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Learn Online

• I am taking an online class.  How do I prepare for it?
  
  
• • VIDEO: Taking Classes Online: Preparation and Tips for Success (SLIS Professor Yin Zhang, Ph.D.)
    
  • VIDEO: Introduction to Online Learning (SLIS Senior Lecturer Mary Anne Nichols, M.L.S.)
    
    
  • Proficiencies & Tools for Online Students
    
    
  • Expectations for Online Students
    

• How do I access online courses?
  
  
• • For online courses and some on-site courses, Kent State University uses Blackboard Learn as its course management system. Students can access Blackboard through their FlashLine account under the Student Tools & Courses tab.
    
    
  • Blackboard Learn Tutorials (Videos and PDFs)
    

• What's it like to be in an online class?
  
  
• • VIDEO: A Student Perspective on Taking Online Classes (M.L.I.S. Student Sam Palcko)
    
  • VIDEO: A Student Perspective on Taking Online Classes (M.L.I.S. Student Laura Barry)