Overview

If you have been approved for financial aid, your money will not be released until your instructor confirms your attendance. To receive financial aid on the normal distribution timeline, your attendance must be confirmed within seven calendar days of the course start date.

Courses with different start dates

If you are enrolled in courses that start throughout the semester, you will not receive any financial aid until your attendance has been confirmed for ALL courses. So, if your last course does not start until October, you will not receive your financial until the attendance has been confirmed for that course.

Attendance can be confirmed in face-to-face and online courses. Faculty may call roll, utilize assignments, or use the Check Me In app to confirm attendance. Students can check if attendance is confirmed from the Classmate app in MyUWF. 

Questions?

If you have questions regarding your attendance confirmation, please contact the instructor of the course or the Office of Financial Aid.

Until you see a green check for your course, your attendance has not been confirmed and no money will be disbursed for that course.

Viewing Attendance Confirmation

Log into MyUWF (my.uwf.edu) and open the My Classes app.

A green checkmark indicates that your instructor has confirmed your attendance.

green checkmark

A red ! indicates that your instructor reported that you did not attend class within seven calendar days of the course start date.

red warning icon

If there is no indicator if it is still within seven calendar days of the course start date then your instructor has not yet submitted your attendance information. You may wish to follow up with the instructor if it's been more than 7 days to ensure your attendance is marked appropriately

no indicator

Aid Disbursement

If your attendance is confirmed within seven days of the course start date, your financial aid will be disbursed on the normal timeline. If your attendance is confirmed eight days or more after the course start date, your financial aid will be disbursed on the next disbursement day. Aid is disbursed twice a week after the fee payment deadline; therefore, depending on the timing, it may take one week for aid to be disbursed.   

If you registered for a course after add/drop, you are not eligible for financial aid for that course.

FAQs


Consult with your instructor. If your instructor verifies your attendance, he/she can request a change to your attendance status. The Office of Financial Aid can then change your status in the system.

No, non-attendance does not drop or withdraw you from the course or affect your registration. You must process a drop or withdraw for these actions to occur. In some extenuating cases, you may be administratively withdrawn from the course based on the Progress to Degree Policy. 

You will only receive a financial aid disbursement for courses where your attendance was confirmed, but your student award will remain unchanged. If you register for a course that begins later, you may be eligible for the aid that did not disburse.

That decision will be made at your instructor's discretion.

Please consult with your instructor.