Maintaining Instructional Continuity

The following resources were developed to support departmental leadership teams, instructors, and TAs in maintaining instructional continuity in case of potential campus disruptions.

UCLA General Guidance for Handling Classroom Disruptions

Provides general information for assessing whether an activity, program, or event unreasonably disrupts the classroom under free expression rights, and offers guidance for responding to disruption of classroom instruction during these instances.

Election Resources

These resources provide guidance for addressing the election in the classroom, including specific language for facilitating or deferring such conversations. Resources are also included to support instructor and student well-being.

Classroom Emergency Preparedness

Offers guidance for preparing and responding to emergencies in the classroom.

Navigating Classroom Emergencies: Instructor Slides

The slide deck is designed for instructors and TAs to use in their courses to discuss emergency preparedness with their students and guide how emergency situations are handled. 

Teaching Strategies to Support Academic Continuity Through Difficult Times

This teaching resource offers guidance to help instructors extend support to our students during times of crisis and trauma while also reminding us of our own humanity as instructors and the need to process current events while attending to our well-being.

Zoom Guidance

The TLC has developed two documents to support the use of Zoom in conducting live class sessions online. The Zoom Guidance on Remote Teaching document provides information about policies for virtual classroom management on the video conference platform, and the second guide offers Best Practices for Teaching and Learning with Zoom.