- DISCLAIMER
- Students are responsible for understanding the lab policies. Only the Lab Manager may make exceptions to policies.
General Policies
- All labs operate on a first-come-first-served basis. No reservations will be made for individual students. Students must present their current University ID card. One-time access may be provided with a state/federal picture ID for students who are in the lab database. The lab attendant will keep the ID card while the student is in the lab.
- A waiting list will be maintained in the labs when necessary and terminal use will be limited to two hours per student during busy times.
- Only one student will be allowed per station so that all students may be provided a quiet, non-distracting atmosphere in which to work.
- There will be absolutely no loud talking, smoking, chewing tobacco, eating, or drinking in the lab areas.
- Each student will be checked in randomly.
- Students needing to work collaboratively with others must use the Curry Hall team lab (see team lab policies).
- Cell Phones and pagers must be set on silent/vibrate mode or turned off prior to entering the lab areas. The student must step out of the lab to have a phone conversation.
- Lab attendants will be happy to assist students needing assistance with “how-to” questions to the best of their knowledge related to all software on the lab stations. During busy lab hours, a lab attendant may not always be immediately available but will assist you as soon as they can.
- Lab attendants may not touch the keyboard or mouse.
- Students must use either the lab tutor or their instructors for assistance on classroom assignments.
- The lab attendants cannot answer questions or solve problems directly related to homework assignments.
Regular Printing Policies
- Lab Managers have the authority to restrict printing and/or lab access from any student who abuses printing policies.
- Lab Managers have the authority to grant special printing requests.
- Printing will be provided ONLY to UNT students as it relates to their course work.
- Internet printing counts only as course work if the Lab Manager is made aware of the nature of the course from which the print job has been assigned.
- Students are responsible for knowing how many pages an Internet document contains BEFORE the print job is executed.
- Students are not allowed to make flyers or signs unless they are directly related to UNT course work. Proof is required.
- A student is not allowed to make more than 20 pages of laser print per print job.
- Printing should be limited to draft quality for document revisions.
- Multiple copies of the same print job are not allowed.
- Print jobs are considered the same if most of the original printed page is intact.
- Large print jobs (i.e. thesis or dissertation) must be cleared with the Lab Manager and must be limited to one final copy.
- Large print jobs should be printed during off-peak hours, evenings, or weekends.
- Lab Managers will document printing policy abusers and share that information with other Lab Managers.
- Students are encouraged to use double-sided printing. COBA Lab printers are set to print double-sided by default. Please ask a lab attendant for assistance changing the default settings.
Color Printing Policies
- Only documents that will be turned in as class assignments should be printed in color; use black and white print option for draft copies.
- Lab attendants may visually inspect any color print job which does not appear to meet academic needs. Non-academic print jobs will be destroyed for inappropriate use of resources.
- Only one copy of a document may be printed on the color printer. Students are encouraged to print a draft copy and carefully proof-read it for accuracy before printing with the color option.
- Only PowerPoint presentations with a white background color may be printed on the color printer.
- Pages with solid-color backgrounds may not be printed on the color printer.
- Web pages may not be printed on the color printer.
- Students are limited in the number of pages they may print.
- Students may not print more than 5 pages of color printouts per print job.
- Larger documents must be printed in stages (i.e. print pages 1 - 5, then print pages 6 - 10, etc.). Please ask the lab attendant if you need assistance.
- These jobs should not be printed during peak hours, but should instead be printed during the early mornings, evenings, or weekends.
- Very large print jobs must be cleared in advance with the Lab Manager.
Team Lab Policies
Team:Two or more students enrolled in Business Classes (no other students may work as teams in these labs).
Official Team:These teams have officially been requested by a business faculty member. Teams may reserve one four-hour time slot per day. These teams may use the labs for four (4) hours at a time.
General Team:These teams are two or more students currently enrolled in business courses. Teams may reserve one two-hour time slot per day.
- Reservations must be made at least 30 minutes in advance.
- One team member cannot check in independently and use the team lab. There must be two or more team members checking in for the team area to be used.
- Large teams may use more than one cubicle depending on how full the labs are. A large team using multiple cubes may be asked to move to only one cube if the lab is busy.
- Reservations will be honored over walk-in teams.
- Reservations will be held for 15 minutes.
- Individual persons in one team cannot try to reserve a lab right after another member of their team has made a reservation. All teams can only reserve one cubicle once a day.
- Tutoring will not be done in the team labs. The tutors will only use their offices.
- Lab Printing:Teams may print one final copy for each team member. All other COBA Labs printing policies apply to team labs.
