Student Resources: Hack Your Homework
Time Management Tips
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Online Assignment Planner Tool
U. of Toronto's online tool automatically breaks projects into smaller steps.
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Planning a Project?
SMART goals, a simple but mighty method to clarify & reach your goals.
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Never Enough Time?
Our 5 favorite sources of Time Management advice. (You're welcome.)
Getting Started
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Stuck? Brainstorm Tips
Don't know where to start? Try one of these tips to get ideas going.
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Got Research?
CCA Library Guides to online research databases
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Decoding "Artspeak"
How to read "Artspeak" and write clearly about contemporary art
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What is Synthesis?
Writing a paper? Here's an overview of SYNTHESIS and ANALYSIS.
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Mind Mapping
Here's a quick video illustrating how to create a visual map of ideas
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Making Short Videos
Need to Make a Quick Oral Presentation Video for a Moodle Class?
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Online Learning
Strategies for Online or Hybrid Classes
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Basic Essay Writing Structure
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Academic Terms
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Wellness and Mindful Learning
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Artist's Self-care
Ouch! Hours of drawing & writing can hurt. Enter: self-care comics.
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How to Manage Anxiety
Advice and strategies for dealing with anxiety
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Mindful Learning
7 research-based strategies for focused & sustainable studying
Study Smarter!
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Complex Texts & Note-taking
Reading art theory? A difficult poem? Trouble remembering what you've read? Try these!
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Strategize Reading
Got a huge PDF to read? Read this comic first!
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Captions Can Help!
This simple trick can help you learn better from videos.
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Aural Learning
Do you learn better by listening? Have your text read aloud to you!
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Study Tool Apps
Our fav mobile apps: Try Flora for Focus for Time Management.