The Academic Center for Excellence wants you to be successful in your classes. We have created a series of academic handouts to supplement the instructional content of Germanna courses.
Accounting
- Accounting Financial Statements
- Chart of Accounts
- Double Entry Logs
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Production Cost Analysis
- When to Debit and Credit in Accounting
American Sign Language
Biology
- Biomolecules
- Cell Respiration
- Conversions and Dimensional Analysis
- Guide to Common Medical Terminology
- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Metric Conversions
- Mitosis vs. Meiosis
- Photosynthesis
- Tips for Reading Scientific Journal Articles
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
- Writing a Lab Report
Chemistry
- Aqueous Reactions
- Black and White Periodic Table
- Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations
- Chemical Conversions and Problems
- Color Periodic Table
- Conversions and Dimensional Analysis
- Gas Laws
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Intermolecular Forces
- Metric Conversions
- Naming Compounds
- Naming Organic Compounds: Alkanes
- Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
- Polyatomic Ion List
- Significant Figure Rules
- Tips for Reading Scientific Journal Articles
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
- VSEPR Theory
- Writing a Lab Report
Communication
Engineering
- Free-Body Diagrams
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- MATLAB Basics
- Moments and Torques
- Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws
- Simplifying Circuits
- SourceCAD: Online AutoCAD Resource
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
- Trusses
- Vectors in 2D
English and Writing
- Annotated Bibliography
- APA Format Guide
- APA Formatting in Word 2021
- APA Formatting in Word for Apple Products
- APA Sample Paper
- APA Paper Checklist for College Writers
- Brainstorming with Venn Diagrams
- Chicago Author Date Style Sample Paper
- Chicago Format Guide Notes and Bibliography
- Chicago Manual Style Paper Checklist for College Writers
- Chicago Notes and Bibliography Sample Paper
- Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide
- Comma Rules
- Common Adjective and Adverb Errors
- Creating a Thesis Statement
- Direct and Indirect Objects
- English and Writing: Controlling Idea/Topic Sentences
- Evaluating Sources
- Five Fixes for Run-Ons and Comma Splices
- Generative AI Citation Guide
- Google Docs Instructions for Formatting an Academic Paper
- Guide to English Grammar
- Guide to Writing an Argumentative Essay
- Guide to Writing an Essay
- Guide to Writing a Research Paper
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- How to Organize a Paper
- How to Write an Abstract
- How to Write an Effective Generative AI Prompt
- Identifying Scholarly Sources
- Incorporating Sources into Research Writing
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Literary Analysis
- Literary Analysis Sample Paper
- Literary Devices
- MLA Format Guide
- MLA Formatting in Word 2021
- MLA Formatting in Word for Apple Products
- MLA Sample Paper
- MLA Paper Checklist for College Writers
- Paper Process Worksheet
- Peer-Editing Evaluation Chart
- Plot Development and Plot Diagrams
- Possessives
- Prepositions
- Process Analysis Paper
- Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
- Pronoun Case
- Research Paper Process Worksheet
- Self-Editing Checklist for College Writers
- Spelling Noun Plurals
- Subject-Verb Agreements
- Tips for Reading Scientific Journal Articles
- The Semicolon
- Thesis Templates
- Transition Words
- Verb Tenses
- Writing a Problem-Solution Paper
- Writing a Research Paper in the Social Sciences
- Writing a Lab Report
English as a Second Language
- Accuplacer ESL Test Information Guide
- An ELL Guide to Understanding Plagiarism
- Common Adjective and Adverb Errors
- Guide to Common Medical Terminology
- Guide to English Grammar
- Helpful Resources for ESL Nursing Students
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Possessives
- Prepositions
- Spelling Noun Plurals
- Subject/Verb Agreement
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
- Use of Articles
- Use of Prepositions
- Verb Tenses
- Verbals
Foreign Languages
Foreign Languages - Spanish
- A Quick Guide to Spanish Syntax
- Commands
- Direct, Indirect, and Reflexive Pronouns
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Por and Para
- Preterit and Imperfect
- Saber and Conocer
- Ser and Estar
- Spanish Listening Exercises
- Spanish: Perfect Tenses
- Spanish Verbs
- The Subjunctive
Generative Artificial Intelligence
- An Introduction to Generative AI
- Generative AI Citation Guide
- How to Write an Effective Generative AI Prompt
- Using Generative AI as an Academic Tool
Information Systems Technology
- Coding Errors: Debugging and Troubleshooting Techniques
- Coding: For and While Loops
- Coding Resource Guide
- Computer Competency Requirement & Resource Information
- Computer Keyboard Shortcuts
- Computer Programming Problem Solving Process
- CS and IT Conversions
- Helpful Tips for Using Microsoft Word
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- How to Download and Install Microsoft Office 365
- HTML Quick Reference Guide
- ITN Address Tool Set Instruction Video
- ITN Address Tool Set
- ITP 100: A Guide to Project Preparation and Submission
- ITP 100: A Video Guide to Project Preparation and Submission
- ITP 120: How to Download and Create Java Projects in Eclipse
- ITP 120: Video Guide to Downloading and Creating Java Projects in Eclipse
- ITP 120: How to Prepare and Submit a Java Project
- ITP 120: Video Guide to Preparing and Submitting a Java Project
- Java: Variables and Data Types
- Object-Oriented Programming with Java
- Pseudocode and Flowcharts
- Python: Input and Output
- Python: Variables and Data Types
- TI-83 Graphing Calculator Workshop
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
Mathematics
- Calculus: Disk/Washer and Shell Methods
- Calculus Limits
- Change of Number Bases
- Combining Algebraic Expressions
- Common Derivatives and Integrals
- Common Trigonometric Angle Measurements
- Completing the Square
- Complex Numbers
- Converging and Diverging Series
- Decimals, Fractions and Percents
- Divisibility Rules
- Exponents, Radicals, and Scientific Notation
- Factoring Methods
- Fundamentals of Probability
- Geometric Formulas
- Graphing Polynomial Functions
- Graphing Linear Equations
- Higher Order of Differential Equations
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- How to Graph Trigonometric Functions
- How to Use a Graphing Calculator to Solve a System of Equations
- How to Verify Trigonometric Identities
- Introduction to Differential Equations
- Introduction to Fractions
- Introduction to Word Problems
- Laplace Transforms
- Linear Equations
- Logarithms
- Logic Truth Tables
- Long and Synthetic Division of Polynomials
- Math Strategies
- Metric Conversion
- Microsoft Excel Math Function Index
- Microsoft Excel Math Formula Guide
- Order of Operations and Signed Numbers
- Partial Derivatives
- Permutations and Combinations
- Polynomial Fractions
- Radicals and Fractional Exponents
- Resources for Reviewing Basic Math Skills
- Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Matrices
- StatCrunch Reference Guide
- Statistics Hypothesis Testing
- Statistics TI-83 Usage Handouts
- Squares, Cubes, and Their Roots
- The Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant
- Trigonometric Substitution
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
- Tips for Using MyLab Math
- Unit Circle
- Vectors in 2D
- Venn Diagrams
Music
Nursing
- A Cumulative Review of Drug Dosage Practice Problems
- Advanced Drug Dosage Practice Problem Packet
- Guide to Common Medical Terminology
- Drug Dosage Calculation Packet
- Helpful Resources for ESL Nursing Students
- HESI A2 Nursing Entrance Exam Preparation Guide
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Introductory Drug Dosage Practice Problem Packet
- Nursing Conversions and Formulas
- TEAS Preparation Guide
- TEAS Practice Questions
- Test Taking Strategies for Nurses
Online Learning Resources
- 8 Strategies for Success in Online and Hybrid Courses
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Introduction to Student Email
- MyGCC Quick Guide
- Online Learning at Germanna
Physics
- Common Derivatives and Integrals
- Common Trigonometric Angle Measurements
- Free-Body Diagrams
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Metric Conversion
- Moments and Torques
- Ohm's and Kirchoff's Laws
- Simplifying Circuits
- Tips for Understanding Commonly Used STEM Vocabulary
- Trusses
- Vectors in Two Dimensions
Social Sciences
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- Identifying Scholarly Sources
- Writing a Research Paper in the Social Sciences
Tips for College Success
- 8 Strategies for Success in Online and Hybrid Courses
- An ELL Guide to Understanding Plagiarism
- Brainfuse Online Tutoring
- Computer Keyboard Shortcuts
- Course To-Do List
- Time Management Skills for College Students Video
- Guidelines for Improving Note-Taking Skills
- Helpful Tips for Using Microsoft Word
- How to Be a Successful Online Learner
- How to Order Textbooks Online
- Managing Test Anxiety
- Math Strategies
- Navigate Study Buddies
- Student Schedule Worksheet
- Student Study Group Information
- Test-Taking Tips
- Tips for Studying a Foreign Language