Online Attendance/Tardiness

The University emphasizes the need for all students to attend classes on a regular and consistent basis to develop the skills and attitudes necessary to compete in the highly competitive labor market.

 

Online students register attendance for any course activity by logging into the course site.

 

Kaplan University online courses have both synchronous and asynchronous requirements. Synchronous (or real-time) learning experiences called seminars happen at the same time for all students in a section. Asynchronous learning experiences happen throughout the course and do not require student participation at a scheduled time.

The specific requirements for attendance are the following:
 

•        Any first-term student or any student seeking reentry who does not register attendance within the first 7 days of the term will be withdrawn from their classes and their enrollment will be cancelled.

•        Students who have not participated in class by failing to log in for 21 consecutive calendar days (excluding scheduled breaks) will be administratively withdrawn from their program. Students who fail to log into any class within the first 21 days of the term will be dropped from the class or classes. Students in any graduate business program may not exceed 14 consecutive days of nonattendance. Nonattendance may affect financial aid eligibility.

•        Students withdrawn due to nonattendance must apply for readmission by following reentry procedures and will be permitted to return no sooner than the beginning of the next grading period.

•        Students may appeal to their school's Dean if they feel an error has been made in their attendance calculation.

•        Students in a graduate business program are required to attend class by logging into the course site at least two separate calendar days per week for each course. Courses are presented in weekly units. The weekly attendance period begins Wednesday at 12:00 am ET and ends on Tuesday at 11:59 pm ET.

•        Students in the Master of Science in Nursing program are required to attend class by logging into the course site at least three separate calendar days per week for each course.