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Moodle mini-courses
- Academic reading: Learn how to read more effectively by using strategies that help you stay focused, understand key ideas and prepare for lectures, discussions, or study sessions.
- Note-taking: Learn how to prepare for lectures, choose a note-taking method that works for you, take clear notes during class and review them after to support your studying.
- Exam preparation: Learn how to study actively, practice for exams, use strategies to manage your time and approach different types of test questions.
You will need an active Moodle profile to access these modules.
To activate your Moodle profile, you must:
- Be registered in a for credit course
- Activate and access your Microsoft Office 365 email account
- Set up multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Newly-admitted students can only activate and access their Office 365 accounts about one month before the start of their first term.
If you have questions about the Moodle site, contact learning@concordia.ca.
Video library
Handouts and worksheets
Assignment Calculator
- Writing Assignment Calculator is a great tool to help you plan and write your paper.
Writing Essays and Research Papers
- Suggestions for using Generative AI in academic writing
- Group Work
- 20 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
- A Brief Guide to Writing a Research Paper
- Creating the First Draft of Your Research Paper
- A Template For Writing An Essay
- An Example of a Sentence Outline for a Research Paper
- Exploring the Topic of Your Research Paper
- Finding a Plan for Your Paper
- Finding Your Thesis Statement
- Organizing Your Ideas for Your Research Paper
- Typical Plans for a Research Paper
- Researching Your Research Paper Topic
- Getting Started on Your Research Paper
- Structure of a Research Paper
Other Types of Writing
- Tips for Writing Short Essays
- Process for Writing an Article Review
- Writing a Paper in Applied Human Science
- Writing an Artist’s Statement: One Approach
- Guide to writing a lab report: For chemistry and biochemistry students
The Mechanics of Writing
- Understanding Key Words in Writing Assignments
- Writing Effective Paragraphs
- Punctuation Patterns
- Transitions: Signals for Your Reader
Documentation
Resources from Concordia Library
Resources from Purdue University
Courses
UNSS 200: Self-Management Strategies (1.5 complementary credit couse)
Undergraduate students only
This course focuses on managing time and stress, maintaining motivation and exploring effective study strategies. Through this process, you will develop skills to reach your learning goals and avoid the pitfalls that can take you off-track. This is a great opportunity to enhance your university experience through discovering your strengths and adopting a growth mindset.
Course objectives:
- Understand and apply effective personal strategies (self-responsibility, goal setting, motivation & time and stress management)
- Integrate appropriate academic strategies to your courses and learning experiences
- Discover and use Concordia resources
The coursework includes:
- Online and text-based resources
- Weekly quizzes
- Self-reflective journals
- Portfolio documenting personal growth and academic development
- Weekly online attendance: class work is interactive and self-reflective
UNSS 201: Successful Study Strategies
UNSS 201 focuses on enhancing each student’s potential for academic success through developing strategies for active learning, including effective-notetaking, active reading, writing, preparing for exams and improving memory and concentration. Students will be encouraged to apply these strategies in their other courses. For this reason, UNSS 201 is organized into subject-specific sections for the Faculty of Arts and Science, John Molson School of Business and the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science.
Course objectives:
- Understand and practice using effective study strategies to enhance learning
- Apply study strategies to course work in their academic program
- Discover and use Concordia resources
The coursework includes:
- Online and text-based resources
- Short assignments and quizzes
- Portfolio documenting personal growth and academic development
- Weekly attendance: class work is interactive and self-reflective
- Final exam
Register for an UNSS course
Email learning@concordia.ca and include the following information. Space is limited – so secure your spot now!
- Full name
- Academic program
- Student ID number
Once you have been unblocked for registration, please enroll in the course. (You can also find the link to add courses on the Student Hub's My CU Account page.)
NOTE: This course will not count towards your program credits or as an elective. Students pay tuition for this course according to the Concordia tuition scale.
This course is not recognized as part of the course credit requirements for government student aid. For example: for loan programs requiring students to study full time (a minimum of 12 credits per term), a student will need to take 12 credits in addition to the 1.5 credits from the UNSS course.
