• You can email staff members to schedule online 1:1 and group meetings via WebEx, Zoom, Facetime, GoogleDuo, phone, email, and text.
  • Hannah Stone
  • Sarah Bartz
  • Beth Julian

• The Center for Academic Success and Exploratory Majors team will continue to support you with tools centered explicitly on success in online learning environments:
  • Completing online homework.
  • Test-taking online.
  • Learning customization (settings, profile, notifications).
  • Time Management tools in Canvas (notifications, calendar, announcements, syllabus, modules).
• If you are struggling with this transition, please contact one of us to schedule an appointment using the information listed above.
• We will continue to check in with you as the transition takes place.
• A team member will work with students who need assistance to develop individual success plans for the rest of the semester.

• If you would like to meet with a peer tutor, please submit a Tutor Request form. Our policy will stand: please complete a request form 48 hours before you would need help.
• New requests will be processed from findyoursuccess@lvc.edu and assigned to a peer tutor, who is expected to respond to you within 48-72 hours.
• Once a request is received, the assigned peer tutor will contact you directly, set up a meeting, and discuss next steps.
• Tutors and clients are encouraged to work together for 1:1 online tutoring using Zoom.

• Yes, due to social distancing, study pods will be meeting virtually this semester. 
• If you are in a course with a study pod, the pod leader's Zoom Meeting ID and password information will be distributed via email prior to the first pod during the second week of the semester.
• View the full schedule here. *Note: the website will not list meeting ID and password information for privacy reasons, please refer to the email sent at the beginning of the semester.
• Each week, you will be able to access your Study Pod using the pod leader's Zoom meeting information as outlined above.
• Considerations: When joining a pod, please try to choose a quiet workspace with minimal distractions/interruptions/background noise.

• If you would like to have a paper reviewed by a writing tutor, please submit a Tutor Request form. Our policy will stand: please complete a request form 48 hours before you would need help.
• In the “What would you like to work on during the session?” section, please include the specific things you are concerned about in your paper (e.g., organization, thesis, word choice, etc.).
• New requests will be processed from findyoursuccess@lvc.edu and assigned to a writing tutor, who is expected to respond to you within 48-72 hours.
• Once a request is received, the assigned writing tutor will contact you directly to receive your paper, set up a potential conference, and discuss further steps.
• If you already work with a writing tutor, you will be encouraged to continue working together using a variety of means (Webex, Zoom, Facetime).
• You may meet with a writing tutor directly and/or receive feedback and suggestions using Track Changes via Microsoft Word. 

• In Fall 2020, you can meet with your assigned FYE Writing Mentor through a variety of means, which will be determined by the Writing Mentor for each course.
  • Meetings may be scheduled by individual appointment OR by signing up through conference hours determined by the FYE Writing Mentor. Please refer to your specific section information and communication from the mentor.
• Meetings are encouraged to take place through online conferencing via Zoom or revisions via Microsoft Word/email as long as Track Changes are utilized and no actual edits are made to the document unless accepted/approved by the student. 
• Note that suggestions will be provided via comments.

Writing Center Desk Hours will operate in a mostly virtual format this semester. 

Drop-In Hours will be offered Monday-Thursday, 7-9 p.m.

You can connect with a Writing Tutor in one of two ways:

1) Log in to the Writing Tutor's Zoom "Room" and enter the Waiting Room until the Tutor is ready to meet. Room information will be provided via email at the beginning of the semester.

2) Email your document to one of the two tutors on duty that day and receive feedback via email exchange/Microsoft Word document review via Track Changes/comments.

NOTE: Revisions and comments sent via email/Microsoft Word MUST utilize Track Changes with no actual edits made to the paper unless accepted by the student. 

Organizational tutors are students who mentor, model, and teach peers effective and healthy time management and organizational skills as well as study habits in order to function independently as a competent and successful student. 

Fill out the Tutor Request Form online. The request will be sent to an organizational tutor, who will be in touch with you within 48 hours. 

Please give all tutors at least 48 hours' notice before you would like to meet. Any requests made before that window are not guaranteed. 

You'll get the most out of your session with an organizational tutor if you come prepared to share any calendars/planners (paper or electronic!), examples of how you take notes, and your current feelings regarding what is and isn't working well for you as a student. An open mindset will take you far! 

The spring 2021 schedule will be posted in early May.