| Emergency Preparedness Plans:
Any alarms, drills or violent
weather warnings take precedence over any planned class activity. In
the event of a fire drill, alarm or other act of God occurring
during a class session, stop work immediately and collect your
personal items only.
In case of a fire drill or alarm, vacate the room and building
by the nearest exit and look for your lab coach who will be in
the authorized safe area. Your coach will tell you if the class
will re-group and you should linger, or if you are free to
proceed to your next appointment. An announcement will be posted
on the course web site and Oncourse detailing how access to any
lost time and information will be made up.
In case of a severe weather warning or earthquake, follow your
coach to the designated shelter area. Follow instructions given
by authorized personnel. When the danger has passed, your coach
will tell you if the class will re-group, or if you are free to
proceed to your next appointment. An announcement will be posted
on the course web site and Oncourse detailing how access to any
lost time and information will be made up.
In case of an interruption of an exam, leave all exam materials
on your desk, and follow the appropriate directions above. The
exam will be rescheduled for some time in the following seven
days, at which time a different exam will be given.
University
Closing:
In addition to these relatively
rare occurrences, it is important to know plans for how class work
will continue despite student absence, instructor absence or the
closing of the university due to Pandemic Disease. The H1N1 (swine)
flu is expected to have a greater effect on University wellness
levels in the upcoming flu season than it did last Spring.
How do you prepare?
Bookmark the IUB Emergency Preparedness website:
http://www.iub.edu/~prepare so that you will be
able to access information in the event of any emergency.
Sign up for emergency notifications through IU Notify. You
may sign up or review your IU Notify contact information for
accuracy by logging into OneStart (http://onestart.iu.edu).
There are numerous methods for immediate notification of
emergencies.
In case of flu:
If you suspect you have the flu or have flu-like symptoms,
email me and your lab coach,
then stay out of the
public way,
stay at home and miss class until you have recovered. Public and
university health officials will be urging
people with
flu-like symptoms to stay away from school and work until they
have been completely asymptomatic
(without
symptoms) for a full day. For severe symptoms, seek the advice
of your physician.
What preparations have been made for class?
Should I be ill and cancel class OR should the university
close, check your email, check Class Announcements on the
course web site or look for an announcement on Oncourse with
instructions about how we will continue to work through the
syllabus as planned.
In the event of any cancelled classes, all students will
receive one Quiz Bowl point for every E370 class day when
the university is closed or class is cancelled.
Should the
university be closed at the time of a scheduled
exam, an alternate evaluative technique will be used, (most
likely using the Original Test and Survey tool on Oncourse,
with which you will be familiar from WarmUps) for which
directions will be sent via email and posted on the course
web site and Oncourse.
Should an
emergency closure occur at the time of a team project due
date, you
will be notified about procedures for submitting the work
electronically. Should emergency conditions occur
immediately before a project due date, students should
immediately contact their team members and make plans to
meet electronically to prepare the assigned documents in a
timely fashion.
We will have a final exam. Its form will be determined based
on the state of the university at that time.
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