CLA PES Orientation

NEXT STEPS

Done Registering for Fall? Follow the Instructions and Tips below to lock in for fall!

Preparing for your First Semester

Set up your Calendars:

Subscribe to the UMN's Academic Calendar via your Google Calendar!
Subscribe to your Canvas Calendar (Instructions Linked Here)

Setup your Phone Homescreen:

- Add the CLA PES HANDBOOK as a Shortcut to Homescreen
- Learn about College Student Homescreen Organization

Find Your Community:

Discover cultural centers, student groups, offices, academic departments, and more to find the communities for all of your intersecting identities. Our Communities
Engage and connect with other like-minded students by joining a university club or organization. Student Clubs & Orgs on GopherLink

Try these Hacks & Lock In Tips:

Use YouTube & Outside sources
Get ahead in Math by knowing the Course Expectations (pacing, rigor, homework, exams)
Try Chrome Extensions and Apps to Maximize Productivity.
- - Organization & Productivity: MyHomework, ToDoist,
  - Add Ons: Canvas+, Better Canvas, Read & Write,
  - Academics: iStudiez/iStudiez Pro, Grammarly, Notability or Good Notes.
  - Registration: Gopher Grades

Complete these Tutorials:

Everything you need to about Getting Started at the UMN
Complete Learning Online 101 in Canvas❗

Use the Academic Success Resources

Visit Success.UMN.edu to locate support resources for all your classes and needs.
- - - Peer Tutoring
    - Meet 1:1 with an Academic Skills Coach
    - Writing Center services,
    - Library support with research or media projects
    - and more!

Getting Accomodations

What are Accommodations? Reduce Barriers to your Education.

An accommodation is an adjustment to a policy or practice that provides equal access for a student with a short or long-term physical disability (visible or invisible) and/or with a mental health condition that makes it more challenging to be a student.

The Disability Resource Center (DRC) arranges accommodations to reduce disability-related barriers to full access to your education.

Common barriers include:

● Environmental distractions

● Working within time constraints

● Accessing technology or information

● Accessing facilities, equipment, or space

● Traditional note-taking methods

● Accessing auditory or visual information

● Practices that inhibit participating in class

Chat with a DRC Consultant during Orientation:

DRC Drop-In hours provide time for a brief, first-come, first-served, 10-15-minute consultative conversation to learn more about the DRC or explore whether working with it would be a good fit for you.

Drop-In Hours: Every day, Monday - Friday
- - 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (noon)
  - 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: 170 McNamara Alumni Center

CLA PES Orientation

NEXT STEPS

Preparing for your First Semester

Getting Accomodations

What are Accommodations? Reduce Barriers to your Education.

More Questions?