From Carolyn Haynes in the Provost’s office:<\/p>\n
As you begin to prepare for the fall semester, I wanted to alert you to a new attendance procedure which will be in effect in fall 2018.<\/p>\n
The federal government has mandated that universities confirm that students have begun attendance in all courses that count towards federal financial aid eligibility (34 CFR 668.21). Institutions must do this by verifying the occurrence of students\u2019 \u201cacademic activity\u201d through the 10th day of the semester. Last year, Miami received just over $104 million in federal financial aid. Failure to meet attendance regulations could result in large fines and even jeopardize Miami\u2019s eligibility for federal Title IV financial aid.<\/p>\n
Federal regulations (34 CFR 668.22 (l)(7) define \u201cacademic activity\u201d as occurring when a student physically attends at least one class where there is an opportunity for direct interaction between the instructor and students.<\/p>\n
Because we also have hybrid and online courses, the following also count as \u201cacademic activity\u201d when a student:
\n\u00b7 submits an academic assignment (in class or online);
\n\u00b7 takes a quiz or exam (in class or online);
\n\u00b7 participates in an interactive tutorial or is involved with computer-assisted instruction;
\n\u00b7 attends a study group as assigned by the instructor;
\n\u00b7 participates in an online discussion as part of the course; or
\n\u00b7 initiates contact with a faculty member to ask a question about the academic subject studied in the course.<\/p>\n
\u201cAcademic activity\u201d does not result when a student:
\n\u00b7 logs in to an online class but has no other \u201cacademic activity\u201d online; or
\n\u00b7 meets with an academic advisor.<\/p>\n
Over the summer, the Office of the Registrar will roll out a change to the photo roster that will permit instructors to notify the University that the student did or did not begin attendance. It is anticipated that the deadline for confirming this will be the end of the second week of full semester\/term courses and by the end of day 3 of sprint courses.<\/strong><\/p>\n Prior to the beginning of the fall semester, the University Registrar will send faculty specific instructions for how to mark attendance on the photo roster. Please note that this change was designed to be quick and easy so as to avoid excessive use of your time.<\/p>\n Suggestions for ways to take attendance in large classes: Best wishes to you on a rejuvenating and productive summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Carolyn Haynes in the Provost’s office: As you begin to prepare for the fall semester, I wanted to alert you to a new attendance procedure which will be in effect in fall 2018. The federal government has mandated that universities confirm that students have begun attendance in all courses that count towards federal financial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-undergrad","tag-important"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00b7 Give a quiz on first or second day of class. Quiz could be on the syllabus contents.
\n\u00b7 Have students sign in at door.
\n\u00b7 Use assigned seating charts for students, and ask TA or undergraduate associate to note empty seats.
\n\u00b7 Ask students to fill out index cards with name and one question or thought related to the class.
\n\u00b7 Do an online poll using an app such as Kahoot. Ask students to use their real names on the poll.<\/p>\n