Greenville Technical College

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Resource Guide

Table of Contents

Communication at GTC ………......................………… GTC 2
Starfish Resource Page …………………………………… GTC 3
Blackboard – Submitting an Assignment ……………. GTC 4
Student Success Center ………................................. GTC 5
Admissions and Registration Center ……….............. GTC 6
Registration at GTC ……………………………...……….. GTC 7
Course Explanations ……………………………………… GTC 9
Financial Aid……………………………….……………….. GTC 10
Financial Aid Checklist……………………………………. GTC 12
Student Services Connections……..…………………… GTC 13
Advising ……………………………………………………… GTC 14
Students with Disabilities………..……………………… GTC 16
Learning Resources……………………………………….. GTC 17
Open Computer Labs …………………………………….. GTC 18
Library ……………………………………………………….. GTC 19
Campus and Civic Engagement ……………………….. GTC 20
FYE ……………………………………………………………. GTC 21
PATH………………………………………………………….. GTC 21
Experiential Learning…………………………………….. GTC 21
Career Services ……………………………………........... GTC 22
Academic Terms …………………………………………… GTC 22
Campus Connections …………………………………….. GTC 24
Campus Housing ………………………………………….. GTC 24
GTC Police, Parking Permits & Student IDs ……….. GTC 25
Important Checklist………………………………………. GTC 26
Frequently Asked Questions ……………………………. GTC 27
Differences between High School & College ……….. GTC 28
Scavenger Hunt ……………………………………..…….. GTC 29
College Success Profile Assignment ……………..….. GTC 32
SMART Goals Worksheet ………………………………… GTC 33
GPA Calculation ……………………………………………. GTC 35
Type Focus Personality Assessment ……………….... GTC 36
Time and Money Management Templates ………..... GTC 37
Budget Worksheet……………………………. ………..... GTC 42
I AM Worksheet ……………………………………………. GTC 43
Strengths Quest ……………………………………………. GTC 44
Assignment Checklist …………………………………….. GTC 45
Plagiarism Summary ………………………………..…… GTC 46
Six Sentences (Grammar) ………………………………. GTC 47
Tips for Academic Writing …………………………....... GTC 48
Academic Planning Worksheet ………………………… GTC 49
Cornell Note-taking Template ………………………….. GTC 50
Note Cards…………………………………………………… GTC 51
Tips for Studying History………………………………… GTC 54
Tips for Studying Literature …………………………… GTC 55
Tips for Studying Math Tips ……………………………. GTC 56
Group Presentation Planning…………………………… GTC 57
Résumé Tips ……..…………………………………………. GTC 58
Action Verbs ………………………………………………… GTC 59
Sample Résumés …………………………………………… GTC 60
Advisor OR Instructor Interview ………………………. GTC 63
Important Numbers……………………..………………… GTC 64
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Communication at GTC
Student Planning
Username is the same as your GTC4me
username, without the ‘GTS’
Password is the same as your GTC4me

password (note if changed, changes log-on and
GTC Website
Blackboard passwords)
www.gvltec.edu SUCCESS

TIP Through Student Planning you may:
GTC Gmail  View your progress
Welcome to Starfish!
Starfish provides you with one central location to find the people on campus who can help you succeed. You might also
see recommendations and tips for improvement displayed on your Starfish homepage or sent to you by email. You can
get to Starfish directly from Blackboard.

.

Starfish’s Early Alert feature will let you know when your grades may be slipping in a class. By receiving an early
alert, you will have time to communicate with your instructor, success coach, and/or tutor about ways to improve
your grade on your next test, paper, speech, or project.

Starfish’s Connect feature will connect you with your success network and campus resources. Your success network
includes instructors, advisor, and other staff you may be connected with on campus. Visit the Services tab in Starfish
to find a listing of campus resources with contact information.
If you have additional questions, please contact Success Coaching Office.
 Barton campus: Call 864-250-8373 or visit Bldg. 104-Room 137D
 Brashier campus: Call 864-250-4131 or visit Bldg. 201-Room 214
 Benson and Northwest campuses: Call 864-250-8373 for information

E-mail:
Blackboard: Assignment Directions

Uploading Assignments in Blackboard
1. Log into GTC4me
2. Click on Blackboard
3. Click on Class

4. Click on Assignments (left side bar)
Opening Assignments in Blackboard
5. Find the Assignment and click on the
1. Log into GTC4me
Assignment Name (big, bold, black link)
2. Click on Blackboard
6. Scroll down until you see Submission
3. Click on Class
7. Below the Submission Box, you will see
4. Click on Assignments (left side bar)
Attach File: Browse My Computer
5. Find the Assignment and click on the
8. Click on Browse My Computer and a
link or file attached
window (box) will appear
6. Click Open
9. On the left side of the box, click My
7. If a box opens that requests your user
Computer
name and password, click Cancel and
10. Find where it is saved on your
the box should disappear
computer OR your Flash Drive
11. Find the completed assignment and
double click
Saving Assignments
12. The Assignment name should appear in
1. Go to your completed assignment and
the Blackboard Submission
click “Save As” at the top left screen
13. Scroll to the bottom of the page and
(could be a multicolored button)
click Submit
2. Once you click Save As, a window (box)

will open
3. On the left side of the window (box), Check to be sure your assignment was
click on My Computer submitted
4. Double Click on folder to save in on your 1. Log into GTC4me
computer OR your Flash Drive 2. Click on Blackboard
(Removable Disk) 3. Click on Class
5. Go to File Name - check and rename if 4. Click on My Grades (left bar)
necessary 5. Scroll until you see the assignment
6. Type your file name in the box name
7. Click Save (bottom right of the box) 6. If a green exclamation point is in the
row with the assignment name, the
instructor has received your submission

and it is waiting to be graded.

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Student Success Center
GTC Student Center (Barton Campus - Building 105)

Student Success Center Mission
The Student Success Center fosters a learner-centered experience by empowering students to
take an active and collaborative role in their learning.

The Student Success Center wants GTC’s students to Start/Stay/Succeed.
The role of this area is act as an information/resource highway for faculty, staff, and students who need
the assistance of campus resources, but are unsure where to begin. The Student Success Center is
designated as a No Judge Sector for students who are struggling. While we are not a counseling center,
we are the people who will ask the third, fourth and fifth question to make sure that our referrals are
worthwhile and helpful to the students and the referral area.

Success:The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted.

The Student Success Center is a central place for you to find connections to all campus resources and,
get referrals to programs and services at Greenville Technical College.
The Student Success Center is a place that offers students referral to and information about a variety
of GTC services and resources to help them succeed in and out of the classroom. All of the services
and resources are free!

The Student Success Center is here to help you succeed at Greenville Technical College by offering
information about and referral to services that provide academic and personal support in a variety of
ways. We take special care to empower students to use GTC’s campus resources effectively so that
they can develop learning strategies and skills to become independent learners on the path towards
academic success.

As part of a diverse and inclusive community, the Student Success Center offers referrals to all support
services at GTC. Our intent is to empower students to gain the skills, strategies, and behaviors
necessary to improve their academic standing and to identify appropriate career objectives.

For more information contact:

Karen Morrow 250-8388
Admissions and Registration Center

The Admissions and Registration Center (ARC) is located at McAlister Square on
Pleasantburg Drive. The ARC is home to the offices listed below.

 Admissions  Business Office  Student Records
 Advising  Cyber Café  Testing
 Bookstore  Financial Aid  Veteran Affairs

Admissions is the first place you visit Financial Aid is where students, with
upon enrolling as a student at GTC. limited financial resources, may apply for
financial aid packages composed of grants,
Advising is where the advisors are scholarships, loans, and work study to
located. Advisors are very resourceful in assist in pursuing their educational goals.
assisting you with course selections to To receive any financial aid including
meet your curriculum road map. In lottery, students must complete a Free
addition, they are a great resource for Application for Federal Student Aid
connecting to other campus resources. (FAFSA). In addition, if you are applying
for a scholarship, you would submit the
Bookstore is where students can application to financial aid. You may
purchase required textbooks, supplemental access information on your financial aid
books, and supplies. There is also a Coffee account through WebAdvisor in GTC4Me.
Café you can visit in the Bookstore.
Student Records is the office where all
Business Office is where you pay your grades are processed. You may also add,
tuition and any fines you may accrue drop, or withdraw from classes at Student
during the semester. Tip: Outstanding Records. If you change your major,
balances on your students account will address, or phone number you must go to
prevent you from enrolling for the next Student Records and complete a Status
semester. Change Form. If you need your transcripts
sent to another school, you would make
Cyber Café is an open lab where you can that request at Student Records.
work on homework or submit financial aid Transcripts may also be requested online.
forms.

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If you are receiving financial aid,
you may print your book voucher
through Web Advisor!

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College Catalog and Associate Degree,
Student Handbook Diploma, and Certificate
http://www.gvltec.edu/catalog/
Greenville Technical College awards
The College Catalog is an important resource associate degrees, diplomas, and
in planning and managing your academic certificates.
career. The Catalog includes information on
admissions, registration, curriculums offered, Associate Degree – Typically a 2-year
academic requirements, transfer options, degree that includes general education courses
scholarships, and the Student Handbook. along with courses within a major. Associate
Using the link above, you should refer to the degrees are usually a minimum of 60 credit
catalog corresponding to the year you began hours and a maximum of 84 credit hours.
your current program at Greenville Tech.
Diploma – Typically a 1-year degree including
general education and courses within the
major. Diplomas are usually a minimum of 41
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credit hours to a maximum of 52 credit hours
Make a schedule that
includes schoo l, study time, Certificate – Includes courses focused on a
specific skill or group of skills and typically
work, and ho
me before does not include general education courses.
scheduling classes. Certificates are usually a minimum of 8 credit
hours to a maximum of 40 credit hours.

Registration at GTC

Greenville Technical College offers classes during fall and spring semesters, as well as
Maymester and summer term.

For registration: Tools available in WebAdvisor:
 Visit assigned advisor  Register for classes
 Register online using WebAdvisor OR  Add and drop classes during the
Student Planning add/drop period
 View class schedule
Who is your advisor?  Check end of the semester grades. GTC
 Log on to WebAdvisor through GTC4Me does not mail grades. The only way to
portal receive grade information is through
 Advisor’s name will be listed under the WebAdvisor.
My Profile tab  Print an unofficial college transcript
 Advisor is also listed in Starfish in your  View financial aid information
Success Network.  Pay tuition using a credit card online

Additional advising questions Tools available in Student Planning:
 Visit the Advising Center located at the  Register for classes
Admissions and Registration Center  Add and drop classes during the add/drop
(ARC). period
 View class schedule
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Full-time or Part-time Variety of Instruction

Methods
To be considered a full-time student at GTC you

must be enrolled in 12 credit hours or more.
Greenville Tech offers a variety of ways you
Twelve hours does not always equate to 4
courses, some courses may only be 1 or 2 can take classes. As you identify your
credit hours. Credit Hours are typically the learning style, you will discover how to best
number of hours you earn for taking an manage your learning environment.
individual course. In addition, you may have
some courses, such as Biology or Spanish, that  Traditional – Traditional classes are
are 4 credit hour courses. Some financial aid
offered in a traditional classroom
is awarded based on your enrollment status.
setting.
The total number of hours a student can

register for without a Dean’s approval is 18
 Online – Online classes are taught via
credit hours.
the Internet. Students log on to classes

through Blackboard. Some online
 Full Time
classes require on-campus attendance.
12 or more credit hours
For example, students taking Speech
Example:
online must come to campus to present
MAT 109 … 3.0 hours
the speech in front of a class. All
ENG 101 … 3.0 hours
online classes monitor and record
PSY 201 … 3.0 hours
attendance on a weekly basis.
CPT 170 … 3.0 hours

12.0 hours
 Hybrid – Hybrid classes combines

online learning and face-to-face
 Part Time
instruction. The schedule and structure
11 or less credit hours
(which include online assignments and
Example:
discussion forums as well as required
MAT 109 … 3.0 hours
labs) can significantly vary from one
ENG 101 … 3.0 hours
class to another.
6.0 hours

Online and hybrid classes require self-
Prerequisite or Co-requisite motivation and self-discipline. When you
attend a traditional class, you may sit in a
Many courses you will enroll in will have a desk for approximately 3 hours a week for
prerequisite or co-requisite requirement. For lecture. In an online or hybrid, you typically
instance, ENG 102 has a pre-requisite of ENG do not have a specific time designated to go
101 or required placement scores. online or watch a video. To practice good
time management, we suggest that you
 Prerequisite –courses you need to have make a schedule for your online or hybrid
successfully completed (typically a C or class similar to the times you would attend a
higher) prior to enrolling in given course or traditional class to accommodate the lecture
have made the designated placement score. portion. Studying is always in addition to
the time you are in class!
 Co-requisite - two courses must be taken
simultaneously during the semester.
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Course Numbers and Sections

COL 103 – 001

Course prefix Course Section
Course Number

0=Barton 7= Evening B=Brashier G=Benson N=Northwest
COL 103- 001 COL 103-700 COL 103- B01 COL 103- G01 COL 103- N01

M=McKinney D=Donaldson W=Online
COL 103- M01 COL 103- D01 COL 103- W01

Note: The first number/letter of the section number denotes location

 Days of the week  Begin and end dates
 M = Monday  Full semester
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 T = Tuesday  First session
 W = Wednesday TIP  Second session
 R = Thursday  10 week session
 F = Friday Course lengths vary …  7 ½ week session
 S = Saturday pay close attention to  5 week session
beginning and ending
 U = Sunday  Maymester
dates AND start and

stop times.

Tuition Terms

 Tuition – amount charged for courses.

 Credit hour – tuition is based on per credit hour charge.

 Student Fee – includes student activities, parking, and duplicate schedules.

 Technology Fee – includes access to open computer labs, computers in classrooms, etc.

 Lab Fee – for courses with labs such as biology.

 Purge – deletion of student schedule for non-payment of tuition by published deadline.
The purge system does not guarantee that classes will be deleted.

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Financial Aid

Students applying for ANY financial aid must complete a
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) www.fafsa.ed.gov

Financial Aid offers:

 Grants – Students may apply for both state and federal grants. Students receive
grants based on need. Grants do not have to be paid back.

 Loans – Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Student Loans must be paid back.
Students borrow the loan for a designated percent rate. Some loans do not require
repayment until after graduation. Students will need to apply at
www.studentloans.gov. Students will need to complete Entrance Loan Counseling and
Master Promissory Note.

 SC Lottery Tuition Assistance – Lottery funds are not need based. Lottery funds
are given to the student and do not have to be repaid. To qualify for lottery funds,
students must be a SC resident for a minimum of one year, NOT be receiving federal
or state grants, and have completed a FAFSA. Lottery is only applied if Federal or
State grants do not cover all of a student’s tuition. Lottery does NOT help with books
and supplies.

 Scholarships – Many scholarships are available for GTC students. Take advantage!
The deadline for applying for scholarships is typically May 1.

 LIFE Scholarship – South Carolina Life Scholarship is determined on academic
merit. This award does not require completing a FAFSA, but it is highly recommended.
Entering freshmen requirements include the following: must be a South Carolina
resident, must be a South Carolina high school graduate, must have a 3.0 high school
grade point average on a 4.0 scale, must have no felony convictions, must have no
drug or alcohol convictions in preceding 12 months/calendar year, must be a full-time
undergraduate student in an eligible program, and must take 12 non-remedial credits
(100-level or higher must be taken).

 Work-Study – Students may apply for the Work-Study program through Financial
Aid. Students typically work up to 20 hours per week at the college. Jobs vary and
may include working in offices, laboratories, the library, or as peer counselors,
teachers’ aides, and reading tutors. Students must meet work-study approved
guidelines.

Be sure to visit the Financial Aid Office for more information on the assistance available and
guidelines.

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