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.

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.

  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?

  In the case of a local H1N1 flu outbreak as designated by IUB’s Emergency Preparedness website, all rules requiring proof of illness in order to receive credit are suspended. Do NOT go to the health center to get documentation of flu, but just email me (mcamp@indiana.edu). We will work out an alternate method of submitting any assignment.

  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 a flu outbreak occur at the time of a team project due date, alternative means (an Oncourse chat room) will be established to facilitate relatively easy non-contact communication between team members. Additionally, provision will be made for you to post your final version of the particular project part due on Oncourse so that your lab coach may access and grade it without physical contact.

  We will have a final exam. Its form will be determined based on the state of the university at that time.