Resources

Please view our presentation for helpful tips and strategies to best utilize the resources available to you in Academic Wellbeing.

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Study Techniques

Having trouble finding an effective way of taking notes during your classes? Or do you want to try a different method for studying course content? The Office of Academic Wellbeing created “AW Study Techniques” to provide students with a list of commonly used study and note-taking methods. We recognize that every student learns differently and may need to approach the course material in different ways to master it.

Study Technique Tools (pdf)

Don’t see a strategy you like? Please reach out or stop by our office for additional study skills resources and tips.

Semester Planning Guide

Our Semester Planning Guide is great for planning out larger assignments throughout the semester. It breaks the semester into weeks, so you can break your assignments into manageable parts and complete one at a time. It helps you start larger assignments earlier, avoiding stress later in the semester.

Semester Planning Guide Worksheet (doc)

FINALS PREPARATION GUIDE (doc)

Resources for Students with Anxiety

Do you find yourself getting overwhelmed or stressed out? Or do you feel anxious when preparing for and taking exams? Please know that you are not alone! Many students experience stress and anxiety related to school, test-taking, or just throughout their daily routine. The Office of Academic Wellbeing created a resource of strategies to help students reduce and manage their anxiety. In addition, this resource highlights and connects William & Mary students to Campus Mental Health Services. Please click HERE to download a PDF version of Academic Wellbeing’s “Resources for Anxiety”.

Interested in the coping calendar? Click on the links to access a pre-made (pdf) and blank version (pdf) of Academic Wellbeing’s coping calendar.

Weekly Time Management

Try out a weekly schedule and/or a weekly to-do list to plan your time. You can download these tools as a PDF here or as a Microsoft Word Document here.

Weekly Schedule: Use this hourly template to create a weekly routine for yourself, or plan out individual busy weeks. Block out your classes, when you plan to study and do your homework, when you plan to attend your professors’ office hours, when you have work, and when you have extra-curricular responsibilities. Be sure you also block out time to rest and relax! You can block time for meals, exercise, and spending time doing something that makes you happy, etc.
Weekly To-Do List: Break down your responsibilities into categories to help you prioritize your work. You can break up assignments over multiple days so that your work is balanced across the week, or you can work more on certain days to give yourself more free time on others. It is up to you!

Looking for more suggestions on managing your time? The Time Management Strategies (pdf) document was created to introduce students to commonly used time management strategies and to provide them with advice on how to allocate their time effectively and navigate a challenging schedule.

Time Assessment

If you are trying to get organized and don’t know where to begin, or if you feel like you don’t have enough time, try our Time Assessment Worksheet. It will help you learn how you are currently spending your time, on a daily and weekly basis. Once you are aware of how you are using your time, you can identify what you want to change.

DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEET (pdf)

Video: How to create a schedule

Video: How to use a time assessment tool

General Academic Resources

Looking for more resources? Check out Answers-on-the-Go!