Cardinal Self-Check

How to get started

The Cardinal Self-Check tool is simple for students, faculty and staff to access. The tool is part of the university’s layered screening program and serves as a quick, standardized procedure for assessing self-reported symptoms and attitudes toward avoiding high-risk social gatherings. The university recommends the university community either uses the installed app or the web app. An activation code  is required when first accessing the app. The instructions for the installed app and web app and activation code are below.

Installing from the Apple App Store (iPhone users)

1. Access the Apple App Store from your iPhone (this app should not be used with iPad or MacBook).
2. Search “FifthTheory Fusion Self-Check.”
3. Download the FifthTheory Fusion Self-Check app. 

Access the App

1. On your iPhone touch the FifthTheory Fusion Self-Check icon. 
2. The first time accessing the app, you will be asked to enter an activation code:
   Students should use:  UOFLSTUDENT2020
   Employees should use: UOFLEMPLOYEE2020
3. After validation, you will be allowed to access the Cardinal Self-Check tool and user guide.
4. Finally, read the User guide’s that are available in the App before using the Cardinal Self-Check.

Using the Web App (Android users or any connected device)

1.  Access the web app using smartphone, tablet, or laptop at the following link: selfcheck.fifththeoryfusion.com.
2. You will need to allow cookies and pop-ups for this app to function.
3. The first time accessing the app, you will be asked to enter an activation code:
   Students should use:  UOFLSTUDENT2020

   Employees should use: UOFLEMPLOYEE2020

4. After validation, you will be allowed to access the Cardinal Self-Check tool and user guide.

5. You may want to bookmark this web link so you can easily return daily.

6. Finally, read the User guide’s that are available in the App before using the Cardinal Self-Check.

Your Response to Readiness Evaluations

After completion, you’ll be given one of four readiness evaluations:

• Higher Readiness
• Moderate-to-Higher Readiness
• Lower-to-Moderate Readiness 
• Lower Readiness. 

Definitions for each of these categories are available within the web and mobile versions of the Cardinal Self-Check. Students, faculty and staff who receive an evaluation of Higher Readiness or Moderate-to-Higher Readiness are welcome to attend work or classes on campus.

If you receive the Lower-to-Moderate Readiness or Lower Readiness evaluations

This means you self-reported some concerns or uncertainty about possible COVID-19 symptoms and/or participating in a social gathering where people were not consistently social distancing or wearing face masks. Therefore, you should review UofL’s Health Protocols and review the signs and symptoms of COVID-19. 

If you are concerned that you may have COVID-19, you should:

1. Stay home or stay in your residential hall. 
2. Contact Campus Health, 502-852-6446 or hlthoff@louisville.edu.
3. Contact your medical provider.
4. Contact your supervisor (if you are an employee).

After sharing your symptoms with Campus Health you will then be given guidance on testing and isolation next steps.

Questions

What if I’m not going to be on campus?

Whether you’ve enrolled into all online courses, have hybrid courses, work on campus or work remotely, you still need to complete the Cardinal Self-Check on a daily basis, Monday through Friday. The brief symptom assessment not only indicates readiness to return to campus, it is also used to assess the general safety status of our university community. That data is important for the university to have when making decisions on our campus operations this fall. The Cardinal Self-Check is a resource that empowers all university members.

Will the university know my personal readiness evaluation?

No. The personal evaluation you receive is meant to inform your actions. The university will not receive any individual scores, which are always anonymous (this is why you are never asked to submit your name or contact information when completing the self-check). The university will receive aggregated information about the readiness level of students, faculty and staff; however, no personally identifiable information is included.