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How the Virtual Tutoring Commons works
The online tutoring program here at Open Campus allows you the student to receive free assistance from our tutors using the internet. Many students are unable to set appointments with on-campus tutors due to time issues, their work, or travel problems. Therefore we have provided you with tutors who use a couple of online tools in order to assist you with your college work. The tutors can talk to you instantly online using Skype or G-mail. Both of these programs are free and can be downloaded onto your computer in a matter of minutes.
Skype is a free program that has a screen sharing tool which allows the tutor to see your computer screen. This means that you can pull up your assignment and the tutor can assist you as if you were both sitting in the same room. There is an instructional video for Skype which is available on the Open Campus Student Success Forum Blackboard Community. Feel free to add yourself to the community as it is a great resource for online students. To join our Open Campus Community: Go to Blackboard/Click on “Community” tab/Click on “Open Campus Student Success Forum.” Or you can click on this link to view the video: http://tinyurl.com/FSCJSKYPETut.
G-mail has an instant messaging feature that allows you to email your assignment to the tutor and to chat with him/her instantly.
Who can use it?
All Open Campus students may use the Virtual Tutoring Commons. Currently we are only offering a writing tutor, however in the future there will be additional subject areas covered. You must have a valid Florida State College at Jacksonville email address in order to schedule an appointment. At the beginning of your first session with the tutor you will be asked to verify that you have an FSCJ email account. This is to ensure that students from outside of the college are not utilizing our services.
How do I set up an appointment?
In order to schedule an appointment you must visit this link http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CKCM4PNGA/ and fill out all of the fields. Once you have submitted the form the coordinator will send you an email as soon as possible. This email will contain a time and date for your appointment based off of the information you have provided. Please have your Gmail account or Skype account installed, open, and be logged in. The tutor will add you as a contact based off of the screen-name that you provided. You only have to accept the invitation once since Gmail or Skype will save the tutor as a contact. The tutor will then introduce his/herself and begin the session.
When are the tutors available?
The tutoring schedule is:
Sundays through Thursdays from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM
If you have any questions or comments you may contact Chris Bickerstaff at cbickers@fscj.edu.
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