As Sue noted above, packaging for the 2018-19 academic year is underway for all campuses. Once notifications start being sent, we will look at the next round and what needs to be changed going forward.
Annual portfolio prioritization
Like the Student Finance Council, the System Financial Aid Council has been focusing on prioritizing projects from the portfolio for the coming year. Compliance-driven items rise to the top of the priority list.
Last Date of Participation (LDoP)
With the transition to Canvas from Moodle there will be changes to the display of the Last Date of Participation (LDoP) field. When courses convert to Canvas, the LDoP field will no longer fill in automatically. This is due to the fact that the LDoP defaults to the last time a student logged into the course, not the last time a student engaged in a significant educational activity.
Courses that remain in Moodle for the 2018-19 academic year will still have the LDoP field auto-filled with the last date a student logged into the course. Staff are working with OIT and the Canvas/Moodle teams to have a way to check if the faculty member simply left the field as is or if there are other data points available to verify that the student did engage in an educational activity. This field is very important in helping calculate Return of Title IV (R2T4) funds for students who earn all F, N or W grades in a term.
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