OTTL has organized a variety of resources to help students be successful learners. There are tips for being a successful online student, resources for D2L/LIVE, and links to student focused help for tools Wilkes faculty use for teaching and learning. We’ve also provided a list of apps you can use to help you organize, manage or participate in your classes.
There are a variety of things students can do to set themselves up for success as an online learner. Follow these nine tips: "How to Be a Successful Online Learner: 9 Tips & Strategies external website"
Here's a Getting Started video playlist external website from D2L BrightSpace covering all the important components of working within D2L/LIVE.
Visit the Learners page external website to find helpful documentation and search for topics.
Important features in D2L/LIVE
- Notifications - YouTube video on Notifications external website
- Email forwarding - D2L Email FAQ external website
- Learn about D2Ls Pulse app external website and how to access your courses on the go.
Panopto
Lockdown Browser & Monitor Student Guide
Bongo
Brightspace (D2L) Pulse
Learners can download Brightspace Pulse from any global Google Play external website store or Apple App Store external website.
Scanning apps
- For iPhones/iPads: Scannable by Evernote external website
- For Androids, Adobe Scan external website
Microsoft Lens
Academic and Related Apps/Sites
- Kahn Academy external website | Various topics students can easily navigate
- Cliffnotes external website | Helps explain texts after reading, and also provides audio books.
- Mathway external website | Math help on various topics.
- Dictionary.com external website
- Chegg external website | a book rental website.
Study Aid Apps/Sites
- Chegg Flashcards external website | Flashcards and other learning tools
- Quizlet external website
Flashcards and other studying tools - MyHomework external website
Student planner to track assignments and more - Studious App for Google external website and Apple store external website that helps keep track of tests, quizzes, assignments and more.
- SelfControl external website
A computer app that lets you lock distracting websites for a set amount of time so that you can focus on school work. It will not unlock them even if the computer is turned off and back on again or if the app is reset.
Writing Support
- Grammarly external website | Grammar for emails, papers and more.
- EasyBib external website | Create bibliographies for papers.
- English Grammar external website
- Purdue OWL: Online Writing Lab external website
- Harvard University's Writing Center: Strategies for Essay Writing external website
- Mastering Graduate-Level Writing Skills external website
Document Storage Apps/Sites
- Google Drive external website | Store any file and access it anywhere.
- Google Docs external website | Edit documents online, on a phone and collaborate with others.
- Evernote external website | Use for note taking, organizing, task lists and archiving.
- Dropbox external website | A cloud site to save files and access them from anywhere.
- Scribd external website | Internet library that holds documents and books related to college studies(costs money after 30 day free trial).