Academic Resources

Below we have compiled some resources that we have considered helpful in school and academics.

General

Organization

• Forest – Stay Focused
  • App that helps the user stay focused. You get to plant trees and when you leave the app the tree dies so it helps you stay off your phone more. If you eventually reach enough time focused they plant a real tree for you which is kinda neat
    https://www.forestapp.cc/
• Microsoft’s TODO List
  • Todo List to keep tasks organized
    https://todo.microsoft.com/tasks/
• How To Study
  •  site with a bunch of different articles on studying, including ones specific to different subject areas
    https://www.howtostudy.org/index.php
• Pomodoro Technique
  • technique to study effectively
    https://learningcommons.ubc.ca/the-pomodoro-technique-study-more-efficiently-take-more-breaks/ 

Learning Resources

• Learning Hub
  • Support for undergraduate students run by the UBCO Library with free support for writing and study skills, as well as free Math and Science Tutoring
    https://students.ok.ubc.ca/academic-success/learning-hub/
• Coursera
  • Free Online Education
    https://www.coursera.org/
• Khan Academy
  • Course Content Support, Tutorials, and Practice Problems
    https://www.khanacademy.org/
• edX
  • Course Content Online
    https://www.edx.org/
• SciTalks
  • Compilation of talks from multiple institutions and conferences for Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.
    https://scitalks.ca/collections

Subject Resources

Computer Science

• UBCO Computer Science Discord
  • https://discord.gg/WSm7a8x
• CodeAcademy
  • Programming Fundamentals and Basics
    https://www.codecademy.com/
• Free Code Camp
  • Programming Bootcamps
    https://www.freecodecamp.org/
• Scrimba
  • Programming Support for WebDev, Algorithms, and Software Development
    https://scrimba.com/allcourses?free=true
• GeeksForGeeks
  • Computer Science support and education for coding, data structures, algorithms, networking, and Machine Learning
    https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
• HackerRank
  • Programming practice problems and interview questions
    https://www.hackerrank.com/
• Web Development Support
  • W3 Schools
    • General WebDev support for both frontend and backend (including Node.js)
      https://www.w3schools.com/
  • CSS-Tricks
    • Guide to any cool frontend development and design with CSS
      https://css-tricks.com/
  • Mozilla Develelopment Network
    • General WebDev Support
      https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
  • Django Support by Vitor Freitas
    • Helpful Tutorials and Blogs for Django API Development
      https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/
      https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS3lgmo8xYcOGTn_fv2mLgw
• Microsoft Arcade MakeCode
  • Video Game development Tutorials
    https://arcade.makecode.com/
• Git Resources
  • Atlassian
    • https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/
  • Pro Git Book
    • https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/

Mathematics

• Math Tutorials
  •  http://patrickjmt.com/
• Matrix Algebra Tutorials with Visualization
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab
• PhET Simualtions
  • Interactive Simulations for Physics and Math
    https://phet.colorado.edu/

Physics

• PhET Simulations
  • Interactive Simulations for Physics and Math
    https://phet.colorado.edu/
• Physics Classroom
  • Physics lessons, simulations, virtual labs, and general resources
    https://www.physicsclassroom.com/
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
  • Running some events and talks
    https://www.rasc.ca/covid

Statistics

• jbstatistics
  • Statistics Tutorials and Practice Problems
    https://www.jbstatistics.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiHi6xXLzi9FMr9B0zgoHqA
• Data Camp
  • Courses and Bootcamps for Data Science
    https://www.datacamp.com/
• TowardsDataScience
  
  • Blogs and tutorials for Data Science and Machine Learning, with support for Big Data
    https://towardsdatascience.com/