Academic Arrangements for Winter and Spring Terms 2022/23

Taken into consideration of the current pandemic situation and various factors, the University management has announced the academic arrangements for the Winter and Spring Terms on November 29, 2022. More details are available below:

Winter and Spring Terms 2022/23

Final Examination

The University encourages creative assessment methods as alternatives to proctored examinations. For courses requiring proctored final examinations in the 2022/23 academic year, they will be held on campus. 

Adopting Online Teaching and Learning

• Training on Zoom Teaching
• Good Practices and FAQs for Zoom Teaching
• Pre recorded video lectures to supplement Zoom teaching
• Other collaboration tools in Canvas
• Online Exams using Canvas
• Have difficulties accessing Canvas

Accessing Canvas and other Online Resources from Mainland China

The webpage provides instructions on how to speed up the access from Mainland China to Canvas and other online resources at HKUST. Zoom has servers inside Mainland China and will automatically route users in Mainland China to servers there, even when students join the Zoom classes from within the Canvas course site.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN CLASSROOMS AND LECTURE THEATERS

Personal Hygiene

• Staff and students who have a fever or respiratory symptoms should not attend classes and should seek medical assistance right away.
• Members should maintain hand hygiene at all time, and make use of hand sanitizers which will be provided at or near all classrooms and lecture theaters.

Classroom Preventive Measures

• Ventilation and environmental cleaning in classrooms and lecture theaters will be maintained at a high level. 
• Instructors and students are required to wear masks in classrooms. Masks with exhalation valves should not be used because these allow aerosols to escape unfiltered. Also face shields cannot replace face masks as they can only block large droplets.
• All students are requested to comply with preventive measures as informed by their instructors, and may be requested to leave the classroom in case of refusal.

Application of GERMAGIC Antimicrobial Coating

• The Campus Management Office (CMO) has applied GERMAGIC antimicrobial coating periodically to classrooms and lecture theaters.

NEW! Contingency Plan for Class Arrangements

• If an instructor holding f2f classes tests positive, then classes in the following week will either be online or alternative arrangements (e.g., make up classes, etc.) will be made.
• If a student tests positive, he/she should not return to campus and should report the case to the government and comply with the isolation requirements as stipulated by the government. There will be no change in the class arrangements of the f2f class(es) he/she had attended given the low risk of attending class while wearing a mask.
• If an instructor or student is test positive for COVID-19, he/she must file a report to the Security Control Center at 2358 8999. After reporting the case to Security, he/she may notify your program coordinator and up to two more University members via this COVID-19 Related Report Form. Please refer to Positive Cases for further details on testing and reporting.