Online + Remote Learning Support (Canvas)

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Online + Remote Learning Resources!

PSU's Free Online + Remote Readiness Course for Students

Prepare yourself for online learning with this free Canvas course

Check out Canvas for a free, self-paced course centered around online and remote learning. New to Canvas? Already familiar with the remote environment? This course has something for everyone!

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Student Lingo

Free Academic Success Workshops for PSU Students

Are you looking for better study strategies? Could you benefit from tips to improve your test-taking skills? Do you need to step up your time management game? Or are you just wondering how to get the most out of your college experience?

Student Lingo is a series of on-demand workshops focused on helping you achieve your academic goals. These short, interactive videos provide proven strategies, helpful action plans, and links to additional academic success resources, presented by experts on learning and student success.

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Student Lingo: More Skills, More Success.

Kurzweil 3000

Convert PDFs into audio files, create outlines & brainstorm with ease

Kurzweil 3000 is a free tool for converting PDF text to audio, marking up PDFs, creating outlines, brainstorming, note-taking, and more! Want an account? Fill out our Kurzweil Interest Form!

Kurzweil Interest Form

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Module Resources

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Self-Direction

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Learning Preference

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Study Habits

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Technology Skills

Self-Direction

Success comes from setting strong SMART Goals for yourself and committing to obtaining them. The ability to recognize the need to improve your self-management skills and study habits, and your willingness to to work on these skills will determine your success in online learning and beyond.

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Learning Preference

Meeting the needs of an online course requires you to stretch yourself to use different types of media, such as audio, video, and chat to learn. While all of these forms of media may not be your learning preference, they will likely show up in your online or remote course.

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Study Habits

Online and remote courses require having an area compatible to your study habits, as well as good study habits. The time you spend on your studies in the online environment is roughly the same as you would spend in an on-campus course.

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Technology Skills

Technology can often be one of the biggest challenges for online learners. Students who are concerned with their technology skills can identify someone to serve as their technology support person before taking an online course.

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Canvas is here.

Go to canvas.pdx.edu and log in with your ODIN credentials. Once you've logged in, you will be brought to your Canvas dashboard and you will be able to access all of the courses that you are enrolled in.

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