Facilitating Success: Empowering Online transfer students through the use of canvas Kimberly Paulus Director, Student Academic Services Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida, USA

DEMOGRAPHICS -Large metropolitan area-3 counties with a total of 6 million people -FAU has a total of 5 campuses within the three counties -Public University with 58 majors from 6 colleges -31,000 Total Student population -8,200 students In the College of Business, -6,500 undergraduate (300 totally online) -1,700 graduate

Online population increasing Disconnect because students are out of state/aren’t on campus Students are not researching the College of Business prior to transferring Gaps in information given to online students Our way of advising new transfer online students wasn’t working Online population increasing

survey online transfer students 38 responses from spring, summer, fall 2018 transfer students

Survey online transfer students 38 responses from spring, summer, fall 2018 transfer students

Additional questions on survey How to make advising appointment How to utilize Canvas COB policies and procedures How to declare a major How to register for courses Campus resources available COB internships and career services available Only 4 students out of 38 were confident in their abilities in these areas, all others responded neutral or not at all. Additional questions on survey

Canvas course shell goals Give students everything they need to know for a successful transfer to FAU Prevent gaps in information they were given during their online transfer orientation Provide the student with resources for success Form connection with student through videos and information Canvas course shell goals

OBBA Transfer course -Spring and summer 2019 transfer students

Comparison results 2018-38 responses 2019- 31 responses

Comparison results 2018-38 responses 2019- 31 responses

2019 survey-Additional questions How to make advising appointment How to utilize Canvas COB policies and procedures How to declare a major How to register for courses Campus resources available COB internships and career services available 2018: Only 4 students out of 38 were confident in their abilities in these areas, all others responded neutral or not at all. 2019: 26 students out of 31 were confident in their abilities in these areas, 5 students responded neutral. 2019 survey-Additional questions

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