Social Media Use to Support Student Learning

Resources

Risk assessment

Documentation and templates:

• For IP and copyright guidance and resources, see the Intellectual Property and Copyright policy
• For Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) templates, see the Privacy and Information Sharing policy resources
• For the Pre-populated InfoSafe School Risk Document, see the Information Security — InfoSafe policy resources

Acceptable use

Acceptable use agreements — guidelines and templates:

• Acceptable Use Agreement (Primary Template) (PDF)
• Acceptable Use Agreement (Primary Template) (Word)
• Acceptable Use Agreement (Upper Primary and Secondary Template) (PDF)
• Acceptable Use Agreement (Upper Primary and Secondary Template) (Word)

Notifications and Consent

When notifying the school community about the school use of online learning platforms and applications, refer to the section on notifications for online services in the Collection statements chapter of the Guidance for the Privacy and Information Sharing policy.

Consent is required for social media tools where student use is publicly visible. A sample consent form will be published here in the coming weeks.

Information for school communities about safe use of social media applications:

• eSafety Guide
• Be Connected: Socialising Online Guide (Online short course — 17 mins)

Information for school communities about understanding the importance of audience when working in online environments. Parent/carer consent requirements vary depending on the audience or reach of the social media platform. Professor Stephen Heppell defines this notion of audience as Me, We, See.

Protocols for acceptable social media use

Examples of social media protocols:

• Example — Student protocols (PPTX)
• Example — Student protocols (PDF)
• Example — Staff protocols (PPTX)
• Example — Staff protocols (PDF)
• Example — Parent protocols (PPTX)
• Example — Parent protocols (PDF)

Responding to online incidents

Information for schools about responding to online incidents and how to remove inappropriate content from social media sites is available on the Australian Government eSafety website.

Refer to: eSafety Commissioner — Respond

See also: Cybersafety and Responsible Use of Digital Technologies policy resources

Information on how to respond to teacher misconduct relating to social media use with students can be found in the Complaints, Misconduct and Unsatisfactory Performance — Teaching Service (Part 3) policy.