In the event of a campus closure due to weather, illness, or other emergency, the University of Houston-Downtown offers several ways for students to continue classes online and off-campus. Any closure will be officially announced through the University's website and via campus emergency alerts.
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Additional Resources
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Cengage: For US colleges experiencing unplanned, mid-semester impacts due to COVID-19, Cengage is offering students free access to all our digital platforms and 14,000 ebooks through Cengage Unlimited, for the remainder of this semester.
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Follet: edShelf Responds.
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Providing you simple, free access to eBooks during complicated times.
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To ensure that all students have access to their course materials amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, we're partnering with the publishing community to provide you with up to 7 free eBooks from participating publishers. (Program applies to students at non-profit, semester-based schools, and access runs through May 25th.)
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Wiley has made WileyPLUS, Knewton Alta and zyBooks available through the Spring 2020 term. Also, the company has made more than 5,000 COVID-19-related articles freely available on a Wiley Online Library site.
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JoVE has made its educational video content available through Jun. 15, 2020. That includes free access to the three types of resources: JoVE Core, a video textbook that covers core concepts in biology and social psychology to improve learning comprehension; JoVE Science Education, a collection of easy-to-understand video demonstrations in eight STEM fields; and Lab Manual, curriculum for introductory biology lab courses. The company is also making its curriculum specialists available to help faculty map JoVE videos to their curriculum at no charge.
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Sign Up For Emergency Alerts
To ensure you are set up to receive Campus Emergency Alerts, please follow the steps below MyUHD 2.0:
Free Internet at Home for Students
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Charter Spectrum Broadband
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Comcast
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Xfinity WiFi
Making Xfinity WiFi free for every customer for the next 60 days.
Wifi hotspots across the country will be free to anyone who needs them – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers.
For a map of Xfinity Wifi hotspots:
www.xfinity.com/wifi
Once at a hotspot, select
“xfinitywifi”
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Internet Essentials
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“Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, Comcast is offering 2 months free to new Internet Essentials customers in response to recent and anticipated emergency measures associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19).”
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Source:
https://www.internetessentials.com/covid19
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T-Mobile
- All customers will received unlimited data for the next 60 days.
Academic Computing Lab Student Software
Please note due to Covid-19, all computer labs on campus are closed until further notice.
Departmental Student Software
