Tutor.com’s How It Works Guide
How to use the Tutor.com classroom
Choose Your Subject
Simply click on a topic and select the course you
need help with. For example, if you need help with
an algebra problem, select “Math” and then your
specific course.
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Enter Your Question or Assignment
In the pre-session questionnaire, you’ll answer a few
quick questions so we can connect you with the tutor
best suited for your level and needs. To maximize your
session time, we suggest preparing in advance—
have a question ready to go! Your tutor can review
a concept from class, go over homework problems,
or help with your writing assignment.
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Sign On
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Connect with Voice Chat
At the beginning of each session you will be auto-
matically prompted to choose your audio device.
Your device’s internal microphone is selected by
default, but you can change which device you
want to use or even disable your microphone in
favor of text chat. All audio from a voice chat is
recorded and can be played back after a session.
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Screen Share Your Assignment
Select Screen Sharing from the Workspaces menu
to share your screen or an application window with
your tutor. This is helpful for collaborating in real
time on things such as Google Docs or viewing
online assignments or resources together.
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Submit a Paper for Review
Short on time? Drop your paper off for a tutor to
review and leave feedback. Simply click on the
Submit an Essay tab on your account sidebar,
fill out a few questions, and send your essay in.
We will return it to you with a completed feed-
back form—check your Previous Sessions page
under My Account within 24 hours.
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Access Personalized Features
Your Tutor.com account is your own personalized
learning environment. Save your favorite tutors,
retrieve archived sessions and essay reviews, and
store documents in a digital file locker. You can
access these features any time—this will not
count against your allotted tutoring time.
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Share Feedback & Save a Session
Your feedback is very important. After each session,
please fill out the post-session survey and provide
feedback about your experience. We’d like to
know how the tutor helped, what you think of the
online classroom, and anything else you’d like to
tell us. You can also save, replay, email, and print a
transcript of your session.
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Work with a Tutor
When you enter the classroom, you’ll see a chat
window at the far right next to your digital work-
space. Use text chat with your tutor if you prefer
not to use voice. You may also choose the type of
workspace you want to use from the top navigation
menu. Choices include a whiteboard, text editor,
code editor, graphing calculator, and screen sharing.
Ask your tutor for a quick tour!
