COIV19 - SARS-Cov-2 - Coronavirus Outbreak
Kingsborough, like all CUNY and SUNY schools, is transitioning to distance learning from March 19th 2020 --June 12 2020 (in other words for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester).
All lectures and labs will be online. This site is maintained by departmental staff and will be used to share information related to the Kingsborough Physical Sciences Departments Earth & Planetary Sciences courses.
Most instructors are going to be using Blackboard. Make sure that you are able to login to Blackboard before the 19th. You can log in to blackboard using this link:
In the event that CUNY supported and hosted distance learning services are down, we will try to use this site to provide at least minimal communications with students; check this site if you can not log in to your distance learning course.
We have also set up an EPS Facebook page where we will try to provide information as needed: https://www.facebook.com/CUNY-Kingsborough-Earth-Planetary-Sciences-106997587602716
Do not expect to check here or on Facebook alone for information and coursework. Whatever system your instructor has told you they will use is your primary source of information. Nothing here supersedes anything an instructor has told you.
Further, while the Kingsborough campus is currently open, it is operated by only essential staff members (mostly security, buildings and grounds, and IT people). If you are using on campus resources such as student computers or the library, expect and prepare for total campus closures as the COVID19 pandemic accelerates. Some CUNY campuses have already closed, at least temporarily, because of infected students.
Make plans to continue your distance learning even in the event of internet access interruptions.
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