Welcome back from winter break! Hope you had a fabulous break and were able to go to a sunny and warm location. Well, the fun is over now and we are all back to work. That means we are getting very close to the attendance deadline. Attendance for courses with a census date of February 9th or earlier is due on Wednesday, February 25th. (Yes, this Wendesday). This collection includes all full term courses and most short or early start courses. An e-mail detailing the specific courses in which attendance is due was sent to your MCC e-mail address in early February.
Remember the basic rules of attendance:
(1) Enter your attendance in Banner under the 'Attendance, Withdrawal & Final Grades' menu option.
(2) Students who attend on or after the census date should be coded with a 1 in the 'Attend Hrs' column in Banner. (3) Students who have never attended the course should be coded with a 0 in the 'Attend Hrs' column in Banner.
(4) Students who have attended through the census date and have subsequently stopped attending should have a date entered in the 'Last Attend Date' column. Enter this data in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY (The most common error: entering a 2 digit year) Every student needs an attendance entry.
(5) Submit the data.
(6) Go back into the roster and check your work before closing Banner.
As you know, students will not be issued financial aid for any course in which we do not have attendance information. The good news is that in the last few years, we have successfully completed all our attendance by the deadline. So, student aid has not been delayed. I am confident the same will be true this term and appreciate your work in achieving this.
If you have any questions, please contact me. This should be a 10 minute task for each roster. If you are struggling, close Banner and call or e-mail me. We can work on it together. Once you get the hang of this process, it will be simple. I promise.
Enjoy the remainder of the spring term.
PS If you are withdrawing students who never showed or stopped attending, remember to enter a last date of attendance for every W (or F grade) entered.
Betsy Ripton
Registration & Records
02/23/2009 |