Self-monitoring

People with These Symptoms Might Have COVID-19:

• Fever or chills
• New cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose (excluding seasonal allergies)
• New unexplained fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Unusual headache
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

Check Your Symptoms Daily with the #CampusClear App

As part of Protecting the Pack, students and employees who are coming to campus are being asked to submit daily wellness checks for COVID-19 through #CampusClear, an app developed by Ivy.ai and Creighton University. Recent research has shown that daily self-reporting of symptoms, used along with campus policies and procedures, can have a meaningful impact on keeping our campus community safe. 

#CampusClear is a 1-question daily self-survey that takes less than 10 seconds to complete.

Each day, via the app, you will be presented with a single question. All you have to do is answer honestly. After you submit your answer, the app will either present you with a campus “FastPass” (your green light to come to campus, or if you’re living on campus, to leave your room) or inform you of the next steps you need to take.

Questions? See the #CampusClear FAQ page. 

How to use #CampusClear

1. Download the #CampusClear app from the store.
2. Sign in as a Student or employee. You must use your niu.edu email address. (Student emails end in @students.niu.edu; employee emails end in @mail.niu.edu.)
3. Choose Northern Illinois University from the list of schools.
4. The system will send you an email to authenticate into #CampusClear. Click on the link in your email and return to the app.
5. Evaluate how you’re feeling and which symptoms you’re experiencing, or if you’re healthy, just click “No Symptoms,” and click on “See Result.” You’ll receive a message that you are either “Good to Go” or that you should stay where you are and take further steps.

Notifications

Please make sure you enable notifications from #CampusClear on your phone so the app can remind to you answer the self-screening question every day. You should receive a notification every morning at 7:30 a.m. You must complete the self-screening before leaving your residence hall room or entering a common area on campus.