Tutoring Information for Faculty

Welcome, faculty!

We appreciate and welcome when you encourage students to use ASC services.

Accudemia Link Information

The Accudemia (make an appointment) link on the Tutoring webpage only works for current IVCC students. If you would prefer, you can link to the /tutoring page or know that students can access the link even if you receive an error message.

ASC Tours

We would like to invite you to tour the Academic Support Center (ASC) with your classes. The ASC includes:

Tutoring
Jacobs Library (including technology support)

We also work very closely with Center for Accessibility and Neurodiversity (CAN), and they will be included on the tour.

You may bring your classes during Tutoring in the Academic Support Center drop-in hours (appointments are appreciated during these hours) or make an appointment outside of drop-in hours. Find our drop-in hours. We also welcome invitations to visit your class in your classroom to discuss ASC services.

To schedule an ASC or classroom visit or for additional information, please contact Sarah Stevenson, Associate Director of the Academic Support Center. We look forward to seeing you in the Academic Support Center soon!

Communication Procedures

Tutoring in the Academic Support Center is happy to communicate student attendance to instructors via different modes such as email, reports, or paper slips. However, we will only communicate at the request of the student. If a student is required to use our services or if they want an instructor to know they visited, they can:

have a slip of paper filled out during their visit
run their own report in Accudemia
contact Tutoring in the ASC via their IVCC email and request that we contact the instructor directly

Embedded Tutoring

Tutoring in the ASC provides opportunities to have an embedded tutor in your Brightspace course.

If you decide to have an embedded tutor, we will have a tutor assigned to your course.

Types of services provided

Tutor introduction video
Posts for and responses to students in a dedicated discussion forum
Replies to emails sent to the embedded tutor
Links to academic support content relevant to the course
Information about drop-in tutoring and appointments
Invitations to group tutoring, if scheduled

Sample Syllabus Statement

Tutoring in the Academic Support Center offers free, unlimited, one-on-one or group tutoring for students. Tutors can help with specific courses and with all stages of the writing process. Tutoring in the ASC also has helpful handouts available. Schedules and appointment availability can be found by visiting the Tutoring site, emailing writing@ivcc.edu, emailing tutoring@ivcc.edu, calling Tutoring in the ASC at 815-224-0637, or stopping by Tutoring in the Academic Support Center, C-201.

Tutoring in the ASC Philosophy

In IVCC's Tutoring in the Academic Support Center, we know that students struggle. Many students experience difficulties with course concepts, anxiety, and loneliness. They don’t know they can ask for help. They don’t feel comfortable asking for help. They don’t know help is available. The good news is that Tutoring in the ASC is here to listen to and guide students to finding the help they need with studying, asking questions, and making connections. Students feel supported, seen, and heard, and they find their own success.

By providing a welcoming space, Tutoring in the ASC develops independent learners who improve their academic skills and confidence because everyone deserves an accessible and free environment to study and learn.