To ensure success in your academic career, Cabrillo College provides the following FREE services for students:
The HUB, located above the library, gives you access to a variety of tutoring and other academic services. For this class, the English Learning Center will be extremely helpful if your writing skills are a little rusty—you can get one-on-one help with your essays, for no cost! The ELC tutors can help you online via Zoom, or via email.
The Cabrillo College library is where you will do the research for your end-of-the-semester research poster, and the first week's Lab Assignment is all about using the library's resources to find good scientific information. The library also has a copy of our textbook, which you can check out and read for free, and computers that you can use to work on and submit assignments for this course.
If you are on the Aptos campus and need a computer to work on this class (or any other class!) the Computer Technology Center is the place to be.
The STEM Center is a great place to work on your science classes! You can reserve rooms for your study group sessions, polish up your assignments, and submit them there.
If you are planning to transfer to a 4-year school, the Transfer Services office will help you make sure the transfer goes smoothly.
The campus Student Health Services office is here to support your mental, physical, and psychological health needs.
The Welcome Center, located above the bookstore, is where to go to get your student activity card and parking pass, and learn about student clubs and other activities.
The Academic Counseling Service has offices on both the Aptos and Watsonville campuses. These are the folks to go to when you have questions about which courses you should take, if you are considering declaring or changing your major, are preparing to transfer to a 4-year school, or wonder what options you have if life takes an unexpected turn and you find yourself unable to complete your course work.
The Accessibility Support Center (ASC) provides services, accommodations, and support for students with disabilities and learning differences. If you are included in one of these categories, please reach out to the ASC staff so they can determine which services and accommodations we can provide to help you succeed.
The Financial Aid Office is where you go to learn about financial aid. The folks there can tell you how to apply for financial aid, how to make sure you are making satisfactory process and remain eligible for financial aid, and when to expect disbursements.
As per federal law, Cabrillo College has a Title IX office. This office is committed to fairness and safety for all Cabrillo personnel (students, staff, and faculty).
I don't want the course technology to get in the way of your learning! If you have any questions about how this course works on Canvas, please contact the Canvas help folks by clicking on the "Help" icon in the blue sidebar on the left of any Canvas page. Please understand that I am not technical support and will probably not be able to help you with tech problems.
The Canvas Hotline can be reached any time after 5:00 p.m. and on weekends! Call them at 1-877-982-1780.
The Cabrillo College Computer Technology Center can also help with tech problems. Not just Canvas, but with Google apps and scanning to PDF, which you do often for this course.
🎯🎯When a tech issue comes up, it is helpful to include the following information in your help request:
Operating system (e.g., Mac OS 13.3.1 Ventura, or Windows 10, etc.)
Browser (e.g., Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc.)
Browser version (Safari 16.4, Firefox 115.0.2, etc.). Use What is my Browser? to find out which version you are currently using.
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