College Tips - Proper Lighting and Studying

It is important for the online student to prepare for his online courses even before classes start. It is recommended that one should designate a study area for this purpose. Proper lighting of the study area is important because this can affect your vision and the mood during study time.

The use of fluorescent tubes to achieve lower illumination levels is suggested. Illumination levels refer to the amount of light falling on a surface. Higher illumination levels wash out the image on the screen allowing better view of your documents and your computer screen. It is also a good idea to provide supplementary task lighting through lamps that have adjustable light settings.

Your computer has contrast settings that you can manually adjust according to your visual needs. You may want to prevent excessive contrast by reducing it and by avoiding extremely dark or bright surfaces since viewing may become difficult if task and adjacent surroundings have high contrast.

Preventing glare is as important as keeping the contrast settings to a minimum to your preference. You may re-orient your work station in your study room and move the sources of glare out of your line of sight. Your study room’s windows may be covered with Venetian blinds, curtains, shades or filters that can reduce glare coming from sunlight and other light sources in your study area. Your monitor can also be colored with an anti-glare screen to reduce glare.

Would you believe that wearing bright clothes may also cause glare? Yes, they do so it would be wise to avoid wearing brightly-colored clothes during your study hours to avoid causing a reflection on the screen.

There are many more tips we could apply to have that much-needed and relaxed study place to make your online study experience worth while.