GoGuardian

GoGuardian is the product used for web filtering on school-owned devices. Harmful content and cyber threats are everywhere online, and we aim to protect students with the use of tools like GoGuardian. GoGuardian allows the school to monitor students browsing activity and protect them from harmful sites or activities.

GoGuardian Parent

We have enabled GoGuardian Parent for students in grades 3-8. GoGuardian Parent is an app that gives parents and guardians the opportunity to monitor their children’s browsing activity on their school computer. A healthy school environment is built on safety, trust, and transparency. To ensure that the safety of our students is a top priority, we believe in being transparent with guardians about students’ online activity.

In the GoGuardian Parent app, you will be able to view:

• Top 5 summary of student browsing (apps, extensions, documents, and websites visited)
• 30-day view of websites, videos, documents, apps, and extensions

To access the app, please follow the below instructions:

1. Download the app
   1. iPhone: Visit App Store, search for GoGuardian Parent, and tap the download button.
   2. Android: Visit Google Play Store, search for GoGuardian Parent, and tap the download button.
2. After the app is successfully downloaded and installed, open it up and enter the email address registered with the school in Infinite Campus.
3. Login/Check Email: Check your email on your phone for a link to log in to the app. Tap the “Verify your email”, and it will take you straight to the app. Note: If you don’t have access to your email through the device you used to log in, tap on “Login with verification code”, and copy and paste the verification code from the email into the app.

If you have any questions, you can reach us at techsupport@aspenviewacademy.org

For more information about the GoGuardian Parent app, please go to the GoGuardian Parent Help Center.

Google Workspace

For the first time, Aspen View Academy is providing students and staff with access to Google Workspace (formerly Google Apps for Education), a collaborative suite of web-based programs providing email, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, calendaring and other productivity tools. Prior to this year, students and staff used Google Workspace with their DCSD credentials. This year everyone will be able to use Google Workspace with their Aspen View Academy credentials. 

All Aspen View Academy students will be assigned an @s.avak8.org email address that will stay with them throughout their enrollment at Aspen View Academy. This email will give them access to the Google Suite of Educational Apps. Log-in information will be provided at the beginning of the school year.

Google Workspace for Education Core Apps includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Sites. Not all may be licensed to all students at any given time. The use of these apps id covered by the agreement Aspen View Academy maintains with Google. This means that:

• Aspen View Academy owns the data and it is not indexed by Google.
• There are no ads served in these apps and the students’ privacy is protected.
• Google’s statement on privacy for Google Workspace for Education can be found here.

At this time, YouTube does not fall under the Google Workspace for Education privacy statements. It is treated as a Consumer App. This means that when a student uses YouTube, the terms of service and privacy policy that apply to Google’s Consumer products apply. The data created using YouTube is not owned by the school and could be indexed by Google and will generate ads. This means that YouTube does not offer the same FERPA, privacy, confidentiality terms and conditions that the core Google apps do. Google also requires YouTube users to be at least 13 years old. For this reason, students at Aspen View Academy are not allowed to use YouTube at school or on school-owned devices.

Accessing Google Account online

1. Go to Gmail.com
2. Login using your student’s AVA account information.
3. Click on the  icon found in the upper right hand corner
4. Select Classroom

Did You Know?

Did you know you can see your assignments (for all your classes) in Google Classroom?

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. At the top, click To-do and choose an option:
3. To see work assigned by your teacher, click Assigned.
4. To see work that you didn’t turn in, click Missing.
5. To see work that your teacher graded or returned, click Done.
6. Click a title to see details of the work.

For more information, go here.

Infinite Campus (IC)

Infinite Campus (IC) is the Douglas County School District’s Student Portal that houses all information about a student, including grades, schedules, report cards, credits, transcripts and historical information. The IC app can be downloaded from the Google Play or Apple App Store for your smartphone.

After downloading the app to your phone, use the DCSD ID QKKYJL during set-up. Student username is Last Name, First Initial and Middle Initial. (Ex: LastFirstI) No spaces or punctuation is needed.

Your password will be Dcsd and your student number. (Ex: Dcsd123456) No spaces and the D must be capitalized.

Technology Policies

Technology Use Policy and Agreement Forms 2021-22

Student Information Privacy Policy

Middle School Technology FAQs

Student Data Privacy

The Douglas County School District and Aspen View Academy cares deeply about the privacy of our students. We are committed to ensuring that their data is protected in every instance, and that we are in compliance with the Colorado Student Data Transparency and Security Act (HB 16-1423) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

DCSD and Aspen View Academy has always protected student data. The new Colorado Student Data Transparency and Security Act is helping to reinforce this protection by focusing on:

• Reinforcing protocol for using software and working with vendors
• Transparency for our community on what student data the CDE and DCSD collects and how its collected
• Bringing greater awareness of elements to look for on click-through contracts for free online apps

Student Data Privacy Act Roles and Responsibilities

House bill 16-1423  mandates local school districts and charter schools implement the following items:

Each Charter school is responsible for

• Adopting a student data privacy policy
• Creating a webpage for transparency that has the following
• List of student PII collected by the charter
• List of CDE student PII
• List of Apps that is used by the school
• List of vendors that collect student PII
• With contract and Data privacy addendum
• Conduct Mandatory training regarding student privacy

COPPA is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule that all online websites and service providers must adhere to.

Aspen View Academy does not have any specific agreements with vendors as our vendors fall under the DCSD Supplier Data Privacy Agreements. To see that list of vendors, you can go here.

DCSD Student Data Privacy Information

Douglas County School District will share resources with our Charter schools.  On the district Student Data Privacy Site(https://www.dcsdk12.org/student-data-privacy)  are resources:

• List of district apps
• App vetting process
• Data privacy addendum
• List of student PII collected by the district
• Link to the CDE student PII collected
• Link to vendors that collect PII and their contracts

Data Elements Collected by DCSD

DCSD Board Policy: Student Education Records

DCSD Third Party Service Providers

DCSD Approved Apps and Websites

DCSD Board Policy: Privacy and Protection of Confidential Student Information

Request to Review or Inspect Student Records

CDE Information

View a CDE summary of the Colorado Student Data Transparency and Security Act

CDE Information for Parents

State-Level Student Data Collection and Protection

AVA Approved Apps and Websites

The following list includes the apps and websites in use at Aspen View Academy.

AVA Approved Apps and Websites