When they are able, the student will need to follow up with professors to coordinate a temporary arrangement regarding missed instruction and coursework. A case manager will send email notifications to the studentвЂ™s instructor(s) on the studentвЂ™s behalf. However, students who need to report an extended illness or serious accident should contact Student Support and Case Management at or 78. Students should contact their instructor(s) directly to report an absence. More information about Qwickly Attendance is available on KUвЂ™s Blackboard website. Students can also track their own attendance in each class. Qwickly Attendance keeps track of attendance throughout the semester and provides a dashboard where you can see information at a glance. Now with Qwickly Attendance, you can allow students to check in themselves, whether they are attending a class in-person or online. KU is expanding the capabilities of Qwickly Attendance, a tool you may have used in the past to manually take attendance in Blackboard. With a mix of in-person, hybrid and online classes, knowing who is showing up and engaged is harder than ever. KUвЂ™s new FlexTeaching website also has information on attendance and student engagement. When you are able, you will need to follow up with your professors to coordinate a temporary arrangement regarding missed instruction and coursework.ДЇaculty colleagues at the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and staff at the Center for Online and Distance Learning (CODL) can assist you in strategizing ways to adjust the way you measure your engagement with students away from the traditional taking of attendance for a grade in class. A case manager will send email notifications to your instructor(s) on your behalf. Additionally, if you need to report an extended illness or serious accident, please contact Student Support and Case Management at or 78. I am available and ready to support your success. If you face challenges to fully participating at any time during the semester, please let me know, and please contact me if you expect to miss class. It is important that you spend the necessary time working in this course to achieve the expected outcomes by the end of the term. Symptoms and other guidance in the app and on the paper form may change based on new federal, state and local health recommendations and requirements. You will be given an excused absence from in-person class activities (no doctorвЂ™s note required) if you answer yes to any of the questions in the app or on the paper form. The app and the paper form are available at cvkey.ku.edu. If you choose not to use the app or do not have a compatible device, please use the paper health assessment form. Please use the CVKey app for self-screening to help determine if you should attend in-person class activities. The following is suggested language you can add to your course syllabus to communicate COVID-related attendance guidance: I have included some suggested language you can use or adapt. I encourage you to include clear health and attendance guidance for students in your syllabi.

Students who are ill or who are taking steps to protect their own health or the health of others should be given an excused absence (no doctorвЂ™s note required) from in-person class activities if they have COVID-19 symptoms or are following state or local quarantine guidelines. However, we do not want to penalize students who are facing health, technology or other challenges to synchronous participation. Consistent class attendance, whether in-person or online, is an important indication of engagement and student success. This semester, however, students are facing many unique challenges and we encourage you to take attendance not for grading, but as a way to monitor student engagement so you can reach out and help students who might be struggling. University Senate Regulations are clear that instructors control attendance and grading policies for their courses. Inability to attend classes in-person because of public health directives (quarantine).

Time zone differences for students participating remotely, especially international students.

Some studentsвЂ™ limited access to adequate technology.

This fall, using attendance as part of grading will be complicated by a number of factors that make synchronous participation in lectures, activities and exams difficult for some students. Class attendance policies can increase student engagement and many of us use attendance points in calculating the final grades in our courses.

Attendance points chart