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I'd like to see the law around needing written consent from a student to post their participation in a course online.  I got many ideas about Best practices. I learned about the Solomon Amendment and the Patriot Act.... I need to find out what our policy on Esigning is though we tend to use it quite a bit. 

I especially appreciated the best practices section here. There are definitely some suggestions there that we can and should implement regarding internet security, hiring practices, training staff for security consciousness. Also, it made me think about who has access to what files and why they do--also how much access they should have --say on Google Drive--the choices are viewer, commenter and editor. All who have access do not need to be more than viewer.

Re the other topics, I have a question and am wondering how long a student's educational records need to be kept and which records need to… >>>

I learned about what is allowed in a Directory and what is not.  The course went over how a student should be notified and have an opportunity to opt information out of the directory. I learned about the rules for sharing student information with third parties. It must be documented and only certain types of information can be shared for legitimate purposes. Sometimes a student's consent needs to be obtained.

We are planning to send a letter to current students annually in November, announcing their FERPA rights and giving them links to two specific online folders with individual content for each student that they can have access to in google drive. I am still working on the letter to go out. I am looking for websites with information for students to explore further if they want to know more about their rights.