DEFINITIONS Synchronous Learning:
last contact. • Check your temperature twice a day and watch for
A teacher and a group of students are learning together at the same
symptoms of COVID-19. If possible, stay away from people who are at
time. Synchronous learning refers to learning when the group of
higher-risk for getting very sick from COVID-19.
students and the teacher are engaging in the learning process at the same time. Synchronous learning may take place in-person,
Isolation
virtually through video, online chats, or simply timed assignments or
Isolation keeps someone who is sick or tested positive for COVID-19
assessments. Synchronous learning experiences provide structure to
with or without symptoms away from others, even in their own home.
the day and allow for groups to maintain a sense of community. It is
If you are sick and think or know you have COVID-19: Stay home until
important for students to see one another and their teacher, to share
after at least 10 days since symptoms first appeared and at least 24
how they are doing and to engage in the learning process together.
hours with no fever without fever-reducing medication and until symptoms have improved. If you tested positive for COVID-19 but do
Asynchronous Learning
not have symptoms: Stay home until after 10 days have passed since
Students learn the same material at different times, locations.
your positive test. If you live with others, stay in a specific “sick room”
Asynchronous learning refers to learning and collaboration
or area and away from other people or animals, including pets. Use a
that happens outside of the constraints of a particular time.
separate bathroom, if available.
Asynchronous learning does not mean that we forgo regular checkpoints or deadlines. In fact, deadlines and checkpoints are
Symptomatic
essential for asynchronous learning to work.
An individual is considered symptomatic for COVID-19 if one or more of the following symptoms is present:
In-person Learning Students are present together in a classroom at school.
• Fever (temperature at or above 100° F) or chills
• Diarrhea
Remote Learning:
• Cough
• Rash
Students are not physically present in the classroom. Instead,
• Shortness of breath or difficulty
• Toe lesions
learning is happening synchronously at home via zoom video conferencing and through asynchronous assignments.
breathing • Fatigue • Muscle or body aches
Quarantine
• Headache
Quarantine keeps someone who was in close contact with someone
• New loss of taste or smell
who has COVID-19 away from others. If you had close contact with
• Sore throat
a person who has COVID-19: Stay home until 14 days after your
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N DA R E O P E N I N G P L A N • P R O P E R T Y O F T H E A C A D E M Y O F N O T R E D A M E
• Congestion or runny nose • Nausea or vomiting
