Online resources
Do you like to learn things on your own, on your own time? Or perhaps you want to ask for help, but no one is available?
Learn valuable strategies and information by exploring the free resources available to you. Whether you are looking to improve your skills, reach new goals, or try something different, our online resources can provide strategies and tips to help you grow.
New! Online Learning resources Canvas course
Created by your Online Learning Coaches, the SLH Online Learning Resources Canvas course is designed to provide you with free resources and materials to help you be successful in your online courses. This course is self-guided, low-stakes, and completely free.
Learn at your own pace by exploring a variety of topics, including:
- Getting Start with Online Learning
- Learning Technology at UBC Okanagan
- Time Management and Planning
- Communicating Online
- Study Skills for Tests and Exams
- Self Care While Learning Online
- Campus Services at UBC Okanagan
- Academic Integrity
- University of Victoria English Language Centre Study Zone: Provides explanations and practice exercises for a variety of grammar points organized by level.
- Purdue OWL Grammar Exercises: A collection of common grammar points used in academic writing and exercises organized by themes (e.g. punctuation, sentence structure, and tense consistency).
- INTERACTIVE, Online Exercises: Exercises to help improve sentence structure (e.g. fragments, run-on sentences, and subject-verb agreement).
- Using English for Academic Purposes (UEFAP): Academic Vocabulary and Exercises: Exercises with vocabulary from the academic word list used in context.
- British Council Word Family Framework: Use this website to find out the different word forms (e.g. publication, publicize, public, publically).
- BBC: Learning English: Improve your knowledge of English through news stories. This site provides a good mix of everyday English and grammar review.
- Quizlet: Create and print vocabulary flashcards with pictures.
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL): The essential online resource for all questions regarding academic writing, including essay formats, academic writing style for different disciplines, grammar, and citation styles.
- Academic Phrasebank (University of Manchester): A collection of useful academic expressions organized by function that you can use to help write research reports and essays (e.g. comparing, describing statistics, and explaining causality).
- Using English for Academic Purposes (UEFAP) Writing Genres: An overview of the most common elements and writing genres found in academic writing. The overviews and exercises can help you organize your essay and reports.
BUSINESS
- Breaking News English: Vocabulary exercises based on current business news articles
- Business English Pod: A range of audio/video business vocabulary lessons
- Professional Word Web: Frequently used vocabulary of Business and Economics
- Voice of America Business WordBook: Glossary of basic business terms, audio, and illustrations
HEALTH
- Breaking News English: Vocabulary exercises based on current health news articles
- Englishclub.com: English for nurses and medical professionals
- Eslflow.com: Resources and links to sites that cover body/health vocabulary, communication, and doctor/patient dialogue
- YouTube: Medical Terms: Covers medical terms based on prefixes, roots, and suffixes
- Voice of America Health WordBook: Glossary of basic health terms that are defined, optionally read aloud, and illustrated
MATH
- Mathwords: Defines, illustrates, and exemplifies terms and formulas from beginning algebra to calculus
The UBC Okanagan Calendar defined plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct in which “an individual submits or presents the oral or written work of another persona as his or her own”. Plagiarism is when there is no recognition of sources, other authors, etc. People are sometimes unaware of the necessity of citing every source, how much overlap between texts would be considered plagiarism, or simply careless about the information they are including in their paper.
When you use the words or ideas of others in a paper or presentation, you must remember to reference your sources.
