Smarthinking Online Tutoring
Online tutoring for Lone Star College System students enrolled in online classes
Lone Star College System provides online tutoring for students enrolled in online classes. This DOES NOT include hybrid classes. Please remember, your first point of contact for help with your class is your instructor. Tutoring is only a supplement and available hours are LIMITED. Your Smarthinking username will be your lonestar username+2268; so zzsmith becomes zzsmith2268 and initial password is birthdate WITHOUT slashes [mmddyy]. | |
What is It? SMARTHINKING is the leading provider of online tutoring. Students connect to live tutors from any computer that has Internet access. SMARTHINKING is a virtual learning assistance center providing online tutoring 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Smarthinking also has an online writing lab where E-structor® Certified tutors critique and return essays within 24 hours.
How do students and tutors interact? Students work in real-time with an tutor, submit questions or essays for a next day response, or pre-schedule online appointments. Students communicate with tutors using a virtual whiteboard technology. Scientific and mathematical notation, symbols, geometric figures, graphing and freehand drawing can be rendered quickly and easily.
Can a student buy it? Smarthinking is included with registration in a Distance Learning course. But other students can purchase tutoring time from SMARTHINKING with their credit card.
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