Ask Ellen – eLearning Peer Mentor

Meet Ellen Chun-Ying Hsu, an online student at Shoreline, who joined eLearning Services as an eLearning Student Peer Mentor in 2013. Since then she has helped students in more than 100 online classes with an “Ask Ellen” discussion board where students post questions about the learning management system, Canvas. Students often tell Ellen that they never have enough time but her advice is:

• Read the syllabus carefully.
• Plan ahead by reviewing the upcoming modules and keeping track of upcoming assignments in a calendar.
• Ask questions early about big assignments and work on the assignment weeks ahead of the deadline.
• Post to discussions early so your classmates can respond to you.

Study Ahead = Bonus Week. Ellen found that keeping to her “Plan Ahead” method gave her a bonus week at the end of the quarter. While others were working all night and stressing about submission deadlines, she was finished with her classes!