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MHCC offers online tutoring to accommodate students
Ease of access expected to help those who may not be able to go to Learning Success Center on campus
The Advocate
The MHCC Learning Success Center has evolved with online tutoring, joining more than 30 Oregon and Washington colleges.
Lance Lannigan Lab coordinator and technology skills specialist said, "We are really excited because we don't offer tutoring on the weekends, we have lots of drop-in tutoring, but there are specific tutors that are only there on certain days," Students can access the online tutoring website, titled Northwest ETutoring, from any computer at any time, though the tutoring website does have specific times when tutors are available.
To access the website: first go to the Mt. Hood website, then find 'Quicklinks', once you find that scroll down to 'online tutoring' this will take you to Mt. hood's page for NW eTutoring.
The first time you visit you'll be required to use your student ID for the login and password. Once you login you will be required to change your password.
According to Lannigan, the eTutoring offers another level of tutoring, with more options. It also offers subjects online that aren't available in the Learning success center.
The tutoring site offers three different types of tutoring, the online writing lab, Live tutoring and offline questions.
"The online writing lab is one of the main features of the site," Lannigan said.
In the online writing lab students fill out a form telling about the assignment and attach their writing assignment through a message on the website. When tutors log on, they take a file from the top of the list to make edits and give the student help. Students should get a response in 24 to 48 hours.
The live tutoring is chatting back and forth through messages on the site, like an instant message. When no tutors are available, or a specific tutor is not online, students can leave a specific offline questions and get a response within 48 hours.
"There are some subjects we don't offer in the Learning Success Center or certain tutors are busy when students need help, so this is a great option where someone can go online and connect with a tutor," Lannigan said.
Some subjects the site offers that the Learning Success Center does not are Medical Coding and Web development.
"Anybody can do this (online tutoring) from home, but if they have questions they can come in the lab and I can walk them through it if it's their first time using the program," said Lannigan.
The Learning Success Center is located in the upper level of the library. They offer many tutoring subjects and also have a lab where students can receive help on assignments, or work on computers. The hours are Mon – Thurs 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. The center is not open on weekends.
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