Tips for Being Successful Online

1. Persistence: be able to tolerate and adapt to technical problems; seek help when needed, work daily on course tasks, and persist through challenges.
2. Good Time Management: Develop good time management skills: don't procrastinate; set a study schedule and stick to it; be able to complete assignments independently without daily reminders from your professor.
3. Communication: Communicate effectively and appropriately with your professors, classmates, and university staff.
4. Basic Technical Skills: create new documents; use word processing programs; navigate the Internet, download software, and use Canvas proficiently.
5. Reading and Writing Skills: Hone your reading and writing skills: be able to read a lot of documents from a screen; be prepared to complete many writing assignments. How is your typing?
6. Motivation: Develop and hone your internal motivation to get things done.

Source: Adapted with permission from the Minnesota Department of Education