How to Learn Online
Resources for Online Learning
Our collection of how-to guides can help you to be successful in your online courses. Find advice on getting started with your online course, staying organized, focused, and motivated, and engaging fully with course materials throughout the term.
- Getting Started with Online Learning
- Goal Setting and Managing your Time
- Notetaking and Participation
- Writing Assignments
- Preparing for and Writing Exams
- Tech Help Guides
Getting Started with Online Learning
How to Use the Blackboard Learning System
Getting to Know Zoom
Setting Yourself Up for Success in Your Online Class
Academic Integrity and Online Learning
Online Learning Student Assistant Program
Online Learning Support - Student Drop-In Sessions Jan 17, 18, 19
Feeling lost? Not sure how to get started with classes? Ask an OLSA!
Online Learning Student Assistants (OLSAs) are upper year students available to support you with navigating online learning. Academic Skills and the OLSA program are offering drop-in Zoom sessions where students can talk one-on-one with an OLSA about specific questions, challenges, and strategies to help them learn online. You must be signed in to MyTrent to access the drop-in links.
Staying Adaptive: Transitioning Between Online and In-Person Learning Environments
Tips for Effective Online Learning: Practical Strategies
Goal Setting and Managing your Time
Motivation in the Online Learning Environment (video)
Using the Pomodoro Method to Get your Work Done (Video)
Notetaking and Participation
Taking Notes from Online Lectures and Materials
Successful Participation in Online Discussion Boards
Critical Reading Strategies: Textbooks, Scholarly Articles, Empirical Articles
Writing Assignments
How to Write any Assignment (summaries, reflections, annotated bibliographies, literature reviews)
Preparing for and Writing Exams
Preparing for Online, Open-Book Exams