Online Class – Participation

The university expects students taking online classes to actively participate throughout the week in order to promote a meaningful and engaging learning experience. In order to earn full credit for an online threaded discussion, students must make substantive contributions to the online discussion, as determined by the instructor and make a total of two posts per discussion thread. There must be at minimum one original post and at minimum one other post per discussion. Online students may choose to, and are encouraged to, post on multiple days of the week, but are not required to do so to earn full credit for an online discussion.

Students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion program follow a two-week schedule for participation. In order to earn full credit for an online threaded discussion, students are expected to fulfill any criteria set by the instructor and make a total of two posts per discussion thread. There must be at least one original post during the first week by 11:59 pm EST on Sunday. All students are required to respond to substantive posts (replies) of at least two other students' threads (one post per one other student). At least one of these posts must be made during the second week, by 11:59 pm EST on Sunday.

In order to earn full credit for an online threaded discussion, JWMI students must make substantive contributions to the online discussion, as determined by the instructor and make a total of three posts per discussion thread. There must be at minimum one original post and at minimum two peer responses per discussion. Online students may choose to, and are encouraged to, post on multiple days of the week, but are not required to do so to earn full credit for an online discussion.

This policy does not change attendance requirements for online courses. Please see the attendance policy in the catalog.