Tips for Online Success

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Familiarize yourself with Canvas, the learning management system. Learn how to find course content and activities, contact your professor, and check your grades.
Participate! Contribute your ideas, perspectives, and comments on class discussion boards and read your classmates’ posts. Your professor is not the only source of information in class- you can also receive great insights and learn from your peers.
Speak up if you’re having problems. There are numerous ways to ask for help. If you have a question, it’s likely that other students do too. If you’re having technical issues or aren’t understanding the materials, ask questions, or reach out for help. Otherwise, no one may know that something’s wrong.

Advice from past students

Below you will find a short video featuring real Valencia College students who have taken online courses and share their tips to succeed as an online student.

Don’t procrastinate! It’s easy to fall behind in the work.
Get to know your professor and ask questions. I emailed them a lot and they were always helpful.
Even though the class is online, get to know your classmates. It makes the class more fun and I actually made more friends.
Set aside a time and place to study. I have a full-time job and family and I really needed it.

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