More information on what things are protected and how that affects the CMS
A. T. Wyatt's List: FERPA_CMS
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IUPUI uses a course management system called Oncourse. Through use of Oncourse, all students enrolled in a course section will see the names of their classmates unless a student has filed a restraint of information in the Office of the Registrar (see below). The list of names is only available to the instructor and those enrolled in the specific class and does not provide a student’s complete course schedule. A student’s course enrollment is available only to students enrolled in that course section and not to anyone outside of the university. Only the name will appear unless the individual student releases additional information to fellow classmates through use of the Oncourse Profile system.
- Good explanation of how the course management system complies with FERPA policies. - A. T. Wyatt on 2009-04-01
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- final course grades,
- exams,
- quizzes, and
- homework,
FERPA prohibits the disclosure of any confidential student information--including name, student identification number, Social Security Number or a portion thereof--in a personally identifiable manner, without the student's written consent.
It is a violation of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA or the “Buckley Amendment”) to publicly post on the Web (or by any other medium) final course grades using the last four digits of a student's social security number. Accordingly, effective immediately, all academic work grades, including ...
... or any other confidential student information may not be publicly disclosed or posted, on the Web or by any other medium, using any part or combination of a student's social security number without the written consent of each student. Please note that since final course grades may be inferred from the collection of raw scores on exams, quizzes, etc., all academic work is included to avoid any confusion or dispute as to what constitutes a confidential student record.
In summary, the university extends the FERPA regulations to prohibit the disclosure of any confidential information in a personally identifiable manner. As such, university employees shall not disclose such information through a posted list, a distributed list, a web page, or an unencrypted electronic message to anyone without an educational reason to have such information. Email messages containing such sensitive information must be properly addressed to a legitimate recipient of that information, and the messages must be digitally encrypted to prevent unauthorized access to the information.
Faculty may continue to use student specific password-protected systems (such as WebCT or Web for Faculty) to communicate academic work grades or other confidential information to individual students. Students may also access their final course grades using WebCT or Galaxy.
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Apr 06, 09
Moodle ideas for hiding courses from students who are not enrolled in them.
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May 08, 09
Patch for removing author/user name from rss out
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May 09, 09
How do you see who your fellow group members are??
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Oct 20, 09
Petitioners and the United States contend that education records include only institutional records, e.g., student grade point averages, standardized test scores, and records of disciplinary actions.
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Feb 09, 10
Some very interesting ideas here regarding the possibilities of integrating moodle and facebook. Not enough attention paid to FERPA. Worth thinking about how this would raise FERPA issues if implemented into VLE/LMS
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