ResponsiBLUE

Users will see a large red 'X' at the top of the screen if their screening results have expired. Screening check results expire after 18 hours. Click on the "start screening check" prompt to renew your daily screening requirement.

Weekly COVID-19 testing through the university is required for all Ann Arbor students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) identified as the following:

• Living in Michigan Housing.
• Registered for any in-person courses that meet on campus, regardless of how frequently the course meets in person.
• Employed in a position that requires them to come to campus.
• Conducting research in an on-campus facility/building.
• Coming to campus to use facilities (e.g. libraries, unions, Rec Sports, Dining).

More details on this expectation are outlined in this student policy.

Regular testing is one part of the university's multi-layered COVID-19 prevention strategy. Regular testing aims for early detection of COVID-19 which enables individuals to isolate themselves — reducing the chances that they will infect others and allowing them to seek treatment earlier.

Students represent the vast majority of the university's COVID-19 cases. Most of these cases are traced back to small- and medium-size gatherings without appropriate face coverings and social distancing.

The COVID-19 Testing indicator is only visible for all UM-Ann Arbor students (undergraduate, graduate and professional).

ResponsiBLUE has been updated to encourage compliance with the university's mandatory testing requirements and to support campus health and safety.

ResponsiBLUE has expanded from solely being a COVID-19 symptom tracking tool to also providing all UM-Ann Arbor students with their COVID-19 testing status by noting the date of their last test through U-M testing programs.

For UM-Ann Arbor students, your COVID-19 Testing indicator will either read "COMPLETED" or "EXPIRED."

If your COVID-19 Testing Indicator reads as "EXPIRED" and you live on campus, are registered for an in-person or hybrid class or come to campus for research, work or other activities (e.g. libraries, union, Rec Sports) in campus buildings you must immediately schedule an appointment AND get tested for COVID-19 through the Community Sampling & Tracking Program.

The COVID-19 Testing indicator will change from "EXPIRED" to "COMPLETED" upon getting your COVID-19 test.

It takes about 2 hours for Community Sampling and Tracking Program test information to show up in the ResponsiBLUE app. For test results from University Health Service and Occupational Health Services, please allow 2-3 days to show up in the app. Results from the self-reported external COVID results survey also can take 2 to 3 days to be pushed to ResponsiBLUE.

If you are not in the mandatory group and do not have a need to enter into any university buildings, you are not required to be tested, and can ignore the COVID testing box in your app.

However, students living off campus who otherwise would not need to come to campus still are encouraged to participate in routine COVID-19 testing through the Community Sampling & Tracking Program.

The following U-M testing programs will meet the weekly testing requirements and information will be shared with the compliance group tracking and monitoring undergraduate student testing status.

• Community Sampling & Tracking Program.
• Athletics weekly testing program.

In addition, if you are tested through UHS or OHS, your test status will reflect this testing.

All students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) are required under the new COVID-19 policy to complete weekly mandatory COVID-19 testing through U-M testing programs to ensure the timely and accurate tracking of testing completion and compliance.

COVID-19 testing off campus can cause delays in immediate information sharing with the university and may disrupt the timely and accurate tracking of testing completion and compliance information.

If you test positive for COVID-19, you will be excluded from testing requirements for 90 days from the date you were swabbed for your positive test. After 90 days, you will be required to resume weekly mandatory testing. Please report an external positive COVID-19 test result here. Documentation of your test result is required and can be uploaded through this process. The survey results can take 2 to 3 days to be pushed to ResponsiBLUE. At that time, the app will give you a green completed mandatory test status.

Antibody test results cannot be accepted in lieu of positive test results to meet the testing requirement.

Note: "External test results" are any test result outside Athletics, University Health Service (UHS), Occupational Health Services (OHS) or the Community Sampling and Tracking Program (CSTP). If your testing was through Athletics, CSTP, UHS or OHS, your test result should have a green completed status in ResponsiBLUE.

Asymptomatic COVID-19 testing is still required if you are mandated to participate in testing. We don't have enough data about the effectiveness of the vaccine to say whether it provides full protection against contracting COVID-19.

Those undergraduate students who are required to be tested (who are living in or entering U-M buildings) are expected to get their first U-M COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival to campus or the Ann Arbor area. Please complete your first COVID-19 test at U-M before you engage in campus activities. Register and sign up for testing here.

Graduate and professional students (who are living or entering U-M buildings) have been added to the mandatory testing group. As of Feb. 8, graduate and professional students will see the addition of the COVID-19 Testing Indicator within the ResponsiBLUE app. Graduate and professional students are expected to get their first U-M COVID-19 test within the next 7 days to be in compliance.

Your test status will expire 8 days from the testing date.

The University of Michigan is sending text messages from the number (855) 738-2230 to all U-M Ann Arbor students throughout the Winter Term to provide important updates on health and safety information. Additional information about these text messages.