Distance Education
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Online Attendance Policy
Robeson Community College believes that students must attend class if they are to be well prepared for the workplace. Online courses are no different from traditional classroom courses in this regard. Online students are subject to the same attendance policy and procedures as traditional students. For example, if a student in a traditional class is absent two consecutive weeks, he/she is withdrawn from the course. The same premise is used for a distance learning course. Online students are subject to the same attendance policy and procedures as traditional students. Please see the “Attendance Policy and Procedures” section of the RCC Student Handbook. However, participation must be defined in a different manner.
Student attendance in online courses is defined as active participation in the course as described in the individual course syllabus. Online courses will, at a minimum, have weekly mechanisms for student participation, which can be documented by any or all of the following methods:
- Completion of tests.
- Submission/completion of assignments (through the digital drop box or discussion boards).
- Communication with the instructor.
Students who do not email their instructor by the last day of the Drop/Add period will be dropped from the course. (The drop/add period is usually the first week of the semester. Drop/add dates are listed in the semester schedule.) Students who fail to maintain active participation in an online course as defined in the course syllabus will be processed using the current attendance policy.
