April 21, 2015

On-Demand Workshops

Below are an assortment of short video workshops designed to help students succeed. They are usually 3-7 minutes long and utilize a program called VoiceThread, which allows you to start, stop, and pause the video.

TIME MANAGEMENT

How to Create a Semester Calendar

Managing Time Effectively

How to Build a Schedule for Productivity

How to Create an Action Plan

ORGANIZATION

How to Organize your Binder

How to Keep a Planner

PRIORITIZATION/PRODUCTIVITY

How to Use the MoSCoW Method for Prioritization

Life Hacks: Prioritizing for Personal Productivity Using Covey’s Quadrants

Increasing Productivity: One-Minute Rule

Increase Academic Productivity: A Quick Lesson in Self-Regulation

How to Create or Change a Habit

SELF-CARE/STRESS MANAGEMENT

Creating a Morning/Evening Routine

Taking Effective Breaks

Meditation: Om your way to success

Quick Tips for Stress Management

Self-Care: How to Develop a plan that works for you

Sleep 101: Getting Your ZZZ’s 

How to Create a Sleep Schedule

Food for thought: Snacks while studying

Self-Care and Gratitude

Importance of Nature

Exercise and Academic Performance

Power of Journaling

Increasing Your Self-Awareness to Manage Stress and Grow Your Introspection

ADHD/SLD MANAGEMENT

Self-Care and ADHD

ADHD and Mindfulness

ADHD and Anxiety

Learning Tips for Students with Specific Learning Disability (SLD)

CLASSROOM SUCCESS

Getting the most out of your Syllabus

Office Hours: Important Questions and building connections

Classroom 101 for International Students

Working in Groups

Know Your Power: How to feel confident during your next presentation or interview

STUDY STRATEGIES

General Study Skills

Staying Consistent with a Study Plan

Creating and Maintaining a Study Plan

How to Create an Action Plan

Say Goodbye to Distractions

Say No to Procrastination

How to Facilitate your own Pomodoro Sessions

READING

Effective Reading Strategies: Read Smarter, Not Harder 

Reading Strategies

How to Break Down Readings

How to Read a Chapter

How to Read a Research Article

Reading Comprehension: Self-Testing after reading a chapter

Understanding Shakespeare

NOTE-TAKING

Assessing Note-taking Strategies

Note-Making for Trojans

Creative Way of Note-Taking

WRITING

The Writing Process

Writing Strategies

How to Build and Construct an Essay

TEST PREPARATION/TEST ANXIETY

Surviving Midterms and Finals

Preparing for Finals

Test Anxiety Strategies

Say Goodbye to Test Anxiety

Breaking Down Projects

Managing Anxiety Related to Uncertainty 

Building Your Finals Toolkit

ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Transitioning from High School to College

Imposter Syndrome and how to address it

Unlocking Your Power: Mindfulness and Positive Thinking 

Developing Effective Communication Skills 

Perfectionism: What is so bad about being so good? 

How to Develop a Growth Mindset

Positive and Negative Coping Skills

Memory Retention Strategies

Regulating Emotions: Zones of Regulation

Tackling Loneliness in College

How to take Control when Things feel out of control

Routines to Combat Decision Fatigue

Academic Resiliency

LEARNING THEORY

Understanding How We Learn

What is Metacognition?

Goal-Setting

Motivation

Positive Self-Efficacy

USC RESOURCES

USC Campus Resources-updated April 2019

Utilizing Study Spaces on Campus

USC Self-Care Resources

ONLINE/REMOTE LEARNING

Thriving as a Trojan Online: Transitioning to Online Learning

Meaningful Activities to Help you Fight On