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TutorKit is designed to help you get the most out of tutoring by providing:
- Regular, real-time connection with Tutors who are prepared to work with you and your material on your schedule.
- Easy-to-use scheduling, session browsing, and session invitation tools.
- Learning tools and materials for pre- and post-session work.
- Opportunities to leave feedback for Tutors and program Administrators.
Find invite-only and open-invitation sessions
There are two types of tutoring sessions you can join in TutorKit:
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Invitation-only sessions, which are sessions that you have been specifically invited to join. If you've been invited to a session:
- You get an email about it.
- You can see Invited in the Upcoming session information.
- You are able to decline the session by clicking I will not attend
- Open-invitation sessions, which are session times that Tutors put on the calendar for any student to join. You can browse these sessions and click the I'll be there for any you want to attend.
You can use the My sessions filter to see only the sessions you've been invited to.
Accept and prepare for invitation-only sessions
When you're invited to a tutoring session, you receive an email and the session appears in your Dashboard > Upcoming sessions as Invited. If you have set up your Availability, the session organizer is notified about your schedule before inviting you to help ensure the time and date work for you.
Click I'll be there to confirm, or I will not attend to decline the invitation.
When you click I'll be there for a tutoring session, you are asked to write a little bit about what you want to talk about in the session. The session then appears in your calendar as Confirmed and the Tutor is notified, so they can prepare to help you.
Click on the Upcoming session to review the details and study any Resources the Tutor has provided as preparation. Reviewing the Resources helps you have a successful tutoring session when you meet.
Browse and prepare for open-invitation sessions
Open-invitation sessions that may pertain to you appear in your Dashboard > Upcoming sessions. You can click Browse all to see them in calendar view.
When you find a session you want to join, click I'll be there.
Tutoring session calendar view:
When you click I'll be there for a tutoring session, you are asked to write a little bit about what you want to talk about in the session. The session then appears in your calendar as Confirmed and the Tutor is notified, so they can prepare to help you.
Click on the Upcoming session to review the details and study any Resources the Tutor has provided as preparation. Reviewing the Resources helps you have a successful tutoring session when you meet.
Join Active sessions
When the scheduled time arrives for the sessions, they appear in your Active sessions. Click on them to join the Warmup room.
The Warmup room lets you prepare for the session:
- You can review the Resources the Tutor has provided.
- If you didn't confirm for the session, the Get in line button appears. Click it to tell the Tutor what you want to do in the session and secure your place in line. If you did confirm, you are placed directly in line
When the Tutor starts the meeting for you, the Join the meeting button appears. Click it to start learning!
Your Tutor runs the meeting to meet your specific needs.
Review post-session Resources and leave feedback
When the session ends, you are asked to:
- Review the post-session Resources that the Tutor included for you.
- Rate the session.
- Leave written feedback.
- Click Leave feedback when you're done.
If you don't leave feedback, TutorKit reminds you to do so on your Dashboard.
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