Strategies for Student Success

ASSETT is developing resources to help students maximize their learning. We encourage instructors to share these materials, either in class or within their Canvas course sites. To suggest a resource or topic for this page, email us at assett@colorado.edu.

 

Being a student in college is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. In the spring of 2024, we were curious about what made college life memorable. So we went to the street and asked CU Buffs about their experiences. We captured these moments and present our newest column, Students of CU.

A Beginner's Guide to FREE Art Tools
By: Shivangi Khandelwal and Matara Hitchcock

A retrospective informed by the 2021 AT Survey
By: Matara Hitchcock

Working on a podcasting project? We鈥檙e here to help! The Student Technology Consultants team has prepared a short 1-2-3 guide to walk you through from the moment you set up your microphone to the time you click 鈥減ublish鈥.

STCs built this four-part video series about metacognition practices in collaboration with tutors from the Academic Success & Achievement Program. 鈥淭hinking about thinking鈥 can help students become more active and engaged learners.

Setting Buffs Up for Success is written by students to help other students succeed at CU and beyond. We hope this series will guide you through your time at CU, give you ideas about how to start planning for your future, and inspire you to think big.

Pedagogy Now sheds light on student perspective of integrating technology into the educational realm. It鈥檚 aimed at higher education professionals working to discover and adopt best practices in the classroom.

Each semester, the STCs host a free book club for A&S undergraduate students. Past material has included The Defining Decade by Meg Jay and Teach Students How to Learn by Saundra Yancy McGuire.

A video series about surviving the harsh landscape of the inside. Staying inside and taking classes remotely, that is. Every episode will showcase various technology related tips and tools for staying sane during these trying, difficult, unprecedented times.

Are you looking for ways to improve the remote classroom experience for your students? Check out Sindhu鈥檚 handy guide, developed from her experience as a Technology CoPilot, STC, and full-time CU student. Build classroom engagement, align with your teaching objectives, and more!

鈥婬ow have A&S graduate students been asked to pivot in the past year? Dr. Leslie Ellen Blood sits down with Brittney Banaei, to discuss motivation, work habits, goal-setting, productivity, pivoting in the pandemic, and the resources available to help graduates accomplish all of those things!

 

We鈥檝e combined our mission to help students find the right tech tools for their educational preferences with the rising popularity of the Enneagram, a personality theory that categorizes people based on their core values. Check our recommendations for what tech is the best fit for your type!

Use this guide to record a podcast using Anchor.FM. Anchor is a free web- based service that allows you to record, edit, and publish your podcast!