Excel! Zone

Welcome to the CCD EXCEL Zone! 

The EXCEL Zone student learning and support offers CCD students a robust and innovative set of services to assist students in achieving their desired learning goals. Success can be defined differently based on individual situations or goals. Some students define success as earning a final course grade of a “C” in more difficult subjects. While other students have a goal to earn all “A” grades. Or students may find the need to hone their professional skills with technology. Whatever the learning goals are, come learn how to work smarter, not harder!

All EXCEL professional tutoring is free to current CCD students and occurs remotely via our self-service appointment scheduling system Accudemia.  EXCEL’s professional tutors are trained to fully utilize WebEx with students for tutoring sessions. To get started, watch this short How-to Video to set up an Accudemia account and learn how to schedule appointments with a professional tutor in Math & Physics, Writing, Digital Technology Support, or Academic Study Skills. To set up an account select the “New Users Click Here” button and follow the prompts. Students who already have an account can go to the “Returning Users Click Here” button and schedule appointments. 

EXCEL’s days of operation follow CCD’s academic calendar and any weather or Auraria campus-related closures. This semester the EXCEL Zone is open through May 10, 2021.

Student Preparation

• Log-in to the session appointment a few minutes prior to the session start time. This ensures technology is working prior to the session.
• Attempt to work through homework first. Then, come to the tutoring session with 2-3 questions - no quiz or test questions allowed. Tutors will not do student work.
• If students are unprepared for the session, the session may be canceled by the tutor.

Appointments 

• EXCEL professional tutoring services are free to currently enrolled CCD students.​
• Up to 3-5 appointments per week; often same-day appointments are available.
• All appointments are considered confirmed at the time of scheduling.  Students will still receive a confirmation email to their @student.cccs.edu email with a WebEx meeting link for each appointment.
• Cancelations: In the case that a session appointment needs to be canceled, students should proactively contact EXCEL! by responding to the appointment confirmation email at least 2 hours prior to the session. Students that have 3 cancelations to session appointments will result in the loss of EXCEL! online tutoring privilege for the remainder of the current semester.
• No Shows: Students who do not communicate with EXCEL! to cancel a session appointment prior to the session will be considered a “no show”.  Students that have 3 cancelations and/or no-shows to session appointments will result in the loss of EXCEL! online tutoring privilege for the remainder of the current semester.

EXCEL's Computer Lab

• The EXCEL Computer Zones is dedicated to individual study use and digital tutoring literacy. Computers in these spaces have internet browsers to access CCD Connect, D2L, and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Computers are for basic use; no webcam access
• If you need to listen to something, bring your own headset.
• As a tutoring space, computer use is drop-in only with a maximum of two hours when there is a waitlist.
• Please keep in mind during the pandemic there are 6 computers that students can use for up to 2-4 hours at a time.

Computer Lab Spring Hours:

Computer Lab will open on February 1, 2021, through May 10, 2021.

Writing Zone Paper Drop-off

The Writing Zone Paper Drop-off can help you with your writing, even if you don't have time to meet in real-time. Available as a free, self-enrolling course on D2L, the Paper Drop-off provides expert feedback from the CCD Writing Zone tutors. Students can submit their written assignments for feedback on a range of writing-related concerns: citation, proofreading, rhetorical analysis, organization, and more! Watch this short video to locate the Paper Drop-off in D2L.