Learning Success Center
Smarthinking
Smarthinking is available to all Jefferson State English and Math students. View the brochure for additional information.
Smarthinking's tutors work with students online using a virtual whiteboard. Students can also submit questions offline at anytime and a tutor will respond within 24 hours.
Math Tutors
Math Tutoring Schedule for Current Semester
Math tutors for MTH098 are available at each campus. Please see your campus below for the current term's schedule.
Jefferson - Centerpoint Campus, Allen Library Building, Room 200 [Second Floor]
- Monday and Wednesday
- 9:00am to 4:30pm
- Tuesday and Thursday
- 9:00am to 12:00pm
- 1:00pm to 4:pm
Shelby - Hoover Campus - GSB 122 [Library]
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
- 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
St. Clair - Pell City Campus
- Mondays and Wednesdays, Room PCC 226
- 9:15 am to 11:15 am
- Tuesdays and Thursdays, Room PCC 227
- 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Chilton - Clanton Campus - CCC 116
- Tuesdays
- 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Wednesdays
- 8:30 am to 9:45 am
- 12:30 pm to 2:15 pm
Writing Tutors
Writing Tutoring Schedule for Current Semester
Tutoring by qualified instructors for writing [for any course, not just English courses] is available at the Shelby - Hoover and Jefferson Campuses. Students can also meet for a 30-minute writing consultation, working one-on-one with a writing coach for any writing assignment in a JSCC course.
Jefferson – Centerpoint Campus - Allen Library Building, Room 200 [Second Floor]
- Monday through Thursday 10:00am to 1:00pm
Shelby – Hoover Campus - GSB 122 [Library]
- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays:
- 1:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thursdays:
- 10:15am to 1:15pm
St. Clair – Pell City Campus
- Mondays and Wednesdays, Room PCC 223
- 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Chilton – Clanton Campus - CCC 116
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
College Success Skills
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College Success Skills from PrepStepCollege Success Skills Center provides self-directed study that serves all students and can be a particularly valuable asset to student support services and first-year experience programs. The center helps build essential skills that many students do not possess when they enter college, such as time management, goal setting, organization and multitasking.
- Organizational Strategies
- Achieve Your Goals
- Effective Multitasking
- Get Organized
- Manage Your Time
- Classroom Success Skills
- Effective Classroom Listening
- Memorization Tips and Tricks
- Note-taking Strategies
- Reading Strategies for Class
- Strategies for Success in Online Classes
- Getting Academic Support
- Communicating with Your Professor
- Using Campus Resources
- Research Skills
- Introduction to Research Skills: Information Literacy
- Finding and Citing Sources
- Understand and Avoid Plagiarism
- Write Like a Scholar
- Personal Success Skills
- Develop Healthy Habits
- The Basics of Money Management
- Why Credit Matters
- Managing Your Debt
- Understanding Insurance and Taxes
- Investing for Life
Academic Success: Smart Tips for Serious Students
The transition from high school to college is a lot bigger than many students realize. Help them make the most of their college academic experience with Academic Success—a six-part streaming video series filled with facts, hints, insights, and observations from experts in the field of education and from students who know the ropes. Topics include values and goals; time management; critical thinking and problem-solving; active listening and note-taking; researching, reading, and writing; and studying and test-taking. A Cambridge Educational Production. 6-part series, 10-12 minutes each.
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Values and GoalsWhat are values? What are goals? And how are they connected? These questions are easy to ask, but they’re not so simple to answer. This three-section program combines commentary from educators and students with in-class exercise segments to explore the meaning of values and goals and illustrate how they steer and shape a person’s life—in college and beyond.
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Time ManagementCompared to high school, where the day is structured down to the minute, college is a blank do-it-yourself calendar. Classes, clubs, sports, part-time jobs…assignments, projects, exams…even time to hang out: all must be penciled in! Over the course of this three-section program, viewers will learn to sidestep common time-management errors and plan out their semesters so they can take control of their time and enjoy a healthy work/life balance.
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Critical Thinking and Problem SolvingBy defining critical thinking and examining how it’s applied to the process of problem-solving, this two-section program will show viewers how to handle whatever challenges come their way. An in-class discussion segment on critical thinking explains how to rationally assess a statement and express disagreement, while a similar segment on problem-solving considers what to do when preparing for what appears to be an overwhelmingly tough exam
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Active Listening and Note TakingLectures and labs are the heart of the college academic experience, and for students eager to make the most of them, active listening and note-taking are powerful learning tools. This two-section program explains how to create a bulletproof listening/note-taking loop that ensures deeper understanding and better recall. Pre-class reading, in-class participation, and post-class review are stressed.
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Researching, Reading, and WritingFaced with a mountain of research to conduct, reading to do, and papers to write, students must work both efficiently and shrewdly. This three-section program tells how to identify and cite reliable online and offline sources of information, carve textbook chapters into manageable chunks, and outline and revise papers—all elements that are essential to getting the job done well.
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Studying and Test TakingStudying is a process, not a last-minute event. It takes strategy to consistently make the grade—both before a test and during. This two-section program brings together educators and students to discuss things that viewers can do to increase their understanding of course material, enhance their ability to memorize, and improve their performance during exams.
Computer Skills Center
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Computer Skills CenterLearn the fundamentals of your computer, the Internet, and popular software applications with these easy-to-follow multimedia tutorials—and take advantage of all that today’s technology has to offer.
Use the Computer Skills Center to access the following
interactive online computer and technology courses.
- Getting to Know Your Computer
- Computer Basics 1: Roles of Computers
- Computer Basics 2: Personal Computer
- Using Your Desktop Applications
- Computer Safety and Maintenance
- Discover the Internet
- Using Your Email
- Social Media Tools
- Internet Safety
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Windows Operating Systems
- Last Updated: Jan 16, 2020 8:29 AM
- URL: https://library.jeffersonstate.edu/LSC
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