Resources to Build Academic Skills

  • Khan Academy: A free online platform that offers over 10,000 short video lessons on a wide range of subjects, including math, science, history, literature, and computer science. This platform also offers SAT test preparation. 
  • Edx: Online platform where students can audit courses at universities for free. 
    • You can audit CS50 (Harvard’s introductory Computer Science course) for free!
  • Coursera: Online platform where students can audit courses from prestigious universities for free. 
  • Desmos: A free online graphing calculator. 
  • Grammarly: A free online typing assistant that allows students to check their grammar and spelling in English. 
  • Worksheet from Canada College with Instructions for a Basic Essay Format 
  • The High School Student’s Guide to Becoming A Better Writer
  • Google Scholar: Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
  • Zotero: A free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials, such as PDF and ePUB files.
  • Citation Machine: Creates free citations in various English writing formats.