Student Success Tips and Tools
Find tips and practical strategies for student success.
Be More Productive
- Accountability Strategies
- Assignment and Test Tracker
- Changing Habits
- Digital Distractions
- Distractions
- Goal Tracker
- Managing College Stress
- Motivation
- Movement and Learning
- Priorities Worksheet
- Procrastination
- Procrastination Video
- Semester Action Plan
- Sleeping to Succeed
- Sleeping to Succeed Video
- Self-Scripting
- Taking Breaks
- Time Management Inventory
- Time Management and SMART Goals Video
- Using Calendars and Planners
- Weekly Action Plan
- Wheel of Life
Study Smarter
- Ask for Help Video
- Concept Maps
- Emailing Your Professor
- Growth Mindset Video
- Higher Order Thinking: Bloom's Taxonomy
- Memorization Strategies
- Metacognitive Study Strategies
- Studying 101: Study Smarter Not Harder
- Studying 101: Evidence-Based Study Strategies Video
- Studying for Math and Physics
- Studying for STEM
- Study Groups
- Talking with Your Professor
- The Study Cycle
- Using Office Hours Effectively
Read Better
- Annotating Texts
- Diagrams and Graphs
- Highlighting
- Note-Taking Template for Journal Articles
- Reading Comprehension Tips
- Reading in the Social Sciences
- Reading Journal Articles
- Reading Math Textbooks
- Reading Template
- Reading Textbooks Effectively
- Reading to Write
- Skimming
- Taking Notes While Reading
- Taking Notes While Reading Video
- Watching Film
Be Active in Class
- Academic Listening Strategies
- Attendance Matters
- Class Attendance
- Class Discussion Strategies
- Effective Note-Taking in Class
- Effective Note-Taking in Class Video
- Getting the Most From Lectures
- Giving Effective Presentations
- Speeches
- Synchronous Online Classes (Zoom/Collaborate/Teams)
- Video Conference Etiquette (Zoom/Collaborate/Teams)
Own Your Calendar
Ace Your Tests
- Essay Exams
- Grad School Entrance Exam Prep
- Linear Exams
- MCAT Basics
- Multiple Choice Exams
- Multiple Choice Exams Video
- Preparing for an Exam Video
- Reviewing for an Exam Video
- Strategic Test Prep
- Take-Home Exams
- Test Analyzer
- Test Anxiety
- Test Anxiety Video
- Test Day Game Plan
- Understanding Writing Assignments
- Preparing for Finals
Master Blackboard
- Accessing Groups
- Accessing Blackboard from Your Phone
- Editing Your Profile
- Building a Portfolio
- Checking Your Grades
- Creating a Blog Entry
- Creating a Discussion Board Post
- Participating in a Blackboard Collaborate Session
- Receiving Notifications
- Submitting an Assignment
- Submitting a Kaltura Video to an Assignment
- Submitting a SafeAssignment
- Taking a Test Online
- Tracking Your Progress
- Using the Calendar
- Students' FAQs