IMPORTANT LINKS for FALL 2020 • UPDATED AUGUST 16, 2020
GENERAL UT CAMPUS-WIDE COVID INFORMATION
- https://protect.utexas.edu/: Fall 2020 information with links to updated information and policies
- https://provost.utexas.edu/news/messages/faculty-affairs-update-8-6: Includes info on syllabi posting, academic policies, need for discretion and flexibility
- https://covid.provost.utexas.edu/faculty: Variety of searchable FAQs from provost’s office on faculty & instructional matters
- https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3O5JDgd5O2vgY7z: Commitment to Protect Texas Together; Everyone in the university community should read this page and consider acknowledging and recording this simple commitment to work together for as safe as possible fall semester
HEALTH and SAFETY INFORMATION
- https://protect.utexas.edu/health-and-wellness/: Reminders of safety precautions and procedures, steps to take if you have COVID19 symptoms, how to access testing through UT Health Austin for faculty and staff
- https://besafe.utexas.edu/behavior-concerns-advice-line: Behavioral Concerns and Covid-19 Advice line, or call 512-232-5050. Use to report non-compliance by students with Covid-19 policies related to masks, large gatherings, and other student conduct concerns.
- https://coronavirus.utexas.edu/ut-austin-covid-19-dashboard: up to date information on UT, Austin, and Travis county COVID19 cases, testing, and hospitalizations
- https://covid-19.tacc.utexas.edu/: details of extensive COVID19 modeling by UT Austin Professor Lauren Ancel Myers and her team
TEACHING and INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION
- https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/commons: from the Faculty Innovation Center: short videos on key concepts in developing and delivering your courses online
- https://movingonline.la.utexas.edu/: from LAITS—Liberal Arts specific information and links for on-line teaching, including information on design, assessment, and more
- https://provost.utexas.edu/news/messages/faculty-affairs-update-8-6: syllabi requirements and suggestions and link to more materials, including guidance on academic flexibility and decisionsmaking in the coming academic year at https://provost.utexas.edu/students/enrollment-management/academic-flexibility-during-covid-19
CONTINUITY of RESEARCH and SCHOLARLY WORK, LIBRARY ACCESS, TRAVEL
- https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/librariescontinuity/phase3pickup: link to request access to library materials not available digitally; no longer restricted to those on tight deadlines (digital access to Hathi trust at: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/librariescontinuity/HT )
- https://research.utexas.edu/campus-restart/ UNIVERSITY research restart policies and procedures, updates as we move through research stages, from the VPR office
- https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/research/grants-contracts/phased-research-activities.php: COLA specific updates and links, or email COLA research support at laresearch@austin.utexas.edu
- https://coronavirus.utexas.edu/travel-guidelines: Current travel guidelines
