Smarthinking

Online Tutoring in 150 Subject Areas

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Tell your students about Smarthinking

Smarthinking is an easy-to-use, free online tutoring service available to all UNG students – online and face-to-face.

Smarthinking provides tutoring in more than 150 subject areas, some of which are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Students can “drop-in” for live tutoring, submit questions for a response within 24 hours, schedule an appointment, and view archives of past sessions. They can also create a group and invite a tutor for assistance.

Students cannot log in at smarthinking.com or pearson.com.


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How to Access Smarthinking

UNG students log in to eLearning@UNG (D2L) and click the “Free Online Tutoring” link in their class. There is no fee to use the service, but tutoring time is limited to 10 hours. Students can email UNG’s Online Student Success Advisors at UNGOnline@ung.edu to request more time. There is no need to purchase additional minutes.


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Click the “Free Online Tutoring” link on the eLearning@UNG NavBar, and then click “Connect to Smarthinking.”

Learn More

Smarthinking provides tutoring in subjects such as:

(Click links for subject details in PDF format)

Smarthinking also provides student career writing services to improve résumés, LinkedIn profiles, and job application essays.

Students can practice job interview skills in real-time video mock interviews.

Related Links for Instructors

Learn how to use Review Alerts from Smarthinking

Instructors: For more details, go to DETI’s Smarthinking section (myUNG login required)