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Online Tutoring with Smarthinking

All Germanna Community College students receive 5 free hours of Smarthinking online tutoring per semester. With Smarthinking, students can:

  • Connect with an e-structor to interact with a live tutor.
  • Submit your writing to our Online Writing Lab.
  • Submit a Question and receive a reply from a tutor.
  • Access online instructional materials from Smarthinking's collection of Academic Resources.

Subjects covered include:
Accounting | Anatomy/Physiology | Biology | Chemistry | Economics | English | Essay Center | Finance | Math | Math en Espaņol | Physics | Spanish

If you would like to see how Smarthinking works, click here to view sample tutorial sessions. Click here to watch a 15-minute demonstration of the service.

Smarthinking Student Handbook       Smarthinking Faculty Handbook
Login Instructions:

Log on to: www.smarthinking.com

EXAMPLE: Click on the Smarthinking logo above to log in.
Username: Enter your GCC email address as your username.
For example: jsmith0123@email.vccs.edu
Click here if you need to look up your GCC email address.

Password: The initial password is Germanna. Once you log in, please click on the My Account link in the menu bar at the top to change your password to a unique one that you will remember.


**New in Fall 2008** Please note that students have 5 hours of tutoring time to use each semester. Therefore, you must use your time wisely. Once inside your SMARTHINKING account, please click the "My Account" tab to find out how tutoring time is deducted from your account and to see how much time you have used.

Make sure you disable pop-up blockers and allow cookies on your web browser; Smarthinking requires both of these to work properly. For a full list of what is required to access Smarthinking, click HERE.

Need help using Smarthinking?
Click on the Smarthinking Student Handbook in the Customer Support & FAQ area of the Smarthinking homepage! Or, you can contact Customer support at support@smarthinking.com, or call (888)430-7429, extension 1 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm EST) You may also contact Germanna Community College Tutoring Services via email: jprice@germanna.edu.