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FERPA and protecting student privacy

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From the course: WordPress for Education

FERPA and protecting student privacy

- Before we dive into designing a course that uses an open connected model, I'd like to take a minute to talk about "FERPA" and protecting student privacy. Compliance with the federal educational rights and privacy act, commonly referred to as "FERPA", is often raised as a question to teaching on the open web. So, I think it would be best to begin by going out to the "FERPA" website and showing you where you can read up on this act. The place I like to begin with is right here on the homepage, where you can access the "Frequently Asked Questions" section. Then click the link for "FERPA for School Officials", "Postsecondary School Officials", and then "Consent to Disclose Personally Identifiable Information from Educational Records". This is the most common area that people have questions about, so I encourage you to spend some time reading through these FAQ's. To find more information, you can come up here to the top where you can access the "General Information and Guidance" for…

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