How to Be Successful with Online Classes at SKC

Your success at Salish Kootenai College and beyond is very important to us. We will do all that we can to provide you with the right opportunities and support to ensure your success here. But, we can't do everything for you. This is your education and we encourage you to get the most out of it that you possibly can. Here are a list of suggestions that will help you do just that.

Time Management
- Keep a calendar using your student Gmail account and utilizing the Google Calendar
- Get started with Google Calendar Here
- Stick to your calendar, keep to a routine
Have a Study Space
- Have an area that you always work from that allows you to be focused on your work
Schoology Support
- SKC uses the Schoology Learning Management System for Online Course delivery
- You access it via a web browser like Chrome, Safari, or Firefox at https://schoology.skc.edu
- You use your SKC Gmail login
- Email helpdesk@skc.edu for any problems you might have in accessing Schoology or using it
- You can get additional help with Schoology at https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us
Use video
- Loom - An online resource for recording presentations; https://www.loom.com/
- Lifesize Go - a free video conferencing ap for up to 8 people at a time.; https://www.lifesize.com/en/video-conferencing-app/go
  - Start a Lifesize Go meeting at go.lifesize.com
Text Books
- You can order your books at https://bncvirtual.com/skc or at any other place that sells textbooks.
- Contact Dawn Benson at the SKC Bookstore for help in ordering and getting your books.
  - dawn_benson@skc.edu
    406-275-4832
Communication with your advisor and instructors
- Please communicate a lot with your advisor and course instructors.
- You can see your instructors name on your course schedule
- You can always look up people's email addresses and phone numbers at SKC's Directory at DIRECTORY.skc.edu