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STUDENT LIFE
LEARNING ASSISTANCE
Students are offered a variety of free resources to assist in their learning. Services are available to students regardless of their location or type of course.
Learning Assistance Centers
Learning Assistance Centers (LACs) are housed on the Jackson and Macon campuses. The centers are staffed with quali ed learning consultants who provide skills-based help and exam proctoring/monitoring on a walk-in basis. Consultants encourage critical think- ing, effective study habits and a positive attitude toward learning. Students are encouraged to use the centers to study and take advantage of 44 or more hours per week of assistance at each LAC.
During fall and spring semester, the LACs are open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday – Thursday, and 8 a.m. to noon, Friday; summer hours vary. Centers are closed during fall and spring breaks as well as on holidays; any unusual closings are posted in a “Notice” at the main Web page: www.southwesterncc.edu/learning-assistance/
LAC services are offered on a drop-in basis to ensure that individuals are able to obtain the help they need at the times that are most convenient for them. Advanced or intermedi- ate writing help is available at all times during operating hours, and a Mathematics and/
or Sciences Consultant is on duty during most of those hours as well. Subject assistance schedules are updated each semester and are available at the learning assistance web pages.
Jackson Campus LAC
The Jackson Learning Assistance area, located on the upper level of Oaks Hall, con- tains the Learning Assistance Center (LAC), Testing Room, and Tutoring Room. The LAC features 16 computers and a printer as well as four enclosed study carrels with computers; the latter include Zoom Text and JAWS. All LAC computers present Read&Write and access to a Virtual Lab that features Adobe Creative Suite; four designated computers feature C++, as well. The Testing Room, which also is a certi ed Pearson VUE Testing Center, has 20 computers; all include Read&Write and two present Zoom Text and JAWS.
Macon Campus LAC
Located in Room 230 on the upper level of Groves Center Building, the Macon LAC is a 12-station computer lab with additional laptops for use in the area. Adjacent classrooms are utilized when classes are not in session. All computers feature Read&Write; testing computers offer Zoom Text and JAWS, as well, to accommodate students with disabilities.
Tutor Program
The Tutor Program is another academic-support system that offers skills-based assis- tance in a safe, engaging environment to promote achievement and success. The program employs peer and non-peer tutors who achieve certi cation at Level I and Level II through the College Reading and Learning Association’s International Tutor Training Program Certi- cation. Six computers (four in study carrels) are available in the Jackson Campus Tutoring Room; all feature Read&Write, Zoom Text and JAWS. Tutors meet in the LAC or in unoc- cupied, adjacent classrooms on the Macon Campus.
Students are eligible for 4-5 hours a week of tutoring. Two weeks after the fall and spring semesters begin, they may schedule tutor sessions by clicking on the “Tutoring” but- ton in any Moodle course. (The Tutor Program does not run during summer sessions.)
1. After logging in with MySCC credentials, on the left side of the split screen that appears—under “Southwestern Community College (SCC) Free Tutoring Appointments”—students will click “Start Now” at the bottom.
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