All faculty members should prepare for the possibility of an interruption to face-to-face instruction and build alternative instruction strategies into their course.

• Consider introducing remote learning tools and practices early each semester.
  • Encourage all students to try a web conferencing tool during the course.
  • Record a video lecture or narrated PowerPoint for use in the course.
• Set up additional instructional materials that can be used for remote teaching.
• Have electronic copies of text material readily available.
• Consider relevant statements you may want to include in your syllabi and review with students each semester.
  • Reserve your right to modify a syllabus when necessary.
  • Set communication expectations to inform the class about any changes when they occur.
  • Identify your expectations and procedures should classes be cancelled or moved to remote teaching.
• Direct students to inclement weather, emergency preparedness or campus closure information.

Get the information and context you need.

• Campus closures and class cancellations during emergencies will be reported through the Carolina Alert system and the university homepage.
• Changes in instruction and course delivery plans due to continued disruptions will be announced by campus leadership and on the university homepage.
• Check with departmental leaders for more details about their expectations for classes as administrators may want to have many of the department’s classes handled in similar ways.