ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

ONLINE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

ATT 2.0
PROCEDURE MANUAL

Procedure Owner: Academic Affairs

INTENT OR PURPOSE
To ensure attendance is recorded consistently for online courses throughout all ITT Technical Institutes
(ITT Techs).

SCOPE
ITT Educational Services, Inc., its operations and employees, including Headquarters, ITT Technical
Institutes, etc. (hereinafter Company or ITT/ESI).

RESPONSIBILITY
It is the responsibility of the VP Online Instructional Operations, to administer this procedure at the ITT
Technical Institute, Indianapolis Online Division (Online Division). It is the responsibility of the
Deans to administer this procedure at resident ITT Technical Institutes (resident ITT Techs).

PROCEDURE
Regular attendance is required of students in all of their courses. Although students registered in online
courses have greater flexibility regarding when they attend the course each week, attendance
requirements exist and must be enforced by the college.
Students are considered to have attended an online course if they log into the course website and engage in
one of the following activities: 1) submission of a course assignment, 2) participation in a course
discussion thread by posting a comment, question or response related to a course topic, 3) submission of an
Ask the Instructor question, or 4) taking a Quiz or Exam.
Students must continually be aware of the online attendance policy. Students must attend online
courses regularly. Students may work ahead in their online courses, but they must engage in at least
one attendance activity (as defined above) each week in order to update their attendance record in the
course. Discussion forums should be completed during the week they are assigned, so that each
student will have the opportunity to interact with both the instructor and classmates on the issues
addressed in the activity.
Any student enrolled in a -full-term (i.e., 11 or 12 week) online course will be dropped if he/she fails to
attend for:
Approved: 10/09/12
Effective Date:10/09/12

Replaces Procedure Dated: 04/15/05

Canceled:

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ONLINE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
ATT 2.0
PROCEDURE MANUAL

Procedure Owner: Academic Affairs

17 consecutive calendar days, if the student is enrolled in a program of study offered by the
Online Division; or
22 consecutive calendar days, if the student is enrolled in a program of study offered by a
resident ITT Tech.

Any student enrolled in a six-week online course will be dropped if he/she fails to attend for:
11 consecutive calendar days, regardless of whether the student is enrolled in a program of study
offered by the Online Division or a resident ITT Tech.
Students who fail to attend an online course within the required timeframes specified above will be
dropped from the course, even if they are ahead in their coursework.
A student who is dropped from an online course cannot be reinstated into that same course during the same
term. The student may retake that course the next time that it is offered. 1

The Dean at each resident ITT Tech is responsible for tracking the attendance of his/her students in all of
their courses, including those registered or enrolled in online courses. The Online and Hybrid staff may
provide support in this responsibility, but it is the resident ITT Tech Dean who is responsible for
monitoring the online attendance of his/her students, communicating with the online support staff, and
advising students who are not meeting attendance expectations. The Manager of Student Support is
responsible for tracking the attendance of students enrolled at the Online Division.
REFERENCES
Related Procedures
ATT 1.0 Attendance
ATT 3.0 Specific State Attendance and Withdrawal Requirements
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
Does this attendance procedure for online courses apply to all states?
No, a few states have particular attendance and withdrawal requirements that are specific
to those states. A campus in one of those states must follow the student attendance and
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A student who withdraws or fails a six-week course taken during the first six weeks of an academic quarter is eligible to retake that
same course, if offered, during the second six weeks of that same academic quarter.
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Replaces Procedure Dated: 04/15/05
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ONLINE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
ATT 2.0
PROCEDURE MANUAL

Procedure Owner: Academic Affairs

withdrawal requirements as described in its catalog and, to the extent that the requirements
contained in the catalog contradict any provision of this procedure, the terms of the catalog
will be the controlling requirements that the campus must follow. Please see your campus
catalog and Procedure ATT 3.0 for further information.

Approved: 10/09/12
Effective Date:10/09/12

Replaces Procedure Dated: 04/15/05

Canceled:

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Next Review Date: 10/01/14