Student Resources
Below are resources for students including cyber safety, study tips, and academic resources.
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Learning to Learn Online eBook
Learning to Learn Online is an online book created by students. Its goal is to help people transition from a traditional classroom setting to online learning. These six chapters will cover everything from staying motivated to effective online learning. Website:...
How-To-Guides for Google Chat, Zoom, Skype
Ryerson University has compiled a how-to guide for Google Chat, Zoom and Skype. These are online platforms widely used by students and non-students. It includes common troubleshooting solutions for audio and accessibility. Google...
Edutopia and the George Lucas Educational Foundation
Edutopia is a reliable online resource that strives to improve the education of students. This website provides a list of tips on back to school advice for the entire community. Eutopia has a variety of resources such as core strategies for learning, teaching the...
PBS Learning Media New School Routines
PBS Learning Media offers some tips for back to school and resources for students ranging from PreK to Grade 12. PBS Learning Media is an outlet to help students succeed with their new school routine. Under each grade category, there are resources for important...
Kid’s Stop: First Nations, Inuit and Métis
The Government of Canada has created a resource for students and educators about Indigenous peoples' culture, history and languages. There are activities, games and stories that can be used across a variety of ages....
Student’s guide to online privacy, safety, and security
BestVPN.org provides a very thorough guide to online safety for students of all ages and their parents. The resources are sorted by grade level: elementary, middle, and high school, as well as university and useful resources for all ages. While most legal aspects...
Resource for Cyber Safety
CyberSafe.ca is an online blog created to share information about cyber safety, cybersecurity and spreading awareness of cybercrime. This website provides information about the basics of cybersafety, cloud storage models, how to protect yourself from cybercrimes such...
Online learning and Privacy
This document provides recommendations and guidance for educators and students to help them choose the right online tools to protect their privacy online. Tips include researching the company, looking through the privacy settings, avoiding the 'easy' option, and more....
A Guide to Online Privacy of Students
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario have created a guide to privacy and access. They have also created fact sheets providing dos and donts for online privacy for students. Although this guide was created for Ontario, many of these tips and guides are...