Computing Facilities

Facilities available

Conditions of use

The facilities at the Chadstone Building 8 Learning Commons include 220 computers, 2 scanners and 5 printers. There are 11 computers at Chadstone Building 5 Learning Commons, 82 computers at Moorabbin Learning Commons and 50 computers at Waverley Learning Commons for student use.

The computers next to the Information Services Desk are dedicated to catalogue and database searching.

The computers for general use provide access to the student network. A range of application software is available but limited to course requirements by the student login. Internet access is available on all computers. 

Computers can be booked using MyPC which is available on all student PCs throughout the Institute. Because of the high demand for computers within the Learning Commons, booking is restricted to 2 hours in advance. Go to the More about MyPC page for further information on the MyPC booking system.

A Duty Programmer is available to assist with software and hardware trouble shooting, scanning and printing.

Student Computing Facilities - Conditions of use

  • Copyright Restrictions

When using these facilities, clients need to be aware of the following:

Holmesglen Institute of TAFE does not authorise you to make infringing reproductions of copyright material on this computer equipment. It is your responsibility to make sure that any reproductions you make do not infringe copyright.

The Institute will take disciplinary action where appropriate.

If you install or copy unauthorised material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner, you are infringing copyright. This includes printing material, saving to disk and copying a file from one disk to another. Reproducing part of a work may infringe copyright, if the part is important (it need not be a large part). A copyright owner is entitled to take legal action against a person who infringes his or her copyright.

You should check whether there are any special conditions for the material you are viewing, particularly if the material is on a CD-ROM or an on-line database. If you are viewing material on the Internet, you should check whether there is a statement about copyright on the site where the material is stored.

If you copy material for your research or study, you would not normally be infringing copyright provided your copying is fair. In deciding whether your use is fair, you should take into account:

(a) the purpose and character of the dealing

(b) the nature of the work or adaptation

(c) the possibility of obtaining the work within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price

(d) the effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the work

(e) where only part of the work or adaptation is copied - the amount and substantiality of the part copied taken in relation to the whole work or adaptation

  • Terms of Use

See Electronic mail and web services code of practice