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TRENTU.CA / Academic Skills / How To Guides / How to Learn Online

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
    • Saving multiple diagrams/images as single PDF
    • IT Service and Support

Getting Started with Online Learning

How to Use the Blackboard Learning System

Getting to Know Zoom

  • Trent IT Guide to joining a Zoom meeting
  • Trent IT Guide for joining a Zoom lecture

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)

How to Manage Your Time

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 Essays

How to Write Lab Reports

How to Write any Assignment (summaries, reflections, annotated bibliographies, literature reviews)

Preparing for and Writing Exams 

Preparing for Online, Open-Book Exams

Preparing for and Writing Take-home Exams

Writing Multiple Choice Exams

How To Guides

  • Transition to University - Advice for First Year
  • Level Up: Resources for Upper-Year Students
  • How Do I Protect My Academic Integrity?
  • How to Study
  • How to Learn Online
    • Academic Integrity and Online Learning
    • Setting Yourself Up for Success in Your Online Class
    • Successful Participation in the Online Discussion Board
    • Taking Notes on Online Lectures and Materials
  • How to Manage Your Time
  • How to Write in University
  • How to Succeed in Math and Science
  • How to Use Sources
  • How to Edit Your Writing
  • Academic Skills Online Resources Index
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