Flu-Proof Guidelines
1. Consider preparing and distributing alternative educational activities for up to 2 weeks in the event of a college declared critical emergency.
2. What do you think you can realistically accomplish during this time period?
Consider realistic goals for continuing instruction. review your course schedule to determine priorities.
Is it providing lectures, structuring discussions, or group work, collecting assignments?
What should be rescheduled or done online? Provide flexibility in your schedule in case things take longer to resolve than planned.
What do you think you can realistically accomplish during this time period?
What is the plan if you get ill as well?
3. Pick tools and approaches that are already familiar to you and your students.
Rely on tools and workflows you and your student already us.
Roll out new tools only if necessary.
A crises may be already taxing everyone's mental and emotional energy.
4. Consider ways to help students continue work even if they cannot come to class.
Consider potential alternative assignments for missed classes, discussions, quizzes, labs, etc. Flu-Proof Tutorials
Review your course policies, alternative assignments, and communication plan with students
Suggest that students assemble all necessary materials at home.
5. Every course is loaded into Canvas.
Consider preparing your course for e-learning and update the e-learning site with announcements, class materials and alternative assignments. Use the easy Canvas links: http://tinyurl.com/flu-canvas)
Call Gail at x7037 (grankin@salemstate.edu) and Derek at x3227 (dbarr@salemstate.edu).
6. Have a conversation with your subject specialist at the library about online resources.
7. Consider an interdisciplinary assignment, developed by faculty colleagues across departments.
8. Consider posting an alternative lesson online.
You can record a video, find a lecture in Canvas or put an article and discussion in Canvas, etc. See Flu-Proof Online Tutorials (https://tinyurl.com/bcs67e5) for details. You are invited to set up individual consultations with Gail x7037 (grankin@salemstate.edu) or Derek x3227 (dbarr@salemstate.edu) to assist with creating the alternative assignment.
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9. This section contains basic information about addressing the needs of students with disabilities during a university declared critical emergency. Please contact Lisa Bibeau at lbibeau@salemstate.edu if you have any questions or need clarification about the following:
In the event of a university declared emergency that requires alterations to the course plan, faculty must maintain accommodations set in place at the start of the course for students with disabilities throughout the alteration period. Examples include:
• If alteration to the course requires the students to view a video electronically, the video must be made accessible. Most recent videos have closed captioning built in, but a simple, text transcript can be provided separately.
• If using Canvas for exams, extended time must be provided for those students whose letters stated this accommodation. If you need help doing this, please contact Lisa Bibeau at lbibeau@salemstate.edu
• Documents posted need to be in an accessible format. Word Documents tend to be the most accessible because they allow for the use of screen-readers. Many PDFs are not accessible because they do not allow screen-readers.
• Faculty will need to have access to the original Accommodation Approval Letter written by the Disability Services office. It is critical that the faculty give only the accommodations stated in the letter. If a faculty member does not have access to the letters while the alteration to the course is in place, s/he can contact Lisa Bibeau at lbibeau@salemstate.edu.
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