student’s name and the last four digits of their UID when including their information in an email or on an Outlook calendar entry

DON’T

  • Don’t use systems other than the university’s Learning Management System to post grades
  • Don’t post grades by SSN or student UID number either physically (e.g., printed sheet on office door) or electronically (e.g., website that you maintain)
  • Don’t send out student information on a post-card
  • Don’t discuss a student’s information in such a way that others might overhear
  • Don’t send grade information or other student details to a student at an email address you don’t recognize to be theirs (the safest way is to use a student’s wright.edu address)
  • Don’t release information about a student by phone or email without first confirming the identity of the recipient
  • Don’t leave student information where it could be seen or accessed by others
  • Don’t leave student papers or tests in a pile for students to sort through to pick theirs up
  • Don’t dispose of student records in ordinary trash
  • Don’t access Banner to find out information about a student for reasons unrelated to your University duties
  • Don’t share your password (not even with student employees)
  • If your child is a student at Wright State, don’t use your university resources/access to look up your child’s records unless you have your child’s consent
  • Don’t leave your computer or handheld device unlocked when you’re away from them
  • Don’t use complete UIDs in an email or on an Outlook calendar entry

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