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Instructors are encouraged to implement the聽Student Declaration of Absence (SDA) Form聽for their fall 2020 online courses.聽The聽SDA聽Form聽replaces聽sick notes聽for absences of three days or fewer that result in missed or late academic requirements.
Implementing the SDA Form聽as part聽of聽a course is done through Brightspace. Simply log in to Brightspace, select "Student Declaration聽of聽Absence" from the drop-down menu, and choose the course(s) in which you would like to implement the聽SDA鈥� Form.
The discretion to arrange alternate coursework, assignments and/or tests remains with the instructor. Please be sure to inform students how to submit the聽form聽in your course (e.g. in Brightspace, via email, etc.).聽
The Faculties聽of聽Engineering,聽Medicine, Law, Dentistry and the College聽of聽Pharmacy will continue to be exempt from the new regulation and will聽not聽be using the聽SDA Form. These faculties have separate regulations to cover short- and long-term聽absences.
Further details about the聽SDA聽Form聽are available at聽dal.ca/studentabsence.