BYOD@FCAC

18th September 2019

• Questions

Topics

• Overview of BYOD @ FCAC

• The College's Duty of Care in a BYOD space

• Recommended laptop Specifications

• Software

• Suppliers – Capsicum Computers and JB Hi-Fi

• What happens in 2020?

BYOD Models

BYOX

• Bring Your Own Anything

• Can include phones, Ipads, Tablets and laptops

• Not a viable option for FCAC

CYOD

• School provides several options

• Families choose, pay school and school places bulk order

BYOD

• School provides minimum specs

• Families make their own private purchase

BYOD - Bring Your Own Device

• Continuation of 2019 rollout to Year 7 and

10 students

• Parent option to partner with supplier – Eg

JB Hifi, Capsicum

• Not limited to these suppliers

• JB-Hifi Portal access provided for parents

FCAC BYOD

• College has shortlisted suggested models

across a range of suppliers that meet

recommended specifications

• Options for extended warranty and

accidental damage provided by supplier

• Pool of school owned devices for student

access as required

FCAC BYOD

• As with the College’s existing 1:1 device

program, students accessing resources

using BYOD will be protected by the default

filtering policy provided by CyberHound.

• No laptop install is required for the filtering

policy to apply while onsite.

What about the College’s Duty of Care?

What about the College’s Duty of Care?

• As BYOD devices are owned by parents, this filtering

policy does not apply when the devices are offsite

• Parents are able to monitor and moderate use

through a variety of methods:

• Microsoft Family accounts (free)

• Use of specifc hardware – eg Disney Circle

• Use of specific software (eg Familyzone,

Qustodio)

• Support available if required

What about offsite?

What about offsite?

Managing Student Use

The office of the E-Safety Commissioner has a number

of useful resources to assist parents in managing the

use of a range of digital devices. Refer to the College’s

BYOD page for links.

• Intel Core i5 processor or equivalent

• 8 gigabytes of RAM

• 256 SSD

• Dual band (AC) wireless

• ** Battery that will last the school day **

• 3 Year warranty

• Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) for the life of the

device

• A dedicated bag for the device

Recommended Specification

Alternatives to Windows laptops

• FCAC is a Windows/PC based environment

• Devices running MacOS – eg MacBook Pro and MacBook Air

devices - can be used if parents make this choice.

• iPad and iPad Pro devices running iOS are not considered

laptop replacements. This also applies to Android tablets and (at

this stage) Google Chromebooks. Linux software is also not

supported.

• Non-Windows devices must have the ability to either dual boot

Windows or use Windows in a virtualized environment. Eg –

using Parallels on Apple laptops to run Windows.

• Microsoft Office is the mandated default Word Processing/

Productivity application for BYOD. This is available to all

students for free as part of the Office365 subscription and

is accessible using their College email addresses.

• Specific software will be provided to students as required –

eg Autodesk Sketchup/AutoCad.

• Use of Anti-Virus software is at the discretion of parents.

Numerous free options available - Windows Defender,

Avast, AVG etc

• Software Centre available for specific software -

https://fcac.onthehub.com/

Provision of Software

Provision of Software

Supplier – JB Hi-fi

Supplier – JB Hi-fiJB Hi-Fi Education – Providing Education Suitable devices to parents:

▪ Education suitable devices – No retail products listed

▪ Devices selected by the School as best fit within the School

▪ Educational warranties allowing repairs conducted at the school

▪ Accidental Damage (ADP) options

▪ BYOD customer service open 7 days a week

▪ Ability to pick up orders from JB Hi-Fi store of your choice

▪ Flexible payment options

Supplier – Capsicum Computers (Option A)

Supplier – Capsicum Computers (Option B)

The College will organize separate briefing sessions for Year 7 and

Year 10 students. Students will be taken through:

• How to connect to the BYOD infrastructure

• Printing using BYOD devices

• Accessing required software

• Data backup – Using the “cloud”

• Familiarising students with their device

• What to do if something goes wrong – Accessing

support

So what happens in 2020?

Questions?

byod@fcac.qld.edu.au