Scenario 1: You make yourself a hot cup of tea.

As terrible as you feel, you are comforted not only by the tea, but also the fact that missing class today will not be a problem. The course has not covered much material yet and you wanted to use today’s class as an opportunity to get to know your students better. Therefore, you decide to cancel the class for today. You get out of bed and contact the course instructor and explain to her your situation. She agrees with your plan. Then, you call your department's coordinator or one of your friends and ask them to meet the students in the beginning of the class and tell them that class is cancelled. Using Blackboard, you also send an email to students explaining that class is canceled.