Student resources

Cégep à distance offers the following tools to help you succeed with your studies. Please also refer to our Student support and supervision page to learn about the wide variety of support services offered before registration and until graduation.

How to better manage your studies

Cégep à distance invites you to make the most of the following tools to plan and manage your studies.
The brochure Off to a Good Start! explains the steps for beginning your studies at Cégep à distance on the right foot and provides essential information to keep handy while studying at Cégep à distance.
In addition to describing the rules and procedures in effect at Cégep à distance, Introduction and Instructions provides lots of advice to help you succeed in your studies.

Guides

• The Road to Success
  This guide presents 11 tips to help you succeed.
• Cégep à distance Session Organization Guide
  This guide will help you use a variety of tools to plan your study session. Download your Planning tools.
• Examination Stress Guide
  This guide is designed to help you manage your stress while preparing for, and during your exam.
• Guide to Understanding Motivation
  This guide will help you to better understand what incites you to act and even what might be hindering your studies. Several tools are presented that will help you to maintain the motivation that is required to achieve your goals.
• Work Method Guide
  This guide will help you learn more about reading goals and strategies for effective reading and note-taking.

Support materials: Improve your skills

French

The Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development (CCDMD) has created a website called Amélioration du français (French improvement) with hundreds of resources to increase your French-language skills.
For a complete refresher course, you could consider taking the very affordable online course called “Du français sans fautes,” which was produced by the Société de formation à distance des commissions scolaires du Québec (SOFAD). Do the free diagnostic test and then evaluate your needs.

Mathematics

Review basic mathematical concepts from high school using the Mathematics Review Modules developed by Gilles Desbiens. These modules allow you to refresh and evaluate your knowledge using problems and review tests.