The Learning Commons offers online videos on a wide variety of topics. These videos can help students improve their skills in writing, reading, speech, study skills and Beginning Of Semester Success strategies. Tutoring Tidbits videos are course specific and can help students enhance their understanding on specific course content.
- Learn more about WRSA ELA appointments, registration, and scheduling. Watch an informational video in Arabic, Russian, or Spanish
- Academic Success for Non-Native English Speakers
- Conversation Circles Student Testimonials
- Present Perfect Continuous Verb Tense in English
- Present Perfect in English - Part 1
- Present Perfect in English - Part 2
- Writing, Reading, Speech Assistance (WRSA)
- Learn more about WRSA ELA appointments, registration, and scheduling. Watch an informational video in Arabic, Russian, or Spanish
- Speech Videos Playlist
- Assistance Available for Speeches and Presentations:
- Attention Getters and Clinchers
- Compelling PowerPoint Slides
- CRAAP Sources - Presented by a Speech Librarian
- Creating Effective Visual Aids
- Creating Great Academic Posters
- Effective Business Presentations
- Google It: Start your Speech Research - Presented by a Speech Librarian
- Persuasive Speech Research - Presented by a Speech Librarian
- Fear of Public Speaking
- Oral Citations
- Recording Voice-Overs in PowerPoint
- Academic Success for Non-Native English Speakers
- Control Your College Destiny
- Crack Your Science Course - Biology
- Crack Your Science Course - Anatomy & Physiology
- Crack Your Science Course - Chemistry
- Crack Your Science Course - Physics
- Memory and Concentration
- Non-Traditional Learners: The New Normal
- Test Taking Strategies
- Time Management
- Effective Note-taking
- Writing Videos Playlist
- Adventures with Ampersands
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Commas
- Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions (Grammar Tidbit)
- Dashes(Grammar Tidbits)
- Editing - Subject-Verb and Pronoun Agreement
- Effective Business Writing
- Effective Persuasion
- Hyphens (Grammar Tidbit)
- Hyphens and Dashes
- Legal Writing: 10 Legal Writing Tips
- Modifiers(Grammar Tidbit)
- Paragraphs: Introductions and Conclusions
- Patterns of Organization in Academic Writing
- Run On Sentences
- Run On Sentences (Grammar Tidbit)
- SAP Financial Aid Appeal Letter
- Thesis Sentence
- Technical Writing
- Transfer and Scholarship Essays
- Using Formal and Informal Language
- Voice (Grammar Tidbit)
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Contact Information
Learning Commons
Student Resource Center (SRC), Room 2102
Call: (630) 942-3940
Email: learningcommons@cod.edu
Hours of Operation
Mathematics Assistance
(630) 942-3339
Email: math-assist@cod.edu
Writing, Reading, Speech Assistance
(630) 942-3355
Email: wrsa@cod.edu
Tutoring Services
(630) 942-3686
Email: tutoring@cod.edu