General WKU Help Resources

This section contains links to university resources and services that may prove helpful to you over the course of the term. Each link opens in a new window.

Technical Support

• WKU Students can call 270-745-7000 for technical support. Other information can be found at http://www.wku.edu/infotech/
• A number of short videos on common questions about software and technology are available at https://asaweb2.wku.edu/atech/trainingsite/index.php?fuseaction=calendar.tutorials.
• See also the link to the left for help with Tegrity videos.

Special Interest for Online Students

• Are you ready to be an online student? http://www.wku.edu/online/dlorientation.html Visit "Is Distance Learning for me?" at http://www.wku.edu/online/areyouready.html and try the 2 quizzes (Student Skills and Technical Skills) to see how prepared you are to be an online student. You'll find them linked in the 3rd paragraph.

• Enroll in an Online Community for Distance Learners http://www.wku.edu/online/orient_social_network

• Useful information for the distance student http://www.wku.edu/reachu/All/html/StudentLinks.php (including directions to campus and how to get a parking permit).
• WKUReal: Reaching Each Adult Learner http://www.wku.edu/real/

Research Tools

• WKU Libraries: http://www.wku.edu/library/
• Son of Citation: This tool helps format citations in appropriate styles http://citationmachine.net/index.php
• Research Helps for Psychology Majors from the WKU libraries. http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/rsrchguides/dept/html/psyc.html
• Kentucky Virtual Library: http://www.kyvl.org/

Inventory of College Level Study Skills

Found this measure online, thought it was interesting. http://www.sarc.sdes.ucf.edu/?id=form_studyskills_inventory

It asks for identifying information and for an advisor. I used a name, etc that would let them know I was a visitor, not one of their students. And left advisor blank. When I submitted, it asked again for an advisor, but it calculated my scores anyway.

Tutoring

• List of tutoring services http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/CTL/tutoringhandout.html Some offer helps to online students and some don't yet.
• The Learning Center has begun offering online tutoring: http://www.wku.edu/advising/index.php?page=online-tutoring

Other Helps

• Student Engagement Activity Transcript (SEAT). As a WKU student, you have access to an online tool that permits you to track your activities and produces a vita-like document as a record for you. If you attend events at which your ID card is swiped, they will appear on your SEAT at some point before the end of the term. Login to yours at: http://www.wku.edu/SEAT/
• Career Services Center: http://www.wku.edu/CareerServ/
• Counseling & Testing Center: http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/StuAffairs/COUNS/index.htm
• Student Disability Services: http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/SDS/sds.htm
• Parking & Transportation (http://parking1.wku.edu/dnn/default.aspx) is located at South Campus. Note that the visitor permits at the WKU Welcome Center will NOT count for students. If they issue a "visitors" permit unknowingly to a faculty, staff or student, that person will be ticketed...Parking & Transportation checks license numbers when they check parking lots.