For Independent Instructors
If you are teaching a course as sole instructor of record and, due to an emergency, you need to cancel a class, email your students to inform them about the cancellation as soon as possible and, if you are on LEARN, post an announcement. A missed class can be re-scheduled only with the permission of all students in the class.
University closures
If the university closes for an emergency such as a snowstorm, your class must be cancelled as well. A notice of closure will be posted on the UWaterloo home page, but you may also email your students to notify them of the cancellation and of what will be covered in the following class. In this case, if necessary, the Undergraduate Academic Calendar specifies that you can “reschedule the missed class at the same time on the next day on which classes are not scheduled (normally Saturday).” The general practice, however, is to accommodate the missed class within the existing class schedule. The Calendar also specifies that “If an instructor cancels a class for other reasons, the missed class can be rescheduled only with the consent of all students in the class.”