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Success Tool Library
Our tool library covers many topics like time management, understanding GPA, studying for exams, and more. If you know what tool you're looking for, check out the Complete Tool Library. If you're unsure of the tool you need. Look at the Toolboxes that focus on specific areas of help.
Groupings of tools and directions designed to help specific problems.
The College Transition
These are the key tools we think will help you succeed as you transition into college.
Taking Better Notes
A collection of all our tools around note-taking and suggestions on how to improve.
How to Study
Tools designed to help you actually study and not just stare at paper.
Studying More Effectively
A deep dive into what the best studying habits looks like.
Fighting Procrastination
Productive ways to start early and finish before deadlines.
Midterm Check-In
Midterms is an excellent opportunity to pause, assess, and plan of the rest of the semester.
Finals Prep
Get all the tools and information you need to help prepare for finals!
A B C
- Academic Success Plan (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Academic Success Plan Follow-Up (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Backwards Mapping - Short Term - now called Task Manager (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Backwards Mapping - Large Project - now called Project Planning (html)
- Blooms Taxonomy (pdf or html)
- Calendar Tips and Tricks (html)
- Canvas Tips (html)
- College Communication Etiquette (html)
- College Transition Toolbox
- Cornell Notes (pdf or html) - pdf sample
D E F
- Email Etiquette - now called College Communication Etiquette (html)
- Exam Study Plan (pdf or Qualtrics)
- Feynman Technique - Studying for Understanding (pdf or html)
- Fighting Procrastination Toolbox
- Finals Prep Checklist - Fall 2025 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Finals Prep Toolbox
G H I
- GPA Calculator (external link)
- GPA Pit Stop (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Group Project Management (html)
- Growth Mindset Worksheet (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- How to Order Textbooks (YouTube)
- Inbox Management (html)
- Interleaving Study Technique (pdf or html)
J K L
M N O
- Midterm Check-In Toolbox
- Mind Mapping (pdf or html)
- Mnemonic Devices (pdf or html)
- Notes Summary (pdf or Qualtrics) - pdf sample
- Office Hours Tips (html)
P Q R S
- Pomodoro Study Method (pdf or html)
- Post Test Analysis (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Prioritization Mapping (pdf and Qualtrics form)
- Project Planning (html)
- Semester at a Glance - Summer 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Semester at a Glance - Fall 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Semester at a Glance - Spring 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Study Skills Inventory (Qualtrics form)
- Studying More Effectively Toolbox
- SQ3R Reading Strategy (html)
- Syllabus One-Pager (pdf or Qualtric form)
T U V
- Taking Better Notes Toolbox
- Task Manager (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Test Taking Tips and Tricks (pdf or html)
- The Study Cycle (pdf or html)
- THIEVES Method Reading Strategy (html)
- Time Audit (pdf or Qualtrics form)
W X Y Z
- Week at a Glance (pdf or Qualtrics form) - pdf sample
- Weekly Checklist (pdf and Qualtrics form)
- Wheel of Academic Coaching (pdf or Qualtrics form)
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Coaching Tools
- Wheel of Academic Coaching (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Academic Success Plan (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Academic Success Plan Follow-Up (pdf or Qualtrics form)
College 101
- Calendar Tips and Tricks (html)
- Canvas Tips (html)
- College Transition Toolbox
- Finals Prep Toolbox
- Group Project Management (html)
- How to Order Textbooks (YouTube)
- Midterm Check-In Toolbox
- Syllabus One-Pager (pdf or Qualtric form)
Communication
GPA
- GPA Calculator (external link)
- GPA Pit Stop (pdf or Qualtrics form)
Motivation
- Fighting Procrastination Toolbox
- Growth Mindset Worksheet (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Locus of Control Inventory (Qualtrics)
Reading and Note-Taking
- Cornell Notes (pdf or html) - pdf sample
- Mind Mapping (pdf or html)
- Notes Summary (pdf or Qualtrics) - pdf sample
- SQ3R Reading Strategy (html)
- Taking Better Notes Toolbox
- THIEVES Method Reading Strategy (html)
Studying and Test Taking
- Blooms Taxonomy (pdf or html)
- Exam Study Plan (pdf or Qualtrics)
- Feynman Technique - Studying for Understanding (pdf or html)
- Finals Prep Checklist - Spring 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Finals Prep Toolbox
- Interleaving Study Technique (pdf or html)
- Leitner System - Studying with Flashcards (pdf or html)
- Mnemonic Devices (pdf or html)
- Pomodoro Study Method (pdf or html)
- Post Test Analysis(pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Study Skills Inventory (Qualtrics form)
- Studying More Effectively Toolbox
- Test Taking Tips and Tricks (pdf or html)
- The Study Cycle (pdf or html)
Time Managment
- Prioritization Mapping (pdf and Qualtrics form)
- Project Planning (html)
- Semester at a Glance - Summer 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Semester at a Glance - Fall 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Semester at a Glance - Spring 2026 (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Task Manager (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Time Audit (pdf or Qualtrics form)
- Week at a Glance (pdf or Qualtrics form) - pdf sample
- Weekly Checklist (pdf and Qualtrics form)
If you experience any difficulty accessing or using an Academic Success Tool, please contact us at achievement@ksu.edu