Consider ways to help students continue course work if they cannot attend class, being flexible while ensuring the integrity of your course objectives

• Consider ways to help students continue work when they cannot attend class by reviewing your course syllabus, goals, assignments, and policies. If a serious flu outbreak occurs, you might need to adjust assignments or due dates, but as much as possible you should maintain your learning goals and your expectations for the quality of student work.

• Be certain that assignments, activities, and projects have clear due dates and instructions, and that students know how to turn work in to you even if you cannot meet face-to-face.

• If students have been assigned group or experiential work, be sure to explain to them how they might continue or complete this (or how you will modify the assignment) even when they cannot meet face-to-face.

• Be prepared to answer frequent student inquiries about assignments and about making up work. You may receive requests for special accommodations, so make plans that apply equally to all students and are workable and practical for both you and your class.

• Be sure to keep attendance records.  If a student gets H1N1 and then later decides to withdraw from the course instead of finishing it, the Registrar's Office will need to know the last day the student attended class.  If students are doing work on Scholar, the last date the student submitted something can be easily determined on Scholar.  Attendance in the classroom needs to be recorded by the instructor.

• If you have questions about how to accommodate students with disabilities, contact Todd Little at ext. 1524 or todd.little@simpson.edu.

 

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This page was adapted from Elon University.