it learned of the possibility that one student admitted to Georgetown may have engaged in inappropriate transfer of online credits.

State Issued Driver’s License, State Identification Card, Military Identification Card, Passport/Visa, Permanent Residence Card

Method: Instructors use check-ins and/or office hours to discuss content, previous assignments, and progress on existing assignments.   Process: Instructors ask for identification and/or confirm student identity via official UConn photo in StudentAdmin.

Instructors should check student identity by verifying IDs in a one-on-one online meeting prior to the presentation.

Federal Regulation §602.17: Application of Standards in Reaching Accreditation Decisions requires that all public universities have processes in place through which the institution establishes that a student who registers in any course offered via distance education or correspondence is the same student who academically engages in the course or program; and makes clear in writing that institutions must use processes that protect student privacy and notify students of any projected additional student charges associated with the verification of student identity at the time of registration or enrollment. Please see the Electronic Code Federal Regulations for more information.

For example, a parent or guardian could be asked to make a payment of€0,01 to the controller via a banktransaction, including a brief confirmation in the description line of the transaction that the bank account holderis a holder of parental responsibility over the user. Where appropriate, an alternative method of verificationshould be provided to prevent undue discriminatory treatment of persons that do nothave a bank account.

The EDPBacknowledges that there may be cases where verification is challenging (for example wherechildren providing their own consent have not yet established an ‘identity footprint’, or where parentalresponsibility is not easily checked.

If the user states that he/she is below the age of digital consent then the controller can accept thisstatement without further checks, but will need to go on to obtain parental authorisation and verifythat the person providingthat consent is a holder of parental responsibility.