Online Tutoring
Las Positas College offers online tutoring in Writing to ALL students, whether your class is online or on campus. So if you need assistance with an essay or research paper in English, Psychology, Sociology, or any other course, our online Writing tutor can help you.
Online tutoring for Math is available to online or on-campus students in the following courses: Math 20, 38, 42A, 42B, 44, 45, 55, 55A, 55B, 55X, 55Y, 65, 65A, 65B, 65X, 65Y, 107, 107X, and 107Y. We hope to expand online tutoring to other areas in the future.
Meet the Writing tutor (video)
Meet the Math tutor (video)
Tutoring hours
Online tutoring is not available during the Summer session. Fall 2012 hours will be posted as soon as they are available.
How online tutoring works
Online tutoring is by appointment or "virtual walk-in" and will take place in CCC Confer, a secure webconferencing system on the Internet powered by Blackboard Collaborate. With CCC Confer, you and your tutor can see what is on each other's screen, and you can simultaneously speak either on the telephone with a toll-free call or via the microphone on your computer.
Tutoring will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Using CCC Confer
To use CCC Confer,
- Dial your telephone conference line: 1-888-450-4821
- At the prompt, enter the passcode that tutor emailed to you, then press the pound sign (#) on your phone.
- On your computer, go to the Confer site using the web address the tutor emailed to you.
- On the Blackboard Collaborate Login screen, type your first and last name, then click Log in.
- If a yellow security bar shows at the top of the browser screen, click it, then choose Download File. If a security dialog box appears, asking you to run the application, click Run. CCC Confer will now launch.
Prior to your appointment, make sure your computer is ready for a CCC Confer meeting. Test your computer's readiness.
When logged in, press *0 to contact the operator for any assistance needed with the audio.
If you have questions, CCC Confer Client Services is available Monday through Friday between 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at 760‑744‑1150 ext 1537 or 1554 or email clientservices@cccconfer.org.
Tutoring resources
Acknowledgement
Math tutoring is underwritten by a generous grant from the LPC Foundation.
