Acceptable Use Policy Software

[Theldron]

Hi,

 

I am looking for some software that would make students accept an acceptable use policy before they logon to a PC and their name and date is logged into some sort of a database, if click decline they are not allowed to logon.

 

I know there is something out there any help would be appreciated.

 

Cheers

[FN-GM]

NetConsent can do this as well. Thanks

[Asgard]

Hi, we have a home brew solution.

 

We have an electronic copy of our Acceptable Use Policy that run's on Login - an old version is here

 

If the user accepts the Acceptable Use Policy a text file is created on their home area (m:\aupmarker.dat) and their acceptance is logged to a SQL database.

 

Upon the next and subsequent logins we have configured the login script to first check for the existence of 'M:\aupmarker.dat' and if it exists DONT run the Acceptable Use Policy App - if the marker file is not found, it will run the Acceptable Use Policy.

 

The AUP App runs ontop of all other windows until you pick a choice - it times down from 30 minutes and if you haven’t made a choice by then, it shuts the computer down. We are probably going to reduce this to 5 minutes.

 

If the user deny's the Acceptable Use Policy, then the machine is logged off and shut down .

[Theldron]

Hi jszkudlapski,

 

That sounds just like the sort of thing that I am looking for. Can you give me an idea how this was done?

 

Cheers

Sean

[Asgard]

Hi Sean

 

I've emailed our software developer for the code and I'll up it on edugeek just in case it's relevant to anyone else. He's on leave until Friday though.

 

It was built in .NET which allows some bits of customisation to ensure its forced to stay open etc.

 

As for the login script it first of all checks for the existence of M:\aupmarker.txt and if it doesn't exist it runs

 

\\%server%\\LoginHacks$\AUP\bsfc_aup.exe

 

We run it for the first two weeks of the academic year to make sure we catch all the students. Then after that we do a comparison against a full student list and then add these students into an ADGroup 'NonAUPCompliance' and then we monitor that.

 

We do get the odd student who point blank refuses to sign it by letting the timer go down then logging back in, but we counter this by after the initial 2 weeks drop it from 30 minutes to 5.

 

I've once had our AUP challenged by a parent (who oddly was/is an IT tech as I have met her before) saying their daughter is there to learn and as such shouldn't have to agree to anything

 

That was a short phone call.

Edited March 25, 2015 by Asgard

[itgeek]

Hi

 

Have a look at this software it works really well and I think its what you are looking for. I haven't tested this on win 7 but it should work fine

Index of /files/aupinformant/2.0.2

 

Thanks

[Theldron]

Hi We have just tried aupinformant and it just keeps crashing. Has anyone managed to get it working on Windows 7/Server 2008?

[fiza]

I used to love AUPInformant. Unfortunately Paul Beesley moved on to bigger and better things and left AUP Informant development behind. I last used it on XP and 2003.

 

Edit : According to the PDF manual it should be compatible with Server 2008 and windows 7.

[itgeek]

I will give it a try with windows 7, and report back...

[Theldron]

I dont know then, as it just keeps saying that it has stopped working ???

[WalshamWarrior]

We use Securus and although it doesn't ask before you login, it will bring up a full screen AUP that you have to accept before you can access anything on the computer. If you decline the AUP it will automatically log the user off the computer they are using. Below is a link to the Securus Education website.

 

Securus Education - Securus

 

This is the software we have used and it will also provide a monitoring software as well.

[itgeek]

Just installed it and its working well on win7 and win8 ... Did you make sure all Prerequisites are installed

Please make sure the following pieces of software are installed before installing AUP

Informant.

Server

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - a foundation for building modern applica-

tions. We recommend that you install version 3.5 SP1 if possible, the framework

installer will install the full version and then update it to the latest version.

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 - a lightweight database. Can be ins-

talled safely alongside SQL Server and MSDE. The database server only runs

when AUP Informant is active.

Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 or Windows XP (SP2, SP3)

Client

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - a foundation for building modern appli-

cations. Included with Windows Vista or later. AUP Informant also works with

later versions such as 3.0 and 3.5.

Windows XP (SP2, SP3) or Windows Vista or Windows 7

 

 

Thanks

[Theldron]

Got it working we had a later version of SQL Compact. Cheers.

[itgeek]

No Problem Your welcome. I really like it does what it says on the tin!!!

 

Thanks

[JoeFulford]

I just set the acceptable use policy as an image for the login screen and stated by logging into the network you are agreeing to the following... blah blah blah. Does everything it should do and is free XD

[Theldron]

Itgeek,

 

Right got AUPInformant working but it wants to open the AUP as a seperate file. Is there a way to include it in the body of the window rather than as a separate file?

 

Cheers

Sean

[itgeek]

Hi Sean

 

Send me an image and I will have a look for you.

 

Thanks

[SwedishChef]

Hi, Did you manage to put this up anywhere, I'm very interested in seeing it.

 

Hi Sean

 

I've emailed our software developer for the code and I'll up it on edugeek just in case it's relevant to anyone else. He's on leave until Friday though.

 

It was built in .NET which allows some bits of customisation to ensure its forced to stay open etc.

 

As for the login script it first of all checks for the existence of M:\aupmarker.txt and if it doesn't exist it runs

 

\\%server%\\LoginHacks$\AUP\bsfc_aup.exe

 

We run it for the first two weeks of the academic year to make sure we catch all the students. Then after that we do a comparison against a full student list and then add these students into an ADGroup 'NonAUPCompliance' and then we monitor that.

 

We do get the odd student who point blank refuses to sign it by letting the timer go down then logging back in, but we counter this by after the initial 2 weeks drop it from 30 minutes to 5.

 

I've once had our AUP challenged by a parent (who oddly was/is an IT tech as I have met her before) saying their daughter is there to learn and as such shouldn't have to agree to anything

 

That was a short phone call.

[Asgard]

Hi

Totally forgot about this I'll nudge him tomorrow

[victoriadock]

Hi

 

Where did you get the software for the AUP informant, I can't find it anywhere! are you able to email to me?

 

Many thanks