Writing Center

1) Collin College On-campus Writing Center:

        Spring Creek campus: Room D-224, Tel: (972)-881-5843

        Central Park campus: 548-6857 Rm. B-117

        Preston Ridge: Tel No: 972 - 377 - 1576, ROOM F - 118

   Call in plenty of time to make an appointment.

   Make sure you take the assignment with you.

2) SMARTHINKING: free online writing tutor. SMARTHINKING is a private company, but the services are free for Collin College students. It is recommended that you use this service instead of Collin College's online writing tutor.

Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) has partnered with SMARTHINKING to provide free, online tutoring for currently enrolled students. SMARTHINKING is the leading source for online tutoring and academic support. Log on to SMARTHINKING from anywhere, at anytime and interact with the live e-structors (tutors), submit your writing to the online writing lab, or submit a question to an e-structor and receive a reply within 24 hours.

Before your request for online tutoring can be processed, you must e-mail the following information to Michele Boverie (mboverie@collin.edu), Tutor Coordinator/Advisor::

1.  Your name
2.  Your e-mail address
3.  Course
4.  Student ID (Social Security Number)
5.  Mailing address
6.  Home, cell, and work phone
7.  Present grade in course (A, B, C, D, or no test yet.)
8.  Are you currently seeing an ACCESS (disability) advisor?
9.  Are you a DARS (Dept. of Assistive & Rehab. Services) client (formerly TRC)?  TCB client?

She will e-mail your confirmation, username, and password for the online tutoring service. A minimum of five business days is required to process your request.  Please allow extra processing time during the first two weeks of classes.  

**Live tutoring hours: (Hours are subject to change)

All Math (excluding Statistics): Sun. - Thurs., 8 a.m. - 11 p.m and Fri., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Chemistry, Economics, Statistics, Accounting & Writing: Sun. - Thurs., 5 p.m. - 9 p.m 

**Technical Requirements:

Processor: Pentium 100 processor (or Mac equivalent)

Browser: For IBM PC Compatibles users - Netscape Navigator or Communicator 4.07 or better, or Internet Explorer 4.01 or better. For Apple Mac OS users - Internet Explorer required.

Connection: 56K modem recommended, but 28.8 K modem acceptable.  

3) Collin College On-line Writing Center: http://www.collin.edu/writingcenter/online.htm