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Schedule

Note that assignments are due based on the Eastern Time zone (EST or EDT). This ensures that all students have the same deadlines regardless of where they live.​

  • Course length: 12 weeks
LessonActivityPoints
1: Public Health Preparedness and Exercises

 

  • Individual Activity - Academic Integrity Form (I,U)
  • Group Activity - Introduction (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity - Exercise Needs Assessment (I, G) -->  25 points
50
2: Comprehensive Exercise Program

 

  • Group Activity – Past Exercises Experience (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity – Develop a Comprehensive Exercise Program Plan (I, G) -->  25 points
50
3: The Exercise Process

 

  • Group Activity – Design Team Members Table (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 1 – Getting Ready for Exercise Design (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 2 – Identify Design Team Members (I, G) -->  25 points
75
4. Exercise Design and Development – Part 1

 

  • Group Activity – Your organizations use of exercises (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 1 – Define exercise scope and purpose (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 2 – Analyze an objective (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 3 – Compare good and poor objectives (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 4 – Develop objectives (I, G) -->  25 points
125
5: Exercise Design and Development – Part 2

 

  • Group Activity – State and local government exercise-based training resources (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 1 – Outline a Narrative (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 2 – Write Major and Detailed Events (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 3 – Compose a Message (I, G) -->  25 points
100
6: Tabletop Exercise

 

  • Group Activity – Individual Activity 1 Ideas (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 1 – your ideas for facilitating a tabletop (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 2 – develop tabletop exercise problem statements (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 3 – develop tabletop exercise message (I, G) -->  25 points
100
7: Functional Exercise

 

  • Group Activity – Journal articles review (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 1 – Compare Tabletop and Functional Exercises (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 2 – Identify Functional Exercise Roles (I, G) -->  25 points
75
8: Full Scale Exercise

 

  • Individual Activity 1 – Know your regulatory requirements (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 2 – Compare Functional and Full-Scale Exercises (I, G) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity 3 – Plan ahead for the full-scale exercise (I, G) -->  25 points
75
9: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning

 

  • Group Activity – Evaluating and Improving your Organization (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity – Plan your evaluation (I, G) -->  25 points
50
10: Designing a Functional Exercise – Part 1

 

  • Designing a Functional Exercise Part 1 (I, G) -->  100 points
100
11: Designing a Functional Exercise – Part 2

 

  • Designing a Functional Exercise Part 2 (I, G) -->  100 points
100

12: Take Back Review Project

 

  • Group Activity – Summary of “Take Back Review” project (T, P/F) -->  25 points
  • Individual Activity – “Take Back Review” project (I, G) -->  75 points
100
Total Point1000

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