Updates & Resources for Faculty

For in-person classes where the student was on-campus/in-class when they were infectious, yes.  If a student is positive and hasn’t been on class or campus, it depends.  Our contact tracing team will evaluate the report and discuss the situation with the student.   If there is possible exposure or concerns about the report, the contact tracing team will often reach out to the faculty to confirm the facts.

Each campus determines their guidelines based on their unique location and student body. We will continue to make informed, data-driven decisions based on our Denver location.

No. Faculty should not ask questions about a student’s vaccine status.

Yes. COVIDCheck Colorado will continue to serve as CU Denver’s testing center, and there will be a testing site on campus as well as several off campus sites.

Registration for fall 2021 courses is now open for all students. The course format can be reviewed for each offering by viewing the instruction mode within the class/section details.

Should any changes be required to a course after registration has taken place, a notification will be sent to all students enrolled in the course. We will also send a communication to all students in July to remind them to review their schedules regarding the details of their courses.

If the course is scheduled as on-campus or hybrid and the syllabi is clear about taking the exam on-campus, yes. However, if a student cannot come to campus because they are ill or in quarantine, you should work with the student to find an alternative. If your course is remote or online, no.

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, in collaboration with members of the Safe Return Teaching and Learning Implementation team, has prepared a Faculty Toolkit with a checklist to help faculty prepare to teach online and remote classes, a webpage devoted to Rapid Remote Teaching Resources, and a self-paced course on designing and teaching a virtual course that you can enroll in here.

The Office of Information Technology also has a great webpage on Teaching Remotely. They provide access to resources from CU Denver and from other institutions.

Sign up for a training from the Office of Digital Education. Their Online Skills Mastery course is a great overview of teaching online. You can also check out their online teaching blog.

Want to go deeper? Become a Thinqstudio Faculty Fellow.

You can find Canvas and Zoom resources from the Office of Information Technology. Your Canvas course shell also contains links to Canvas guides and FAQs, at the bottom of the left hand bar. The Office of Digital Education frequently offers workshops on using Canvas and Zoom.

If a student is refusing to comply with safety instructions, treat this as you would any other instance of student misconduct. Make sure you have expressed your expectations clearly—do this as tactfully and privately as you can under the circumstances. If the student continues to refuse, you may ask the student to leave the class and let them know that they are welcome to return when they are ready to follow instructions. Violation of safety requirements is a violation of the CU Denver Student Conduct Code, and particularly egregious violations may result in the student being barred from campus.

The Dean of Students and Director of Student Conduct have created a Classroom Management document to provide faculty with suggested steps to take. You can access that document here.