No need to worry about finding a funding source to cover the cost of your tutoring sessions. Tutoring sessions will now be free for all Iowa State University students enrolled in qualified courses. More than 90 Iowa State undergraduate courses are covered through Knack!
We recommend you utilize another academic resource on campus like Supplemental Instruction (SI), help rooms, and office hours with your professor or TA. For help with specific assignments that include writing or public speaking, make an appointment with Writing and Communication Consultations, another free service offered by the Academic Success Center.
If you are requesting tutoring for a foreign language class, please contact World Languages and Cultures to see what assistance might be available.
Graduate and professional students are able to tutor undergraduate student courses through Knack. They must have taken the course they are interested in tutoring at Iowa State University and received a B or higher. There is no tutoring offered for graduate courses at Iowa State University.
Yes! International students interested in tutoring should contact success@iastate.edu prior to getting started with Knack.
It can depend on the course you request tutoring for. All qualified tutors are notified of your request, so it could take anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days. Your tutoring request will remain active for one week. After one week, your request will be canceled, and you will need to submit a new request. Please note that you must be enrolled in the course you are receiving tutoring in.
If you have not received a tutoring offer, consider the following options:
Yes, group sessions are available on the Knack platform. When you open a new request form, you will see an ‘Invite Students’ section.
This is where you can both invite other students and allow others to join the session. Once the request is sent to the tutor, each student will receive a notification to accept/decline the group session invite.
No, our tutoring services are limited to students who are actively enrolled in the course at Iowa State.
Iowa State University is not using Knack functionality for essay or writing help. We offer robust writing and communication support here.
Yes, tutoring will be available during all Iowa State academic terms. For information about what classes will be offered for Winter Session this year, visit this website.
