Ka Piko Services: Student Tech Support, Testing, and Tutoring

Student Tech Support

Student Tech Support provides free technical support for a variety of technical issues including support with UH accounts, support for personal devices, and more. Student Tech Support is located in Hale La‘akea 228 and is open Monday through Friday. Visit the Student Tech. Support the webpage (https://windward.hawaii.edu/services-for-students/tutoring/ka-piko/student-tech-support/) for more information. 

Testing Center

The Testing Center provides testing services (e.g., placement testing, distance education testing, makeup testing, and retesting) to UH System students, and for a fee, to non-UH students and private organizations. The Testing Center is located in Hale La‘akea 228 and is open Monday through Friday. Visit the Testing Center webpage (https://windward.hawaii.edu/services-for-students/testing-center/) for more information.

Ka Piko Tutoring Services

Ka Piko Math Lab

The Math Lab provides free virtual and in-person assistance for all math courses offered at Windward Community College and other STEM courses (depending on tutors' proficiencies). Students can also access Math Lab resources and math references, including textbooks, calculators, and computers, while in the Math Lab. The Math Lab is located in Hale La‘akea 220. Visit the Ka Piko webpage (https://windward.hawaii.edu/services-for-students/tutoring/ka-piko) for more information.

Ka Piko Speech Lab

The Speech Lab provides free virtual and in-person assistance for a variety of communication needs including preparing and delivering presentations, visual aids, organizing and outlining, research, and APA formatting and citations. The Speech Lab is located in Hale La‘akea 226. Visit the Ka Piko webpage (https://windward.hawaii.edu/services-for-students/tutoring/ka-piko/) for more information.

Ka Piko Writing Lab

The Writing Lab provides free virtual and in-person assistance for all stages of the writing process, including brainstorming ideas, thesis development, citations, and editing. The Writing Lab is located in Hale La‘akea 222. Visit the Ka Piko webpage (https://windward.hawaii.edu/services-for-students/tutoring/ka-piko) for more information.

Supplemental Instruction (SI)

The Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program at Windward Community College is a free embedded tutoring program that supports students in challenging courses. SI Leaders, successful peer leaders, offer weekly group study sessions for specific courses each semester. SI Leaders also sit in on synchronous course lectures and assist students during class. Visit the Ka Piko webpage (https://windward.hawaii.edu/services-for-students/tutoring/ka-piko) for more information.

Tutor.com

The UH Community Colleges offer free online, on-demand tutoring via Tutor.com. This tutoring service is easy to use and can be accessed on any device that connects to the internet. Tutor.com services are available 24/7. Students can connect with Tutor.com by visiting Windward Community College's Tutor.com page (https://www.hawaii.edu/tutor/).