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Progress Surveys and Attendance Surveys

There are 2 types of surveys instructors will be asked to complete each term: Progress Surveys and Attendance Surveys

Progress Survey 

Progress surveys enable instructors to provide feedback for several students at once at key points in the term. Each survey is a collection of tracking items (Flags, Kudos, To-Do's, and Referrals) that instructors can select and comment on for students in each of their course sections.

Attendance Survey

Federal regulations require instructors to confirm student attendance/participation in courses in order to meet eligibility rules for federal financial aid.  During the first 1-3 weeks (depending on term and session), students should demonstrate attendance/participation in class or be marked/flagged as not attending.  Students that still have active non-attendance flags on a designated day each term will be dropped from the flagged course.  Flagged students will be notified 2 times prior to being dropped; the first time when the instructor marks the student as not attending and when a 2nd flag is added to the students account requesting the student take immediate action by contacting their professor due to imminent danger of being dropped. 

Students are considered to have attended or participated in the course if they have demonstrated one of the following acceptable academically related activities:

  • Physically attending a class with direct interaction
  • Submitting an academic assignment
  • Taking an exam, interactive tutorial, or computer-based instruction
  • Attending a school-assigned study group
  • Participating in online discussion about academic matters
  • Initiating contact with a faculty member to ask about subject studied

Completing a Survey

  • Log into Connect
  • Surveys that are available are displayed near the top of the home page. Click on the Outstanding Progress Surveys title, circled below. If there are multiple surveys, there will be the word 'more' to the right of the title of the first survey. Click on the 'more' dropdown and all your courses with an attendance survey will be listed. You must click on each course survey to fill it out.

  • For attendance surveys:
    • Course information will be at the top of the screen
      • Click the drop down arrow to switch between course rosters
  • Students will be listed down the left side of the screen
  • If all students are attending/participating, click Submit
  • If a student has not been attending/participating, check the box "Student has never attended class: Generates notification from you to student" next to the students name. 
    • Check all students that have not been attending BEFORE clicking Submit.  Submit will finalize the attendance survey for that term session.

  • For progress surveys:
    • Course information will be at the top of the screen
      • Click the drop down arrow to switch between course rosters

Clearing a Tracking Item

Students marked as not attending that begin attending class or have contacted the instructor and should no longer be dropped OR a tracking item that is completed or resolved should be cleared.

  • Log into Connect
  • Select Students from the dropdown choices.

 

  • Select the Tracking tab, circled in red below. All students you have set a flag for will be listed you can scroll down the list or do a search by name to find the correct student
  • When you find the correct student, click on the flag symbol beside the tracking item you which to close. A pop-up box will appear listing the details about the flag. Click on the "Clear" tab.

  • A comment box will appear, add comment and click Submit.

Attendance Survey Dates

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Tracking Item Guidelines

UMKC Connect contains features, such as surveys, flags, kudos, and referrals, and to-dos that allow Course Instructors, Academic Advisors, Success Coaches, and support staff to work together to support students to be successful.

This graphic provides recommendations for utilization of the various tracking items in a 16-week session.

There are four tracking items available through UMKC Connect: Surveys, Kudos, Flags and Referrals. Surveys are generally available during the first few weeks of each term. The following recommendations are based on an undergraduate 16-week session course. Kudos are recommended during weeks 1-4, week 8, week 11 and week 15. Flags contain 3 sub-categories: Instructor Concern, Action Required and Attention! Immediate Response Required. These are listed in order of importance. Instructor concern flags are recommended during weeks 2-15. Action Required flags are recommended during weeks 3-4, weeks 7-8 and weeks 11-12. Attention! Immediate Response Required flags are to be used only for severe life threatening and traumatic issues that need an immediate response. These issues include but are not limited to homelessness, significant illness or injury (including mental health), death, hospitalization, divorce or recent law enforcement involvement OR substantial financial concerns related to housing, meals, textbook purchase, tuition etc. If student is in imminent danger (self or external), please contact campus police at 816-235-1515 or 911. Referrals are recommended throughout the entire semester as needed to support students. Referrals are like introductions and help connect students with academic and social support services. Issuing a referral provides students immediate information about a service or office and often results in additional outreach by the referral office to the student to encourage their participation.

*Dates correspond to UMKC refund and withdraw dates for 16-week undergraduate sessions.

The sections below provide guidelines for expectations of use and response for each tracking item type for Course Instructors.

KUDO’s are used to reinforce good academic behavior or to recognize students for achievement.  

KUDO’s

Recommended Timing: Anytime is an appropriate time to reinforce good academic behavior or recognize a student

Notification

  • Comments are included in notification
  • Appears in Student Dashboard
  • Student receives email notification

Response Plan

  • Tracking items are reviewed in preparation for student appointments.
  • Closed by Connect Administrator at the end of the term.

KUDO’s available for use

General

  • Excellent work
  • Keep up the Good Work
  • Outstanding Contribution in Class Today
  • Seeing Improvement

Survey-Progress

  • SEMESTER START FEEDBACK: Excellent Work

FLAG’s are designed to bring attention to students who may need additional support to be successful. When raising this flag type be sure to include detailed comments about what specific action is need for the student to improve and include any associated deadlines.  Invite the student to schedule an appointment or come to office hours and provide the information needed for them to follow through with that request.

FLAG’s provide support and motivation for students to change their academic behavior early to increase the likeliness to achieve success and are classified by level of concern.

Low/Early-Instructor Feedback and Surveys

Medium-ACTION REQUIRED

High-ATTENTION! IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUESTED

Referrals are utilized to provide information or connect students to a campus resource or office.

Recommended Timing: Anytime

Notification

  • Appears in Student Dashboard
  • Student receives email notification
  • Resource/Office receives email notification (exception*)

Response Plan

  • In general, a referral provides students with the information needed for them to connect with the resource/office.  Notifications include contact and website information.
  • Referrals to Academic Advisor, Counseling Center, Success Coach and UMKC Central are followed up by outreach to the student. Other referrals may result in outreach to the student as office capacity allows.

Referrals available for use

  • Academic Advisor
  • Basic Needs Coordinator
  • Career Services
  • Counseling Center
  • Disability Services
  • Financial Wellness Center
  • Health & Wellness Center
  • Honors Program
  • IS Services for Technology Support*
  • Kangaroo Pantry
  • LGBTQIA Student Support
  • Library Research Coaching
  • Multicultural Student Affairs
  • Office of Student Involvement
  • Peer Academic Leadership (PAL) Program
  • Roo’s for Mental Health
  • Roo Up Seminars-ASM
  • Success Coach
  • Supplemental Instruction
  • UMKC Central
  • UMKC Tutoring-ASM
  • Writing Studio Consultant