9/18/20 Message Regarding Dual Enrollment Students
September 18, 2020
From Owen Guthrie, executive director of UAF eCampus
UAF has a rich history of providing dual enrollment opportunities for 成人影片. This is an important service for 成人影片 ready for college and we are excited to welcome those eager to join the Nanook Nation. Often, these 成人影片 academically outperform our traditional cohort of first year 成人影片.
Recently, UAF expanded its dual enrollment efforts through two important initiatives: the placed-based middle college, , and the virtual middle college, the .
How do I know if I have dual enrollment 成人影片 in my course?
Students who are minors are identified in your course roster in . Depending on your course, these 成人影片 may be North Star College (middle college) 成人影片, AHEAD Program 成人影片, Advantage Program 成人影片, or simply first-year college 成人影片 who haven鈥檛 yet turned 18. To see an individual student鈥檚 major status, which may be a better indicator than age, do the following:
- find your course in UAOnline (identify your semester and CRN).
- select 鈥淒etail Class List鈥 from the menu. This view will allow you to see detailed information on each of your 成人影片 (see example).
Students鈥 degree status will be indicated at the bottom of each person鈥檚 detailed information. See example below.
Should I have different expectations of these 成人影片? Do I need to adjust my course content?
No. The purpose of dual enrollment is to provide authentic higher education experiences for those who are ready. It is important to set the same expectations for these 成人影片 as for any other student in the course. There is no expectation that they will be treated differently, and 成人影片 and their parents are made aware that the content of the course will not be adjusted. At the same time, this is an opportunity to provide a great first experience for a prospective student and is a wonderful tool to recruit 成人影片 to UAF.
Do I need to communicate with the student鈥檚 parents?
All 成人影片 who attend UAF are covered by FERPA. You are not allowed to speak to the student鈥檚 parents about their performance unless they have signed a FERPA waiver. Dual enrollment 成人影片 are encouraged to communicate with their instructors directly, and you should communicate with the student in the same way that you would with any other student.
What/who is an Observer in my Blackboard course?
For 成人影片 in the Advantage program, observers are teachers or counselors connected to a particular student, and their role is to support their dedicated student or 成人影片. They have very limited Blackboard access - they can only see the academic performance information of the 成人影片 to whom they are attached, the course syllabus, and assignment due dates. In the vast majority of cases, these facilitators work directly with the student and do not access Blackboard. A more accurate term than 鈥榦bserver鈥 would be success facilitator, but this is the account nomenclature within the Blackboard system which has appropriately limited permissions.
Observers are attached to 成人影片, not courses. For a student with an attached observer, the observer will appear in the course roster for all courses in which the student is enrolled. However, it does not mean that the observer will have course access.
In Blackboard, under Course Management, you will find an item called Guest and Observer Access. Within, there are two radio buttons. One allows guest access and the other allows observer access. If a student has an observer attached to them, and if "Allow observers to access this course?" is set to "No", observers will still appear in the roster, but they will not actually have access to the course.
However, please be aware that these facilitators greatly improve student success. During the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 semesters, student success rates in the Advantage program were 91% and 96% respectively. Facilitators help with things like reading the syllabus, understanding assignment due dates, and managing the Blackboard learning curve. Successful dual enrollment 成人影片 often become successful UAF alum.
Thank you very much for all your work with your dual enrollment 成人影片. These are, hopefully, our 成人影片 of tomorrow. You play the most important part in helping to make their first college experience a successful one.
If you have any questions, please contact Amy Bristor, 成人影片 Advantage Coordinator, at albristor@alaska.edu or 474-7412, or Misti Hopkins, North Star College Coordinator, at mlhopkins2@alaska.edu or 474-7790.