1. College use of email
Email is a mechanism for official communication within Lurleen B. Wallace Community College. The College has the right to expect that such communications will be received and read in a timely fashion. Official email communications are intended only to meet the academic and administrative needs of the campus community. As steward of this process, the Dean of Students Affairs is responsible for directing the use of the official student email. See, Guidelines for the Use of Official Student Email for details.
2. Assignment of student email
LBW College email accounts are available for all enrolled students. The addresses are all of the for Anumber@alabama.edu. These accounts must be activated before the College can correspond with its students using the official email accounts. The student can log in and manage their account through the LBW website.
3. Redirecting of email
If a student wishes to have email redirected from their official Anumber@alabama.edu address to another email address (e.g., aol.com, hotmail.com, or an address on a departmental server), they may do so, but at their own risk. The College will not be responsible for the handling of email by outside vendors or by departmental servers. Having email redirected does not absolve a student from the responsibilities associated with official communication sent to his or her Anumber@alabama.edu account
4. Expectations about student use of email
Students are expected to check their email on a frequent and consistent basis in order to stay current with College related communications. Students have the responsibility to recognize that certain communications may be time-critical. "I didn't check my email", error in forwarding mail, or email returned to the College with "Mailbox Full" or "User Unknown" are not acceptable excuses for missing official College communications via email.
5. Authentication for confidential information
It is a violation of College policies, including the Student Code of Conduct, for any user of official email addresses to impersonate a College office, faculty/staff member, or student. To minimize this risk, some confidential information may be made available only through myLBWCC portal which is password protected. In these cases, students will receive email correspondence directing them to myLBWCC , where they can access the confidential information only by supplying their login credentials. The confidential information will not be available in the email message.
6. Privacy
Users should exercise extreme caution in using email to communicate confidential or sensitive matters, and should not assume that email is private and confidential. It is especially important that users are careful to send messages only to the intended recipient(s). Particular care should be taken when using the "reply" command during email correspondence.
7. Educational uses of email
Faculty will determine how electronic forms of communication (e.g., email) will be used in their classes, and will specify their requirements in the course syllabus. This LBW College email Policy" will ensure that all students will be able to comply with email-based course requirements specified by faculty. Faculty can therefore make the assumption that students' Anumber@alabama.edu" accounts are being accessed, and faculty can use email for their classes accordingly.
8. General Use
LBW Community College provides access to computer equipment and resources necessary to support the educational mission of the college. Access to College information systems is granted to students and employees as a privilege and, as such, imposes certain responsibilities and obligations. The purpose of information technology resources is to provide educational resources for the College’s students and employees. All students using official student email addresses must adhere to the Information Technology Acceptable Use Policies.
