Program courses are scheduled during three trimesters: Fall (September to December), Winter (January to April), and Summer (May to August). Depending on the Program, courses may be offered on weekdays, weeknights, or weekends. Each Program has its own scheduling plan, credit requirements, and delivery modalities. Consult specific Programs for details.
Payment Options
ADLER offers a tuition payment plan, which allows students to pay their trimester invoice monthly (4 equal payments processed on the 1st of each month throughout the trimester). To participate in the payment plan, students must arrange to pay in installments before registering for classes by registering a credit card with the school.
Students must register during the designated period, published in the Registration Instructions. Students who fail to register for courses during the registration period will be assessed a late fee of $50 per credit.
Students who do not pay their tuition in full during the current trimester may only register for courses in a subsequent trimester if they have a) a payment plan for the remaining tuition on file with the finance department and b) permission from the Registrar.
Payment is accepted by credit card and is in Canadian dollars. Other payment methods must be approved by the finance department. There is no HST applied to post-secondary tuition in Ontario.
Online Submission of Assignments
All assignments, including PowerPoint presentations, must be submitted online. This means that the work should be uploaded online to ADLearn by the deadline date for submission. Student work can be accepted in the following file types: MS Word (.doc and .docx), Portable Document Format (.pdf), HTML (.htm or .html), Rich Text (.rtf) and Plain Text (.txt) and PowerPoint presentations should be converted into PDF format before submission.
Not all assignments will be suitable for processing in electronic format, and some work will have to be handed in to the course instructor instead. Course Syllabi will state whether online submission is expected, and instructors will state when giving the assignment whether submission is online or in hard copy. Students are advised to contact the relevant instructor if they have any questions about the method of submission for any of their assignments.
Where an assignment is designated for online submission, students must submit their assignments electronically via the school’s online learning environment, ADLearn; students cannot choose to hand in a hard copy of the assignment instead and under no circumstances should assignments be emailed to instructors.
Deadline for Submission
The deadline date for submission will be specified by the instructor for each assignment. Assignments must be submitted to ADLearn by 11:59 pm EST on the due date. Assignments submitted online must be fully uploaded before 11:59 pm ET on the deadline date set. Assignments uploaded after 11:59 pm ET will be marked as late even if the student started the upload before 11:59 pm ET. Students are advised to submit in advance of the final deadline whenever possible and are expected to submit work on time.
Submission process
Links to guidance on the uploading of assignments are available within the Student Handbook on ADLearn.
IT Difficulties
Personal IT difficulties are not accepted as extenuating circumstances. Students are therefore advised to plan to submit their assignments online in advance of the deadline date. This will allow time to pursue any queries or problems arising because of submission.
Students and faculty experiencing problems with online submission can get assistance from the ADLER Help Desk, help@adler.ca, which has a maximum response of 48 business hours.
If there is any significant issue with ADLER IT systems at the point of submission, ADLER will inform students of alternative arrangements. Students will be notified via appropriate communication channels (e-mail or messages on the ADLearn Home or course page). Solutions will typically involve a delayed deadline and not hard copy submission.
Students and Faculty members can request ADLearn training at the IT help desk, help@adler.ca
In most cases, students will submit assignments through ADLearn, the school’s online learning platform, where they may also receive feedback and assessment of assignments, as well as grades on examinations. It is highly recommended that students keep a record of these documents, along with hard copies of any assignments they have handed in and the notes they consulted in completing them. Official grades are posted on ADLearn in the student’s Grade Overview. Students may compare their informal understanding of their grades with the official record. Because the transcript kept by the Registrar will be used to verify a student’s record, it is advisable to be aware of its contents and to question entries that do not match the student’s assumptions. Although grades themselves are not typically open to a grievance (see Ethical Conduct and Dispute Resolution), errors or misapplication of the Assessment Scheme or other policies may be.
Prerequistes
Students are responsible for ensuring that they meet the prerequisites for each course, as listed in course descriptions on the Course Description pages (see below) or on course outlines posted on ADLearn. Instructors are expected to poll students at the beginning of the first session of each course. If the prerequisite requirements are not met, the instructor has the right to ask the student to leave. A student without a prerequisite may contact the instructor before the beginning of the course to ask in writing to have the prerequisite waived. Whether or not to accept the student into the course is entirely at the discretion of the instructor. If the instructor accepts the request of the student, the instructor must approve the student’s written request and forward it to the Registrar confirming that the student has permission to take the course without meeting the prerequisite.
Registration and Course Enrollment
Each Program has its own forms and procedures for registration and enrollment in courses. Consult specific Programs for details.
Students are responsible for knowing and understanding the requirements of the program they are enrolled in and keeping track of their progress through the program.
Registration for each trimester occurs during the previous trimester. There is an open period of registration for full-time, part-time, and elective students. Late registration with a penalty of $50 is open for one week after the registration period.
Once registered, your name will appear on the class list, indicating to the instructor that you are enrolled in the course.