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July 15, 2020

The Fall 2020 Remote Online Start

Agenda

• Introductions
• RIT Ready
• Remote Start Overview
• RIT Online & myCourses
• Student Success - Resources
• Course Registration, Your Bill & eServices
• Spring 2021
• Use the Q&A tool to ask questions during this session:

Laura Watts, PhD

• Sr. Associate Director

Enrollment Management Jeremiah Parry-Hill

Manager, Instructional Design

RIT Online

Introductions

Diane Ellison

• Sr. Associate Vice President

Enrollment Management Your Admissions Counselors

Enrollment Management

• Fall semester classes begin August 19
• Check the new RIT Ready website

https://www.rit.edu/ready/ for the latest

information.

• The RIT Ready Newsletter

https://www.rit.edu/ready/newsletters/july-13-2020

provides the latest information you need to stay safe, healthy, productive, and engaged.

• RIT Academic Calendar

https://www.rit.edu/calendar

• I plan to join the “Fall 2020 Remote Start Online” and take my fall semester classes in an online

format.

• I plan to travel to RIT and take courses for the fall 2020 semester on-campus and provide us

with your VISA details.

• I am not interested or unsure about the remote start online option and would like my admissions

counselor to follow up with me.

Fall 2020 Enrollment Confirmation Survey - Remote Online Start

• Enroll in online courses for Fall 2020
• Be issued a visa to attend classes on campus for Spring 2021
• Receive an additional 10% scholarship
• Be assigned an online success coach
• Be eligible for CPT and OPT after two semesters of full-time
• n-campus study

I plan to join the “Fall 2020 Remote Start Online” and take my fall semester classes in an online format.

• All of this information is on the Accepted Student Webpages

https://www.rit.edu/admissions/graduate/accepted-students

• Activate your RIT Computer Account: start.rit.edu
• Check your RIT email
• If you haven’t received your account activation email, email ITS

at servicedesk@rit.edu

Getting Started

• Connect with your graduate program director and/or academic

department contact:

https://www.rit.edu/admissions/graduate/department-contacts

• View your schedule in the Student Information System (SIS) in

eServices at https://my.rit.edu.

• Note: RIT uses Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to access many

systems.

my.rit.edu (requires RIT Computer Account)

• Classes become visible on August 12, one week before they begin.
• The first day of classes is August 19th.
• From August 12, you can login to myCourses using your RIT

Computer Account.

Accessing your courses in myCourses

Yes, you read that right.

A Leader in Online Learning Since 1979

RIT Learning Environment

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Student Success Coach Services

• One-on-one support
• Access to essential resources
• Always available

How Student Success Coaching Works

• Welcome to RIT Online
• Get up and running
• Your academic department
• RIT Online resource website

• International Student Services

○ PALS (Peer Advisor Leaders)

• Academic Department faculty and Staff
• Office of Graduate Education

○ Graduate Student Association ○ Doctoral Student Association

Being a Part of the RIT Community

Resources For Every Learner at RIT

• Academic Success Center
• Access Services
• Career Services
• RIT Library
• Much more

• View your tuition charges and scholarship in

eServices: https://www.rit.edu/eservices/

• Pay the tuition for the Fall 2020 semester by

August 15, 2020 in order to begin online classes

• n August 19th
• Contact Student Financial Services with account

questions: asksfs@rit.edu

Your Bill & Tuition Payments

eServices

eServices

International Payments RIT.Flywire.com

eServices

RIT.Flywire.com Credit card Bank Transfer

eServices

Click on Semester Summary Fall 2020 charges without Remote Start Adjustment

Click on Semester Summary Fall 2020 charges after Remote Start Adjustment

eServices

Click on Payment Plans

eServices

Planning for Spring 2021: Your I-20

• Spring semester classes begin January 11, 2020
• Contact your Admissions Counselor to review financial documentation

requirements (bank statement/sponsor letter/passport)

• Updated I-20 documents for Spring 2021 will be issued after September

1, 2020

• If you are not able to secure a Visa and travel to Rochester for the Spring

2020 semester:

○ RIT will refund 60% of the tuition you paid for the Fall term, if you fully complete the Fall term course requirements remotely, and provide documentation of your inability to secure a VISA and travel to Rochester, NY for the Spring 2021 term.

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Your graduate program director or academic advisor will work with you to develop a plan of study to continue in your degree program on-campus in Rochester, NY for a future term.

Planning for Spring 2021

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Your Questions

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Your Questions

Career Services Coordinators & Counselors:

• Manage 3,000+ industry partnerships
• Provide lifelong virtual job search coaching

○ Resume assistance ○ Interview practice ○ Professional networking opportunities ○ 1-1 career advising

• Online resources and webinars

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Virtual information sessions ○ Career skill building presentations ○ Access to career resource platforms

• Post 24,000+ job opportunities

○ Get access to a curated online database of program related jobs & recruiting events

Career Services & Cooperative Education

https://www.rit.edu/careerservices

Note: Online students have access to the same resources as our residential students. You are welcome to come to campus to attend our career fairs, interview days and meet with advisors in person.