Middlebury Handbook

Middlebury Institute Online requires students to demonstrate academic participation in the first week (typically, Monday - Sunday) of an online course. After the first week of the course, Student Financial Services initiates the enrollment verification process to disburse financial aid. If a student does not participate before enrollment verification is initiated, the student will be administratively removed from their course(s) and their financial aid adjusted accordingly.

Academic participation includes any point-earning activity in a class, including but not limited to posting to a discussion board, submitting an assignment, student-initiated contact with a faculty member to ask a question about a course topic, or submitting an exam or quiz. Activities that do not constitute academic participation include logging in to the Learning Management System, emailing the professor about grades, submitting a video introduction, discussing academic progress in the course or program, and communicating via email with an advisor, student financial services, or other administrative staff.