{"id":18777,"date":"2024-07-30T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T19:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/?page_id=18777"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:30:10","slug":"academic-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/academic-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-pb-80 uwm-u-pt-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 id=\"h-orientation-for-online-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator\">Orientation for Online Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CASL has developed an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/academic-success\/\">Orientation for Online Students<\/a>. The purpose of the orientation is to provide some effective strategies and resources for being a successful online student. The orientation is geared toward any UWM student taking an online course, not just (but including) those who are fully online. There are 10 main topics in the orientation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How Online Courses Are Different<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Start Off Well<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Budget Your Time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Manage Your Tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Stay Balanced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Interact with Your Instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Connect with Other Students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Learn from Your Mistakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Be a Canvas Pro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Get Technology Help<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uws-td.instructure.com\/enroll\/FYFM6B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Self-Enroll in the Orientation for Online Students<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advancing-learning\/about\/contact\/\">Center for Advancing Student Learning<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":30358,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":["morodern@uwm.edu","nkheinen@uwm.edu"]},"class_list":["post-18777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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