Student Success Series

The Student Success Series contains exploratory, skills-based, adaptive lessons that provide support to students in basic academic skills. The series can be used in its entirety, or individual lessons may be provided to students as a means of remediation for specific issues. In all lessons, students are presented with new methods and skills, and then asked to practice these elements before ultimately deciding what approaches work best for them.
Additional Public Access To Materials:
https://www.nrc-hub.org/student-success/lessons/
Date:
2016
Primary Material Type:
Reference Material
Institution:
Passaic County Community College
Project Name:
Student Success Series
Funding Source:
TAACCCT Round 1
Subjects:
Student Success, foundational, taking notes, test taking, planning, support, remediation, academic skills

Industry / Occupation

Industry Partner:
This was a partnership between the NRC and Smart Sparrow
Industry Sector:
Developmental Education
Occupation:
All Occupations (00-0000)

Education / Instructional Information

Credit Type:
  • None
Credential Type:
  • None
Educational Level of Materials:
  • 1st year Community College or equivalent
Time Required:
5 hr
Language:
English (United States)
Interactivity Type:
Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.
Quality Note:
The Smart Sparrow team partnered with Subject Matter Experts provided by the Northeast Resiliency Consortium in creating this online course. The process consisted of regular collaboration, review, and feedback that shaped the final product.
Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
  • Consultations during development of instructional materials
  • Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
  • Using an approved rubric to conduct the evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
  • Expertise of Project's Instructional Designers
  • Other Rubric

Accessibility

Accessibility Features:
  • Text Access - Text to Speech
  • Text Adjust - Compatible
  • Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
  • Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
  • Reading Order - Digital resource layout
  • Structural Markup - Navigation Text
  • Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
  • Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
  • Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
  • Complex Images, Charts, and Graphs Have Text Descriptions
  • Audio/Video Delivered Via Media Player
  • Non Flickering Content

Copyright / Licensing

Copyright Owner:
Smart Sparrow