Tutoring, Training & Student Success

The University of North Dakota offers the following products/services related to tutoring (Brainfuse), training (Infobase), and student success (Starfish).

Additional resources including Tutoring & Learning Services, Academic Advising, and the Writing Center are also available through Student Academic Success and Career Engagement.

Tutoring

Brainfuse

Brainfuse has replaced Smarthinking as the UND online tutoring service.

Brainfuse's HelpNow suite features 24/7 help in Math and English. They also provide live online tutoring, writing lab assistance, and a wide range of academic support tools including Flashcards, SkillSurfer practice tests and lessons, MEET virtual meetings, LEAP diagnostic testing, language lab, Brainwave recorded notetaking, and eParachute career aptitude tests.

How to Access Brainfuse

To access Brainfuse, log into Blackboard and enter a Blackboard course. Select Tools from the menu on the left and click on Brainfuse Live Tutoring - UND.

Brainfuse HelpNow Quick-Start and User Guide

How much time are students allotted and how can more be requested?

Students are given 5 hours (300 minutes). More time can be requested by submitting a request for additional hours. (login required)

Do students have to pay for Brainfuse?

There is no fee to use Brainfuse.

Brainfuse Tutoring Subjects

Brainfuse will provide online tutoring in the following subjects (from basic to advanced levels).

MATHEMATICS

Advanced Statistics
Algebra
Basic Math
Calculus (Single Variable)
Differential Equations
Discrete Mathematics
Geometry
Liberal Arts Math
Linear Algebra
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Statistics
Trigonometry

LANGUAGE ARTS

English for Academic Purposes
ESOL Writing Support
Live Writing Help
Reading (Reading Fluency, Comprehension Strategies & Analysis, Vocabulary Development &
Usage Application, ESL Topics/Issues
Writing, All Courses (Customizable Writing Lab; standard services include Writing Skills,
Paragraph Reviews, Process Paper Reviews, Expository Essays, Research Papers, Profile
Essays, Fictional Writing, Career Writing, Resumes, etc.)

BUSINESS

Accounting
Advanced Accounting
Auditing
Corporate Tax
Cost Accounting
Economics
Finance
Governmental/Not-for-Profit Accounting
Individual Income Tax
Intermediate Accounting
Payroll Accounting

SCIENCES

Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Earth Science
Human Anatomy & Physiology
Microbiology Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Science
Physics

COMPUTER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A+ Certification
Adobe Creative Suite
C++
Cloud Computing
HTML5/CSS
JAVA
JAVA Script
Linux+
MS Office Suite
PHP/My SQL
Security+
Windows

NURSING/ALLIED HEALTH

Allied Health Occupation
Emergency Care
Medical Assisting
Medical Terminology
NCLEX-PN
NET
NLN PAE
Nursing
Nursing Administration
Nursing/Allied Health Essay Review
Nursing Anatomy and Physiology
Nursing Care Plans
Nursing Medical-Surgery
Nursing Pathophysiology
Nursing-Pharmacology
Oncology
Pediatrics
Pharmacy Math and Dosage
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
TEAS
Women's Health

OTHER - SOCIAL SCIENCES

Government
History
Psychology
Sociology

OTHER - LANGUAGES

Chinese
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
French
Italian
Spanish

OTHER - MISC.

General Study Skills

PLEASE NOTE:

Additional subjects are available upon request
ESOL tutoring is available for all subjects

Resources and Tutorials

Instructors - Add a Brainfuse link in your Blackboard courses

Whiteboard tutorial video

Live Tutoring video

LEAP Learning Platform video

Flashbulb Flashcards video

SkillSurfer video

MEET video

Brainwave video

What other tutoring resources are available?

UND Student Academic Success and Career Engagement - Offers academic advising, guidance on study skills, and tutoring assistance for a variety of academic areas.
UND Writing Center - Available for students, faculty, and staff to talk about their work in progress with a writing consultant in-person or online.

On Demand Training

Infobase provides online training solutions that answer “How do I do that?” questions through an extensive library of short, easy-to-understand video tutorials. Faculty, staff, and students will be able to stay on top of the latest technology applications and get answers to software question 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To log in, enter your NDUS.Identifier and password. Visit the NDUS.Identifier page for username and password questions.

Instructors can embed Infobase video tutorials into their Blackboard courses. For more information on how to embed and assign these tutorials as assessments, please see this help article.

Starfish Academic Advising

Starfish is a tool that provides an efficient way to quickly offer coordinated support to all students ensuring they receive the right type of assistance/intervention to keep them on track.

For more information on Starfish visit the UND Starfish Support Page.