Zoom Appointments

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You can meet with your consultant on Zoom. You and your consultant can converse and see one another, and you'll share your screen, so you can both view and discuss your draft. Video consultations begin on the half hour and are 45 minutes long, including time spent on technology set-up.

In a video consulting session, you and your tutor will review the assignment, read the piece of writing, set goals for the session, have a conversation about your work, and work on strategies for effective writing. You will leave the session with a plan for moving forward. 

To take advantage of video consultations, you'll need a quiet place where your talking won't disturb others, a computer running a recent version of Windows or Mac OS, and a mic, a webcam, speakers, and a fast, reliable internet connection. 

Before your appointment

  • Please make sure your microphone and speakers or headphones are set up and working.
  • Open your professor’s prompt and the paper you wish to discuss.
  • About five minutes before the start of your appointment, your consultant will email you with all the information you need to join the online session they have set up.

A Few Policies

  1. Your consultant will wait for 10 minutes for you to join the session. If you do not join the session by then, the consultant will close the session and mark the appointment as a no-show. After 2 no-show appointments, you will not be able to make further appointments for the rest of the semester, and your existing appointments will be canceled.
  2. We require writers to use a computer or a tablet with a keyboard for video tutorials. 
  3. Video conferences cannot be converted to email tutoring appointments. If the technology does not work, writers will need to make another appointment.