On the afternoon of Feb.19, an online conference was held to arrange schedules for the coming 2020 spring semester. The meeting was hosted by Vice President Huang Haijun and was attended by representatives from the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs and Graduate School of Beihang as well as vice deans of different schools.

Huang Haijun noted that there are only four days left before the start of the new semester. Given that online education will present students with an unprecedented experience, all the staff should be fully prepared to respond to the challenge.

Huang clearly arranged the teaching schedule for the new semester, urging all the teachers to diligently settle the preliminary work to guarantee the smooth progress of online courses starting from Feb. 24, in accordance with the teaching schema specified by the university or their schools.

Cao Qinghua, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, stated that all the teachers, teaching assistants, counselors and students must get in contacts and each lecturer is required to give a testing class online before Feb. 23. He suggested teachers and students make good use of online platforms and WeChat groups for teaching and communications. It is emphasized that every detail should be covered and no students shall be lagged behind.

Reported by Ma Ling

Edited by Jia Aiping

Reviewed by Cao Qinghua

Translated by Xiong Ting