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WVU Parkersburg Student Success Center
Other Services

Keytrain
Contact the Center for log in information.

Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil 3000 is an innovative software program designed to help reading and writing. After a book has been scanned into the computer, it will read the lessons to you. You can increase your reading speed and comprehension by using the repeated reading strategy.

Passkey
Passkey is an easy-to-use, self-paced learning system designed to help a wide range of students gain proficiency in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.

Plato
Online tutoring that quickly prepares learners for credit-bearing courses with interactive and engaging tutorials. Contact the Center's staff regarding lessons and log in information.

SMARTHINKING
24/7 online tutoring program that offers services such as submitting rough drafts of writing assignments for assessment and participating in an actual online tutoring session with a “live” tutor.

SMARTHINKING Student Handbook

Hippocampus.org
Hippocampus is a free public website for high school and college students that offer multimedia lessons correlated to most major textbooks. The website can be customized to make it better suited to meet the needs of an individual instructor or a group of students. Subjects include: Math, Biology, History, Physics, Environmental Sciences and others.

Mavis Beacon
All Student Success Center computers have a software program for teaching touch typing. The program includes a number of speed tests and constantly tracks the user’s words-per-minute typing speed. It also includes a number of typing games. A certificate of achievement can be printed by the user upon the completion of tests (regardless of level of proficiency).

Thinkfinity.org
Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities, and other online resources. Thinkfinity.org also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents, and after-school programs.

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