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Tips and Tutorials

Watch and Learn

Explore video content, tutorials, and guides, to help you make the most of Rutgers New–Brunswick’s resources and opportunities, enhance your university experience, and achieve success.

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Academic Integrity

Learn about the Rutgers University Academic Integrity Policy, which helps build a supportive environment that builds trust, enhances learning, promotes fairness, and prepares you for future success.

Riding the Bus

Rutgers students share helpful tips and everything you need to know to ride the bus on campus.

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Canvas Learning Management System

Learn how to navigate Canvas, a web-based learning management system that allows Rutgers students to access and manage online course learning materials and communicate about skill development and learning achievement.

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Financial Aid

Learn the ins and outs of the financial aid process, including completing your FAFSA, understanding your loans, and estimating how much federal student aid you might be eligible for.

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Rutgers Handshake

Learn how to activate and use Rutgers Handshake, your No. 1 platform to access thousands of job and internship listings, schedule appointments with career advisers, read employer reviews from other students, network, register for career events, and more.

myRutgers

Explore myRutgers, a one-stop shop for Rutgers online services. Access grades, events, maps, financial information, communicate with the Rutgers community, and much more—from anywhere.

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RU New?

Welcome to Rutgers! Get connected with campus resources and services based on your identities and interests.

Video Series: Managing Your Courses

Not sure how to schedule your classes for the semester? Here's a great place to get started. These videos are general guides for the process, tools, and systems associated with course scheduling. Note: Some features and terminology may have changed since these videos were produced.

Degree Navigator: Need help finding out what courses you need to complete your degree? Degree Navigator has everything you need.

Schedule of Classes: Search through available courses to find out what fits in your schedule and helps meet your degree requirements.

WebReg: Go step-by-step through the process of registering for your courses in WebReg.

Add/Drop: Sometimes you'll need to switch your course schedule for the semester by adding or dropping a course. Check out the Academic Calendar for the dates and deadlines in which courses may be added or dropped.

Course Schedule Planner: Select the courses you want to take this semester, and automatically generates schedules for you to choose from. You have many ways to filter schedules until you find one that works for you.

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Learn the Rutgers Lingo

The words and phrases associated with attending college are often unfamiliar to new students. This glossary of terms, grouped in thematic areas, provides general definitions, as well as some Rutgers-specific definitions, to familiarize students with the words and terms used in regular communications. It also includes frequently used Rutgers acronyms.