Attendance and Deadlines
Attendance Policies and Deadlines
No matter what type of learning environment (face-to-face, online, or hybrid), all courses will abide by NCSU’s First-Year Writing Program Attendance Policy.
- ENG 101 Attendance Policy (Sample Language for Syllabus)
- ENG 105 Attendance Policy (Approved by FYW Council Fall 2016)
Attendance and Deadline Policies
- Attendance policies for online/hybrid sections of ENG 101 and all sections of ENG 105 must be set at the beginning of the semester and all students must be notified.
- For hybrid classes, instructors may choose alternative face-to-face or online meetings during the reserved class time. Make sure students have the time blocked out throughout the semester since it’s their required seat time. If instructors change face-to-face for online time or online for face-to-face time, students must be notified in a timely manner. It is recommended that all alternative meeting days be noted on the course syllabus at the start of the semester.
- In online classes, face-to-face conferences or other in-person meetings cannot be required for students. Instructors may ask for in-person attendance, but it cannot be required or penalized. Use Google Hangouts or Skype as an alternative when conferencing with online/hybrid students.
Due Date Management
NC State installed a new Date Report last semester (Open University Date Report) that allows you to set all of the important due dates for your course from a single page. This is particularly helpful when rolling over your course from a previous semester.
You can access this functionality from the administration block of your course by going to “Reports” > “Dates.” Click on “Expand all” to display every activity in the course on a single page. If you are rolling your course over from a previous semester, please give it a try! It is a lot faster than clicking on each activity in your course and changing the dates one by one.
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