For general Policies, see the AAP Policies and Procedures page. Below are some AAP Faculty-focused Policies for your reference.
Johns Hopkins is committed to providing reasonable and appropriate accommodations to students with disabilities. Students taking AAP courses who need accommodations should request disability accommodations at least four weeks prior to the start of classes. The Director of Faculty and Student Services will contact the faculty member once the administrative process is complete to discuss the necessary accommodations in further detail.
Students‘ course information is protected by FERPA, so instructors inviting guests must be compliant with AAP and federal policy.
Course guests, observers, and viewers are defined as JHU-contracted individuals who are not contributing to the student learning in the current course. (Please see Guest Speakers and Lecturers for guests who are contributing to student learning). The individual must have an active contract with JHU and JHED credentials. The instructor or PD can request access to the content of the course, not student tools or information. The instructor or PD must warrant the course content (e.g. lessons, welcome, and syllabus) do not contain any student information prior to access being given due to FERPA considerations. Please submit an online Guest Access Form to process this request. We recommend contacting our Course Support Specialists for online access questions and the AAP registrar with any policy questions.
To request guest access, the Guest Access Request Form will walk you through the different levels of access and policies. This process ensures that the guest access is compliant with AAP, JHU, and Federal policies. We will reply to your submission within 1-2 business days at the email you provide.
Important Note: Any individual not currently contracted by JHU (including a future hire) is not permitted into AAP courses as a course guest. Please work with HR and the registrar to hire the individual. After the proper credentials have been obtained, then access to the course can be granted.
Students‘ course information is protected by FERPA, so instructors inviting guest speakers must be compliant with AAP and federal policy.
Guest speakers or lecturers are individuals invited by the instructor to contribute to the learning of the current class. AAP allows guest speakers to access the course based on the below requirements and FERPA. Instructors and program directors are able to request guest speaker access using the Guest Access Form. We recommend contacting our Course Support Specialists for online access questions and the AAP registrar with any policy questions.
To request guest access, the Guest Access Request Form will walk you through the different levels of access and policies. This process ensures that the guest access is compliant with AAP, JHU, and Federal policies. We will reply to your submission within 1-2 business days at the email you provide.
Below are common scenarios and rules for online guest access:
In the event that there is a technical problem during an assessment in the course management system, please use the Guidelines on Technical Issues During Online Assessments to help ensure the issue has been clearly communicated by all concerned parties and that appropriate action will be taken.
According to AAP policy, students have one full semester after the end of the semester in which they take an online course to retrieve their own student-generated work and to access course materials. The University‘s policy on the use of Intellectual Property applies in all cases where students access online classes after a semester has already ended. Additionally, individual instructors or University administration have the option to make courses available for longer or shorter periods of time.