It is expected that everyone follows health, safety, and testing protocols every day they come to campus. Continued failure to comply with protocols will lead to your access to campus buildings being revoked.

• If you do not follow health and safety protocols, you will receive automated emails about instances of non-compliance.
• If you believe such messages to be in error, please contact:
  • Color Support at 844-352-6567 or support@color.com for questions/concerns about testing reminders, results, and compliance notifications.
  • CrimsonClear Support at crimsonclear@harvard.edu or HUIT Service Desk at 617-495-7777.
• Monitoring of compliance will take place at the departmental/area level. However, non-compliance issues will be addressed by the Divisional Dean/SEAS Dean offices in conjunction with your department/area.... Read more about What happens if someone doesn't follow safety/testing protocols?

In the case of an individual who tests positive and has recently attended class, HUHS will not reach out to the entire class. It is highly unlikely that an entire class would be considered a closet contact. Individuals who test positive are responsible for notifying their close contacts. More information on contact tracing can be found...

If a student is put into isolation, there are a few simple ways instructors can make sure they stay caught up in your course:

• Encourage students to identify a “study buddy” at the beginning of the semester.
• Use your discretion to provide alternative assignments or other ways for a student to stay caught up in class if they need to isolate.
• If the class takes place in a classroom already equipped with lecture capture technology, use that to record the class and make the recording available on Canvas.
• For other instructional spaces, create a Zoom link for the student on your own device in the classroom, set Zoom to record, and share screen so that the student can follow along with slides or other presentations as you speak (note: you should not try to provide a fully interactive experience for the student but rather use zoom as low-tech way to record class), or
• Have a TF or fellow student they have identified use a smartphone to make a simple recording that can be uploaded to Canvas, along with any slides or presentations from class. ESS has compiled instructions for self-service lecture capture, which are available on their website.
• Bring a laptop to class and utilize Zoom to include your student in the lecture.
• If you choose to record your class, please be mindful of Harvard’s privacy policy on recording lectures. Education Support Services (ESS) has provided helpful guidance on best practices for recording your class sessions.... Read more about How should instructors accommodate students while they are in isolation?

The Office of Undergraduate Education has expanded guidance for the spring term to help faculty prepare to return to the classroom, including increased flexibility for instructors at times when significant proportions of their students are in isolation. The OUE website provides guidance for supporting students in isolation and guidance for maintaining academic continuity should faculty or course instructors themselves need to isolate. Instructors are not obliged to offer hybrid instruction (teaching both in-person and online at the same time); other adaptations are likely to be more straightforward and just as effective. Additional information is available on the Faculty Affairs COVID updates page. University policy now offers instructors in designated classrooms the option to teach unmasked, provided additional safety criteria are met.