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As the state looks for ways to save money, they are closely scrutinizing student participation. Are these students actually attending class and putting in the required hours? Or are they just enrolling to collect financial aid, or stay on someone else's insurance? Are they just trying to use the facilities? These are good questions, especially in distance ed. classes. We have to be able to account for student attendance/participation and be able to show they really did the work/put in the hours required. Please note that Student Tracking data (the new activity meter in ETUDES) alone is NOT sufficient for meeting the HEOA requirement for documentation of attendance in online courses, so the easiest way to be absolutely sure you are in compliance is to have weekly assignments due, and put the attendance policy in your syllabus. Students not attending regularly should be dropped through the "last day to withdraw with a W". Here's the logic - we are funded through WSCH (Weekly Student Contact Hours), so obviously, there has to be weekly contact. This is from our Academic Senate: Attendance must be based on student’s Last Day of Attendance in an “academically related activity” that can be documented. The following are “academically related activity” for the purposes of attendance:
The following are not acceptable for purposes of attendance:
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