BYOD (Bring your own device)
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design has developed a BYOD policy designed to allow students to bring a laptop or tablet to school.
Teachers in all subjects will be delivering lessons that assume students have a device that meets the required specifications. Therefore, all students will be expected to have a device at school that they can use.
As a community we have endeavoured to provide parents and students with the maximum amount of choice in the selection of a device. Devices purchased for use at school need to be portable, robust and have sufficient battery life to operate for a school day.
Recommended Specifications
All devices need have these specifications to be able to function as an educational device at our school:
Windows or Apple devices with a minimum screen size of 11 inches.
- laptop
- tablet with keyboard attached
- convertible device
These operating systems are acceptable:
- Microsoft Windows 10 or higher
- Apple MacOS X 12.7.4 or newer
- 802.11n 5Ghz or higher
- The departments wireless network installed in high schools only operates on the 802.11n 5Ghz standard.
- If your device does not meet this standard, you will not be able to connect to the network.
The device should be able to hold at least these amounts of data:
- Laptop - 120GB Minimum
RAM capacity for your device should be at least:
- Minimum 4GB
It is recommended that you have:
- A protective case and cover.
The device should have this software installed to allow you to participate:
- web browser
- word processor
- spreadsheet package
- presentation software
- photo editing and drawing software.
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