Each term, please check your summary class lists on SeaNet. If your roster matches the group of students attending your class, no further action is necessary. Learn how to perform this verification—thank you for doing this crucial check!
If you have students who have been attending your class since before the drop/add deadline and whose names do not appear on your roster, they will need your approval and their academic associate dean's approval to add your class.
To add these students, email the appropriate associate dean or director of your college or school with:
Then refer the student to that associate dean or director. For graduate students, send approval requests to the Dean of the Graduate School.
Please ensure you and your students are aware of the last day to withdraw from the term. The dates are different depending on whether you're teaching an undergraduate, graduate or online accelerated course. Find full-term withdrawal dates.
For online accelerated courses, reference the OAP withdrawal dates. Please provide updates as soon as possible to give students time to respond before their respective deadlines.
In a distance education context, logging into an online class is not sufficient to demonstrate academic attendance by the student. The student must participate in class or otherwise be engaged in an academically related activity, such as by contributing to an online discussion or initiating contact with a faculty member to ask a course-related question.
If you have students on your roster that have not demonstrated this level of contact, please select the radio button next to that student’s name on the Progress Survey in Starfish. Be sure to click submit after reviewing your entire class list.
For failing or unsatisfactory grades, the last day of attendance is required. UNCW must provide the last date of attendance for F and U grades to comply with federal student aid reporting requirements.
Note: Examples of academically-related activities that count as “attendance” include the following: physically attending class, participating in class with a ‘clicker’ device, submitting an assignment/exam/tutorial, attending a study group assigned by the instructor, participating in an online discussion about academic matters or initiating contact with the instructor to ask a question about the course or course content.
If your class is an on-line or distance education course, the student simply logging into an on-line course does not count.