ArmyIgnitED

Yes, you will need to request TA for each new enrollment/registration in ArmyIgnitED, upload your  evaluated degree plan (Academic / Degree Plan in your ecampus), and make changes to your academic goals if you  change your program.

If you are new to AMU, you should wait to upload your evaluated student degree plan in your ecampus to your ArmyIgnitED account until your initial transfer credit evaluation is complete. You will be allowed to complete 6 SH before being required to upload your evaluated degree plan to request additional TA funding.

This is how you identify your academic goals by selecting the degree/program of study in which you are enrolled in at AMU. During this process you can also indicate an estimate of your transfer credit award.
Once the academic goal is submitted, it must be approved by the education counselors.

The EDP is your personalized academic plan detailing the requirements needed to complete for your program, including  courses needed, courses completed, and transfer credit applied. This should only be provided to the Army after the transfer credit evaluation has been completed.  ecampus
To locate your Academic Plan in your AMU ecampus, you will:

1. Log into the AMU ecampus
   
2. Select Register at the top of the page
   
3. Click on the link that says “Download Degree Plan” (military students, please download for TA approval)
   
4. Save the downloaded file

You must use the download link to save a copy of your degree plan so that it shows your name and other information that is required by the Army for approval.

If the EDP is not uploaded during the Education Goal creation (during account set-up), you will have to send it to the Education Center to upload.

No. The Army allows you to take up to six credit hours towards a new Education Goal before you are required to provide the Evaluated Degree Plan. This allows you to get started on your education while your transcripts are being received and evaluated for transfer credit.

If you do not provide the Evaluated Degree Plan when creating your Education Goal, you will be required to email your degree plan to your Army Education Center or attach it to a help desk case in ArmyIgnitED.

TA can be requested up to 60 days prior to a course start date, but no later than seven days prior to a course start date. ArmyIgnitED will not allow you to submit a TA request if it is not within this timeframe.  Any TA requests placed within seven days of a course start date will be denied funding by the Army.

All AMU term dates are pre-loaded in ArmyIgnitED. If you do not see your term dates, then it is likely outside the window to request TA. The earliest you can request TA is 60 days prior to the start date of class. The deadline to request TA is seven days prior to the start date of class.

If you do not see your term dates in ArmyIgnitED, do not submit a TA request for the wrong dates.  It cannot be used and will unnecessarily tie up the TA funds.  

All courses in the AMU course catalog are loaded into ArmyIgnitED; however, some courses may not appear in the usual numerical order.

For example, COMM120 may not appear in the expected numerical order. Try typing just the Subject (COMM) and a single word for the Title (Information) and you should see both COMM110 - Information and Digital Literacy and COMM120 Information and Digital Literacy. Be sure to select the EXACT course for which you are registered.

 

If you are using Army Tuition Assistance, you need to register for the course in your AMU ecampus and submit a Tuition Assistance Request (TAR) that matches the course information in ArmyIgnitED. The course code (i.e. COMM120, MATH110), course start date, and course end date on the TAR must match the AMU registration. 

You should save the Registration Confirmation from your AMU ecampus to reference when requesting TA. After registration, this is available on the AMU ecampus by going to the Academic Plan and Forms menu, then select Registration Confirmations. 

 

You CANNOT add courses to the same TAR if they do not have the exact same start and end date. Your TAR must indicate the exact start and end date of the course. Army will not pay TA to the school if the course code (i.e. COMM120), start date, and end date do not match exactly with your registered courses. 

If courses have the exact same start and end date, we do NOT advise combining them on the same TAR. It is strongly encouraged to submit a separate TAR for each course. Courses combined on the same TAR are tied together. If you decide to drop one of the courses before the start date of the class, you will not be able to cancel the TAR on your own for just one of the courses. ArmyIgnitED will cancel the TAR for all courses on the TAR. This will cause a delay in the funds being reallocated to your TA account for use in future courses in the fiscal year. 

Contact your Army Base Education Center. The Education Center you are assigned is in the right-hand navigation column, after you login to your ArmyIgnitED account. 

Login to your AMU ecampus and select Enter Courses. Your registered courses will be listed on this page. The Course Code and Course Name are listed on the left and the payment type is listed on the right for each course. If Military TA is listed as the payment type, and AMU has NOT received and confirmed an accurate TAR is on file, you will see a notice under the course that says, “TA Eligibility is not yet confirmed.” If you do not see this notice and TA is indicated as your payment type, then we have received your TA authorization and confirmed it matches your course.

If you still need help? Contact the Military Assistance Team at 703-396-6437 or [email protected]. 

The Military Registrations team will submit the grades to ArmyIgnitED two weeks after the course end date.

Grade changes will be updated by the Military Registrations team. Please email [email protected] if your course's final grade is changed on your AMU account. The Military Registrations team will update your final grade on your ArmyIgnitED account.

If you are on a course extension, "I" grades, will be reported and updated after the final grade is posted to your AMU account. The Military Registrations team submits updates weekly in ArmyIgnitED.

The Military Registrations Team will upload an official electronic transcript to confirm degree completion after each conferral: Feb. 1, April 1, June 1, Aug. 1, Oct. 1, and Dec. 1. Please allow 48 hours for the degree completion to reflect on your ArmyIgnitED account.

AMU sends tuition invoices to Army no sooner than nine weeks after the start date of class. This is to account for adjustments that need to be made to the amount invoiced, such as when a course is withdrawn early, to minimize the refunds that need to be issued to the Army.
Invoices for withdrawn courses where tuition is still owed are submitted during the regular invoice cycle.

$0 invoices for dropped courses or courses that do not match an AMU registration are usually submitted outside of the regular invoice cycle. We attempt to identify and submit these early so the TA funding can be reallocated to the student’s fiscal year funds in ArmyIgnitED.

You will submit the drop or withdrawal form in your AMU ecampus, by going to the Academic Plan & Forms menu, then selecting the Course Drop/Withdrawal Request Form, located under University Forms. You will need to select the course and complete all prompts until you receive confirmation that the course has been dropped or withdrawn.

If you drop your course before the start date on the TAR, you should also return to ArmyIgnitED and cancel the TA request. Failure to do so will delay the funds being re-allocated to the fiscal year funding allotment

For ArmyIgnitED TA purposes, a “dropped” course is a course that is registered with AMU indicating military TA as the payment type, AMU confirms the tuition assistance matches the registration, then you either drop the course before midnight eastern time on Sunday of the first week of class or is dropped for non-attendance in week one.

AMU will submit dropped courses to the Army around the 15th of the month coinciding with the start date of the TAR. For example, if the TAR has a January start date, the dropped course would typically be submitted around the Jan. 15.

If you drop a course prior to the start date listed on the TAR, you should also cancel the TAR in ArmyIgnitED. If the course is on a TAR with another course you are taking, you should NOT cancel the TAR if it is within seven days of the start date of class, as this will cancel TA for all courses on the TAR.

If you have a TAR that does not match a registration at AMU, you should cancel the TAR before the start date listed on the TAR. If you do not cancel it, AMU will need to manually locate the incorrect TARs and cancel them accordingly. This will result in delays to the TA funding being reallocated to the fiscal year allotment for TA.

A course withdrawal is when you complete the first week of class, then withdraw in the second week or later. Withdraws are subject to the AMU refund schedule, published in the Student Handbook.

The “W” grade for a course withdrawal is sent to the Army usually within two weeks of the end date for the full course length.

Withdrawn courses are invoiced during the regular TA invoice cycle. We will make all attempts to invoice only the amount according to the tuition refund schedule, where possible, to avoid having to send a refund back to Army.

A withdrawal is not considered a successful completion of the course. Army will still pay AMU the tuition that is owed, then you will need to work with Army regarding any potential recoupment actions since the course was not successfully completed. You should reach out to your Army base education center or education counselor for any questions regarding recoupment.