KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Use of University Electronic Mail (E-Mail)20

Password Policy21

Use of the University's World Wide Web/Internet - Students22

1.3.6 KYSU Online Academic Code of Conduct

4.3.1 Appropriate Usage (Information Technology)23

STATUTORY OR REGULATORY REFERENCES:

The 2024 SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, Standard 10, references the SACSCOC Distance Education Policy, which states that institutions should ensure students taking online courses are the same individuals who enrolled and registered:

“An institution that offers distance or correspondence education:

  • ensures that the student who registers in a distance or correspondence education course or program is the same student who participates in and completes the course or program and receives the credit.
  • has a written procedure for protecting the privacy of students enrolled in distance and correspondence education courses or programs.
  • ensures that students are notified in writing at the time of registration or enrollment of any projected additional student charges associated with verification of student identity."24

The SACSCOC Distance Education and Correspondence Courses Policy Statement says the following:

“At the time of review by SACSCOC, the institution demonstrates that the student who registers in a distance or correspondence education course or program is the same student who participates in and completes the course or program and receives the credit by verifying the identity of a student who participates in class or coursework by using, at the option of the institution, methods such as (1) a secure login and password/passcode, (2) proctored examinations, and (3) new or other technologies and practices that are effective in verifying student identification (See Standard 10.6 [Distance and correspondence education]).”25

POLICY OWNER/INTERPRETING AUTHORITY:

20 https://www.kysu.edu/documents/information-technology/IT-IM-02-2013_EMAIL_Policy_Final.pdf

21 https://www.kysu.edu/documents/information-technology/IT-

IM-11%20Password%20Policy%20for%20KSU%20ONE%20LOGIN%20accounts-2020.pdf

22 https://www.kysu.edu/documents/information-technology/IT-IM-07-2013_PolicyInternetForStudents_Final.pdf

23 https://www.kysu.edu/policies/files-for-volumes/appropriate-usage-4-3-1.pdf

24 https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024PrinciplesOfAccreditation.pdf

25 https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2019/07/DistanceCorrespondenceEducation.pdf

ALL POLICIES ARE SUBJECT TO AMMENDMENT