Students have several options for virtual tutoring:
- Option 1: Brainfuse Tutor Match
- Option 2: Brainfuse Live Tutoring
- Option 3: BrainFuse Writing Lab
- Option 4: Writing Center Email Paper Review
Brainfuse Online Tutoring Services
Brainfuse is an online tutoring service that provides live, on-demand help and is currently available to all students. Students can also schedule appointments with LSC-registered tutors through Brainfuse Tutor Match.
Brainfuse provides:
- Instant access to live help for college students in core subjects.
- 24/7/365 access.
- 90 minutes of tutoring each semester for all students.
(If you have any questions regarding Brainfuse minutes, please contact onlineadvisor@lonestar.edu.) - Live, one-to-one online tutoring in all major Higher Ed subjects.
Accessing Brainfuse
- In myLoneStar, click LSC-Online.
- Click Online Tutoring.
Brainfuse Services
Brainfuse offers two services that LSC student can take advantage of: Tutor Match and Live Tutoring. When you click on a Brainfuse link, you will be taken to the Brainfuse Dashboard.
Option 1: Brainfuse Tutor Match
Brainfuse Tutor Match allows LSC students to schedule live online tutoring sessions with LSC-registered tutors for assistance in various Math courses, Chemistry, Physics, Science, Biology and English/Writing. This service is free to use and has no time cap. This should be your first choice. Through Tutor Match, students will connect with tutors using the Brainfuse Whiteboard.
A scheduled Tutor Match session is typically 60 minutes. Please have your questions and assignment instructions/materials ready.
To schedule an appointment, in the Tutor Match box, select a topic and a subject and click the Schedule button.
For more information on Tutor Match, see Use TutorMatch in Brainfuse
Option 2: Brainfuse Live Tutoring
If there are no tutors available in Tutor Match, the student can choose Live Tutoring. Live Tutoring provides instant access to an online Brainfuse tutor. Students have access to Brainfuse online tutoring services through the Lone Star College Virtual Learning Assistance Center (VLAC). Please click on this link to find out more information: https://vlac.lonestar.edu/help/a366?
How to schedule an appointment in Brainfuse Live Help
Step 1: Log into your course in D2L and click on the Brainfuse link
Note: if you do not see this link please ask your instructor.
Step 2: Schedule an appointment in Live Help
Each student has 90 minutes per semester of Live Tutoring available. (If you have any questions regarding Brainfuse minutes, please contact onlineadvisor@lonestar.edu)
To connect with a live tutor, in the Live Help box, select a topic and a subject and click the Connect button.
Asynchronous English/Writing Tutoring
The purpose of a paper review is to assist students with basic grammar, thesis statement development, organization, and critical thinking. Tutors will not proofreader/edit papers and will not change the voice or tone of the student’s paper. The central role of the tutor is to offer suggestions and to assist with brainstorming, to encourage independent learning and to develop the student’s writing style and critical thinking skills.
Same day paper review is not available. Please allow up to 48 hours from the time you submit your paper if it is submitted between Monday and Thursday and up to 72 hours for papers submitted between Friday and Sunday. Students have 24/7/365 access to BrainFuse and to the Cypress Center Writing Center mailbox.
Option 3: Brainfuse Writing Lab
For asynchronous English and Writing tutoring: Once you are logged into BrainFuse, find the Writing Lab tab on the right-hand side of the home page and select 'Submit Paper'. Next, select 'Lone Star College Writing Tutor Review', then click on 'Select'. Enter all the required information and then finally upload your document and hit 'Submit'. You should receive your reviewed paper back within one business day, unless you submit between Thursday and Sunday; the turnaround time is a little longer.
Option 4: Writing Center Email Paper Review
Please adhere to following instructions for submitting a paper via the Writing Center’s email-based service:
To submit your paper to the Writing Center, you must address an email using your Lone Star College Email to CypressWC@lonestar.edu and include the following information:
- Your name (First and Last)
- Your LSC student ID#
- The course name and number (Ex: ENGL 1301)
- Your professor’s name
- The due date for the assignment
- The time the assignment is due
- Assignment Description (Ex: Research Paper)
- A Microsoft Word compatible copy of your assignment instructions
- A Microsoft Word compatible copy of your paper
If you omit any of the above information, your paper will not be reviewed.
IMPORTANT: Tutors can only review 2 drafts of any assignment.
If you have any questions or would like to schedule an in-person tutoring session, please call Cypress Center Tutoring at (832) 920-5080 to speak with a tutor in the discipline/subject area you need tutoring in, during the tutor's scheduled tutoring hours. The tutoring schedule can be found here.