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Participation & Grading Instructions<\/h1>\n

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Faculty instructions for tracking participation, enrollment, and submitting grades. Web Grading Instructions for Faculty<\/h2>\n

Experience<\/a> <\/span>for the class roster and web grading.<\/p>\n

If you need assistance logging in, please contact University Computing Service<\/span><\/span><\/a> at 503-838-8154.<\/p>\n

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Effective Summer 2024 forward, under the university course registration policy and drop for nonparticipation regulation, faculty will track student registration, attendance, and participation in their classes through the first two* weeks of the term. Students not registered for a class are barred from continued attendance and participation after the second week. If a registered student doesn\u2019t show up to or participate in a class at least once during that time, they will be reported to the Office of the Registrar and administratively dropped from the class. Participation includes acts such as physically attending a class, communicating with an instructor regarding course materials, posting in an online course, or engaging in learning activities during the first two weeks of the term.<\/span><\/p>\n

To do this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Check your participation roster during the first two* weeks of the term and keep a record of who is enrolled and who is attending\/participating.<\/span><\/span>\n
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    1. The participation roster is available through Wolf Web and reflects real-time enrollment of students in your class.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. You may wish to use the Attendance tracking tool in Canvas. Even if you do not use Canvas to deliver content your class does have a shell that you can use for tracking attendance\/participation.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Whatever method you use for tracking, a good practice is to require some type of activity during the first two weeks to verify attendance and\/or participation (e.g. a discussion, a post, introductions, etc…).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. It is recommended you review your participation roster and check for attendance\/participation at each class meeting during this time, however, once initial participation has been established for a student you no longer need to track their attendance\/participation.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. At the last class meeting of the first two weeks (Friday of that week for online asynchronous classes):<\/span><\/span>\n
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      1. Check your participation roster to ensure that all students are now enrolled and that you have a complete record of student registration and attendance\/participation information for your class.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Inform any unenrolled students that have been attending or participating that they must register by the last day to add classes, or they will be barred from further involvement in the class from that day forward.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      3. Participation roster reporting will be accessible as of Friday of week two. Complete the participation roster(s) no later than 10 AM on Monday of week three*.<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Upon receipt of the participation roster response, barring any student withdrawals, your roster is set for the term.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        *Comparable timeline for summer sessions; see the academic calendar<\/a><\/span> for specific dates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        Participation Roster Reporting Instructions<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        The Office of the Registrar and the Center for Teaching and Learning have teamed up to simplify nonparticipation tracking and reporting for both faculty and students.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Further Guidance on Canvas Features: Contact the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) <\/strong>at ctl@wou.edu<\/a> <\/span>for assistance.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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        Tracking Participation in Your Canvas Course<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

        Canvas offers a variety of tools to track student participation and engagement:<\/span><\/p>\n