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Online workshops, appointments and study groups

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Whether you’re in remote, online or selected on-campus courses, Laurier’s student academic success teams are here to help you build your study, writing and math skills – and your confidence! – with online academic support resources.

Online Workshops

Waterloo

Academic Skills (ASk) workshops are offered twice each week on Mondays at 7pm and Thursday at 3 pm.

Topics include:

  • Mastering your Time Online
  • The Virtual Study Cycle
  • Virtual Reading 2.0
  • Procrastinate... Later
  • Midterm Madness
  • Study Smarter, Not Longer
  • Preparing for Final Exams

For a complete list of workshops, schedule and links to register, visit the Study Skills and Course Support Workshops page. Students who complete 6 different workshops are eligible to add the ASk Certificate to their Laurier Experience Record.

Brantford

Learning Skills and Development has workshop offerings for both undergraduate and graduate students. All workshops take place online through Zoom.

Undergraduate students

Each week, Learning Skills and Development offers you a workshop on a specific writing or study skill with multiple times to choose from!

  • Registration is required for all workshops through the Student Success Portal. Check your Laurier email the morning of the workshop for your Zoom link to connect. Sign up for one, two, or more! Students who complete seven or more workshops in one academic year can request acknowledgement of participation in the Academic Skills Workshop Certificate on the Laurier Experience Record.
  • Visit the “Brantford” tab on the Workshops page to explore all of the workshops currently available.

Graduate students

Learning Skills and Development offers four graduate student workshops in conjunction with the ASPIRE program. For the fall term, graduate students at the Brantford campus will have the opportunity to participate in three workshops:

  • TA Skills: Giving Meaningful Feedback on Undergraduate Writing | This workshop, offered as part of the Professionalization seminars, will introduce graduate students to strategies for responding to undergraduate writing that will promote a positive learning environment and help undergrads apply the feedback to improve their writing.
  • Mendeley: Organizing Your Research | This workshop, in partnership with a librarian, will introduce graduate students to the features of Mendeley Citation Management System that will help students organize their research materials effectively.
  • Mendeley: Simplifying Citation | This workshop will show graduate students how to use Mendeley to simplify their citations in their writing and to create reference lists with ease.

Writing and Study Skills Appointments and Services

Waterloo

Writing Services

All of our writing services are currently being offered online. We are conducting scheduled writing appointments using Microsoft Teams and Google Docs. We are conducting our drop-in support using Zoom. The fall term appointment schedule ends on December 11. 

Our fall-term drop-in support runs on Thursdays from 12 pm to 4 pm. The last drop-in day of the term will be December 10. There will be no drop-in during the fall Reading Week.

We are also offering a range of writing workshops throughout the fall term. All of our appointments and workshops, as well as information about the drop-in, can be booked through the Student Success Portal. 

Study Skills and Time Management 

Join our team of Learning Consultants and Time Management Coaches for a one-to-one appointment to assess your study strategies and develop your academic skills.

Book your appointment through the Student Success Portal. You will receive an email with a Microsoft Teams meeting request within 24-hours of your appointment time slot.

First Year Academic Coaching 

All first year students have been assigned a First Year Academic Coach to help guide students through the challenges of navigating university for the first time. First Year Coaches are offering weekly workshops as well as one-on-one appointments for students that are looking to upgrade their study skills. Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, unsure of how to study or just want to make sure you are on the right track, book an appointment with a First Year Academic Coach.

For more information on how to book an appointment using the Student Success Portal, or information on workshop schedules and registration, visit our Peer-Led Support page for more details.

Supplemental Instruction

Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions provide additional support for students in traditionally challenging courses. Weekly interactive sessions are facilitated by senior students through Zoom. Students enrolled in SI supported courses have been automatically enrolled in a SI MyLearningSpace course where additional information can be found. All courses supported by SI will be noted in your course syllabus.

Varsity Athlete Study Hall

Our Athlete Academic Success Program will be running virtually this fall with a combination of workshops and one-on-one academic coaching sessions. Check your MyLaurier email for an introduction from your Athlete mentor.

Brantford

Learning Skills and Development Appointments

Learning Skills and Development is continuing to offer writing and study skills appointments to students through Microsoft Teams.

Please book appointments through the Student Success Portal. There are several consultation types continuing to be offered:

  • Online Brantford Undergraduate Individual Consultation
  • Brantford Graduate Student Consultation
  • Brantford LEAF Student Consultation
  • Brantford GPA Program Meeting
  • Senior Mentor for Indigenous Students
  • Brantford Group Consultation

To access your scheduled appointments, check your MyLaurier e-mail at your appointment time for the Teams meeting link that has been sent to you.

If you no longer require your appointment, please log into the Student Success Portal to cancel. Cancellations require one business day’s notice.

Online Drop-in Sessions

Brantford students can join a number of drop-in supports:

  • BF190/BF199 Facilitated Study Group on Mondays at 5 pm and Wednesdays at 4 pm
  • BTM Student Drop-in on Tuesdays from 7:30 pm to 9 pm
  • Indigenous Student Drop-in on Wednesdays at 2 pm
  • Graduate Writing Group on Thursdays from 4 pm to 6 pm
  • International Student Drop-in on Fridays at 10 am

To participate in an online drop-in session, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to MyLearningSpace.
  2. Select “Learning Skills and Development Online” from your course list.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the link to the "Live Classroom."
  4. Sign in with your name as a guest user.

Online Learner Discussion Group

Students are welcome to enrol in Learning Skills and Development’s MyLS discussion group for online learners. Our team will be checking the discussion to help answer any questions students may have about adjusting to online learning for their courses. Students are welcome to post questions at any time, and we will respond to all posts.

 To enrol in the online learner discussion group:

  1. Log in to MyLearningSpace and select "Learning Skills and Development Online" from your list of courses.
  2. Click on the "Groups" tab at the top of the page.
  3. Click on "View Available Groups."
  4. Select Online Learners Discussion Group and click "Join Group."
  5. You can now access the online learner discussion forum. 

Multi-Campus

Math and Statistic Learning Support

Math and Statistic Learning Support (MaSt) will be offering all of its programming remotely for fall term, supporting many introductory mathematics and statistics based courses across various academic programs, as well as CP104, CP164, EC120, and EC140.

Support is provided through over 45 hours of drop-in help sessions each week, as well as homework sessions, mock tests, and review sessions. Refer to our website for the full schedule of sessions.

All sessions are conducted using Zoom, and are accessed via our "Math & Stats Learning Support – Waterloo" and "Math & Stats Learning Support – Brantford" pages on MyLearningSpace. 

  • If you do not see the relevant MaSt support page in your list of courses on MyLearningSpace, use the "Advanced Search" link and then change the "Semester" option box to "None" and click on the search icon. If you still don't see the MaSt support page listed, you can self-register from the MyLearningSpace homepage using the "Self Registration" link.

Students can book appointments or register for an online webinar through the Student Success Portal.