Prepare to, and explain how you will, communicate with students if they (or you) cannot attend multiple class sessions due to illness

• Let your students know the primary communications method you will use to contact them, and they should use to contact you, it you cannot meet in class. If a flu outbreak occurs, expect some students to be confused about how to communicate with you, and be flexible about guiding students toward course materials and communication tools.

• If you plan to use Email as your first line of communication, select a subject phrase and tell your students to look for this phrase in their inbox (and to use it when they email you), such as "HST 122 – CLASS UPDATES."

• If you plan to use one of Scholar's features for this type of notification, use a similar phrase to name the document or folder, so students will know exactly where to go to see the latest information.  
  • Instructions for how to e-mail all your students through Scholar

 

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This page was adapted from Elon University.