Tutoring & Online Tools
The University of Michigan-Dearborn is committed to providing support to all students as they navigate their academic journey. One of the ways we help students succeed is by providing access to academic resources and services. Below are just some of the resources available to you on campus or online. It is important for you to take charge of your education and seek out help if you are struggling!
Tutoring services are available for all currently enrolled students, regardless of class standing. You will meet with the tutoring coordinator first to discuss your needs and then you will either be matched with a tutor (if available), referred to the appropriate resources on campus, or the tutoring coordinator will work with a faculty member to identify possible additional support.
- Tutors are available for the many basic courses, such as Chem 134 and Biol 130. If you need a tutor, reach out to the Tutoring Coordinator so that they can meet with you and get you the help you need. Not all classes have tutors, but there are other resources available to assist you! There are also other resources that you can utilize to develop your academic skills.
There are additional resources in the colleges. See the College of Business resources for Business courses, see the Engineering Learning Center for College of Engineering and Computer Science courses, and the Kochoff Language Lab in the College of Arts, Science, and Letters for language courses.
How to Connect with Tutoring:
For questions about tutoring or to be connected with resources, please email:
Tutoring Coordinator: Sharon Lobdell at [email protected]
Assistant Interim Tutoring Coordinators - Harry Rahn at [email protected] or Joyce Haddad at [email protected]
- Meetings with Harry and Joyce are scheduled through the my.dearborn.edu portal
The Office of Academic Success at [email protected]
Online Tools
Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. Trello is a Kanban based project management system that helps people visualize tasks as they move through stages.
Student planner that allows students to enter assignment due dates, exam dates, project deadlines, and add alerts/reminders.
Time and activities management. This app is a digital “To Do” list that allows you to set reminders, categorize and prioritize tasks, and share these tasks with family and friends for group projects. Syncs with other apps.
App that allows you to organize tasks and set reminders for yourself.
Organizes notes, tasks, and sets reminders.
Schedule classes, events, and reminders.
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material -- as well as bibliography instruction and information.
Online grammar checking, spell checking, and plagiarism detection platform that catches mistakes in real time.
Makes searching for credible references and sources easier.
Asher&Lyric - Languages of Europe
Resources and helpful tools to help learn French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, or Romanian.
Learn Spanish, English, French, and more! Practice vocabulary and grammar.
Online courses in language, music, programming from top universities.
Learn various languages for free!
Learn pronunciation, play games, set daily goals, watch videos.
Focus sounds, sleep, relax, instrumental music.
Boost your productivity and reclaim your free time by blocking distracting websites, games and applications.
Lock Me Out is an app that will lock you out of your phone (facebook, texting, Instagram), when you would rather be studying or doing something else.
Users can earn credits by not using their cell phones and plant real trees around the world with the credits.
Flashcard app to help study numerous subjects.
Creative/play interactive games to help you learn and memorize your study material.
Educational website with resources to help manage coursework and study habits.
Produces short lessons in the form of YouTube videos.
Google application to provide homework assistance.
Step-by-step of math problems and solutions.
Collection of question and answer communities for any subject.
Find information for projects and learn how to write different papers.
Free tutorials on how to use Excel functions and for data analysis.
This website provides a variety of online calculators, such as math and statistics, engineering and conversion calculators.
Tutoring will be conducted in-person and virtually for Summer 2024.
Fall 2023 & Winter 2024 Contact Information:
Sharon Lobdell - [email protected]
Tutoring and Academic Resources Coordinator
Harry Rahn - [email protected]
Interim Tutoring Coordinator & Graduate Assistant
Joyce Haddad - [email protected]
Interim Tutoring Coordinators
Please reach out to discuss your needs and we will help you with the next steps! Individual tutoring sessions are scheduled between tutors and students based on their availability.