TutorMe

Tutor Me is an app found on your Clever dashboard to provide you with live tutoring help or access to feedback from a writing lab.  Both services are available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To request a live tutoring session, follow these instructions. 

1. Before you request a live tutoring session, you may need to prepare your assignment to upload. To convert any existing Google doc assignment into a .docx file, open the Google doc, choose File, then Download, and then Microsoft Word

2. Now go to your Clever dashboard and click on Tutor Me

3. Choose “Connect with a Live Tutor”

4. In the search bar, type the course or subject you need help with and a dropdown of options will appear.  If you are in Elementary or Middle School, begin by typing “Elementary” or “Middle School” into the search bar to show courses appropriate for your school level.

5. In the pop-up that appears, including the following mandatory information:

   1. Your grade level

   2. A copy/paste of the teacher’s instructions for this assignment

   3. Uploading the assignment is optional but STRONGLY recommended.  If you choose to upload, follow Steps 6 and 7.  If not, click Submit.

6. Click on the word browse to upload your .docx file created earlier in Step 1.

7. Under My files, choose Downloads.  Click on the file that you just downloaded from your Google doc and click “Open”

8. Once you're ready to begin, click Submit. Note that you will be able to chat with a tutor before starting your tutoring session.

9. Tutor Me will begin searching to match you to a tutor.  Your wait time should be no longer than 60 seconds.

10. Once a tutor has responded to your request, you may chat with a brief message and decide if this is the right tutor and session for you. Then choose to Enter Lesson or Cancel Request.  Be aware that no personal information should be exchanged and all sessions are monitored.

11. In the session, the tutor will direct you in using the tools on screen.  The use of microphone and video are directed by the student’s preference.

12. Once your tutoring session is completed, you will have the opportunity to provide feedback about your tutor.  The tutor may also submit feedback on the student.

Tutor Me is an app found on your Clever dashboard to provide you with live tutoring help or access to feedback from a writing lab.  Both services are available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To submit a writing assignment that you have created on a Google doc, please follow these instructions.

1. Before you can submit a writing assignment to Tutor Me, you will need to convert your Google doc writing assignment into a .docx file.  In the Google doc, choose File, then Download, then Microsoft Word

2. Now go to your Clever dashboard and click on Tutor Me

3. Choose the “Writing Lab”

4. Carefully read the statement and click “I Understand” to continue.  The Writing Lab does not offer live support.  To get live tutoring for writing, choose to “Connect with a Live Tutor”.

5. Provide a title for your paper and a description of the assignment.  In the description box, include the following mandatory information:

   1. Your grade level

   2. The subject or course for this assignment

   3. A copy/paste of the teacher’s instructions for this assignment

   4. If English is not your native language, check the box.

6. On the next page, choose the style format that your teacher expects you to use for the paper.

7. Click on the word “browse” to find your .docx writing assignment for uploading  

8. Under My files, choose Downloads.  Click on the file that you just downloaded from your Google doc and click “Open”

9. You will see confirmation that your writing was submitted and receive a confirmation email in your GCA Gmail inbox.

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Now that you have submitted your paper for review, the following instructions will show you where to find feedback from the tutor.

1. In 12 hours or less, you will receive an email in your GCA Gmail inbox alerting you to the completed review.  You can download the review directly from that email.

2. Or, you can go back to Tutor Me through Clever and click on the bell icon in the upper right corner.  Click the notification.

3. You will see the text of the tutor’s overall feedback and have the ability to download your reviewed paper here. To see the full comments of the tutor, you must download the paper.

4. After clicking to download, you will be asked to review your tutor’s work with a star based rating and optional text feedback.

5. To find the paper that was downloaded to your files, click the Launcher in the lower left corner.  If you cannot see Files right away, click the up-arrow and look for Files.

6. Click on the Downloads under your files and find your paper there, ending in “-result” to indicate that this is your paper with feedback.

7. You may see this pop-up.  If you do, click Got it.

8. Save the downloaded paper into your Google Drive. Click on File in the upper right corner and choose Save as Google Docs.

9. Your reviewed paper (notice the name has “-result” in it) can now be seen as a Google Doc.  Detailed comments from the tutor will be in the right margin.