E-Learning Instructor Guide
Jackson Campus LAC
The Learning Assistance Center (LAC) is a professionally staffed facility offering tutoring and exam proctoring. Students are encouraged to take advantage of over 50 hours per week of individualized instruction from professional and specialized learning consultants. The LAC also provides a modern facility for the nationally certified peer tutoring program provided by Student Support Services (SSS).
The LAC area features a 16-station computer lab, six enclosed study carrels (four with computers) for individual study and tutoring, a resource library, a lounge, a testing room, and an SSS group-tutoring room. The library includes text references used in the LAC, which may not be checked out, and text resources, available for checkout, in the areas of reading, writing, literature, business and law, history, math, sciences, and “life skills,” focusing on vocabulary and spelling, study skills, test preparation, and career choices. Novels and classics also are available for checkout. Instructors are invited to use resources as well and to recommend future resources. They are also welcome to use the LAC’s exam proctoring service for the occasional makeup exam. Our proctoring service fully supports online classes.
LAC services are available on a drop-in basis to all SCC students, instructors, former students, and other community members free of charge. (SCC students are always served first. Sessions last from fifteen to twenty minutes.) Most services are provided on a walk-in basis to ensure that students are able to obtain the help they need at the times that are most convenient for them. However, appointments may be made by calling the LAC coordinator at 339.4325. A Writing Consultant always is on duty, and oftentimes an Advanced Math Consultant is on duty as well. Schedules are posted on campus and provided online (http://southwesterncc.edu/content/jackson-lac-operating-hours) each semester for specialized services, such as sciences and advanced computer assistance. Tours of the LAC are available on a drop-in basis for individuals as well as by appointment for classes.
The LAC is open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. until noon on Friday. It is closed during fall and spring breaks, as well as for holidays. These and any unusual closings are posted to the LAC web page. Summer hours vary according to staffing. For additional information, contact the LAC Coordinator at 339.4325, stop by Oaks Hall 101, or see the LAC website (http://southwesterncc.edu/lac-learning-assistance-center).
Macon Campus LAC
In August 2007, Southwestern Community College opened a new building in Macon County. Later to be called the Cecil L. Groves Center, this building is a state-of-the-art facility. With the success of the LAC on the Jackson Campus, the building designers included the LAC in their plans. Our facility consists of a 12-station computer lab, a classroom containing an additional 12 computers, and two traditional or “non-computer” classrooms. Additionally, there are two offices which can be used by tutors or instructors needing to meet with students.
The LAC is usually staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, with varying summer hours. Currently, we operate with two consultants on duty, one specializing in Math and Science and the other in Reading and English. The Macon LAC strives to offer comparable services for faculty and students on our growing campus, including walk-in tutoring and test proctoring. Our resource library is growing as well. For additional information, contact the Macon LAC Coordinator at 369-7331, extension 7026, or stop by and see us in room 230.