Bring Your Own Device

Nagle Catholic College runs a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program for all students enrolled at the College. Participation in the BYOD program is a requirement to ensure students have access to school resources and subscriptions. Purchasing is done through a retailer of your choice and you can provide this letter to retailers to assist you.

In order to provide a consistent environment and ensure our software works with your device, our requirements have changed to prohibit the enrolment of any non-windows device. To ensure your order is fulfilled before the commencement of school, please contact your retailer as early as possible.

The primary use for this device is educational, however one of the benefits of the BYOD program is students can use personal devices at home to watch videos or play games, if the family allows it. However, its primary purpose is still school and homework.
 
All BYO devices must meet the following criteria:

  • Windows Laptop Only, No MacBooks, iPads or Chromebooks. 

  • x86-64 CPU Architecture (ARM devices will not work)

  • 8 Hours of Battery Life

  • 5Ghz Wi-Fi

The College has no specific performance requirements but as a guide families should not spend more than approx. $1100 unless their student has experience using a computer and has an interest in Design & Technology, The Arts or ICT.


College Software and Setup.
The College runs a system that will automatically setup your student device upon first login. Students' school accounts will be sent out via SMS prior to their start date or can be requested if required sooner, by contacting the College.

Students should be the main account setup on devices, not parents and Microsoft Family Safety should not be setup. Any other configuration causes issues with the schools applications and our ability to assist the students with IT issues. If families are interested in information on monitoring and managing the device at home, please contact the College.

The College has subscriptions and licenses for all products required, this includes Office365 and an Anti-Virus product. The College also uses a product called Lightspeed Filter. This product monitors device usage and enforces the colleges Internet filtering rules. When connected to the school network, the College will have access to monitor and manage the device. When the device is at home or on any other network the software switches off and is no longer monitored.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact the College.