System wide Departmental policy
Communities Online: Acceptable use of ICT – Parents and Students Policy
Google Workspace for Education
Google Workspace for Education is being used at Canberra High School and provides students with access to modern learning tools to support their education, including student email. Parent permission is required for students to use Google Workspace.
All Google Workspace modules are available through the Department’s backpack. https://backpack.ed.act.edu.au/ including Google Classroom, Google Drive and Google Mail.
Parent and Student Google/Chrome Book Tutorials
When a student has parent permission to use Google Workspace for Education, they also obtain a school g-mail account. The email account is linked to their student ID number and is accessible through the Department’s backpack.
ICT Resources
Every student at Canberra High School has a Departmental supplied Chromebook on enrolment. Parent permission is required for this. These give students access to Google Workspace resources, in particular Google Classrooms.
Google Classroom helps educators create engaging learning experiences they can personalize, manage, and measure. Classroom is part of Google Workspace for Education, which empowers Canberra High School with simple, safer, collaborative tools.
Canberra High School also has 3 computer labs, running Windows desktops. These are used with specialised software for Elective classes.
BYOD devices are not recommended as they sometimes have connection issues with the Wi-Fi network.