Learning Support Commons

The Seminole Campus has two types of Commons where students and faculty can work on computers, the Collaborative Commons and the Learning Support Commons.

Collaborative Commons

UP 192
727-394-6243

Learning Support Commons

TL 104
727-394-6133
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Hours

Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(Closed weekends)

Hours

Monday - Thursday
 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(Closed weekends)
Hardware and Software Hardware and Software
Emphasis on group work and multimedia
Potentially noisy
Sound recording booth
Covered beverages allowed, but no food
Faculty can check out laptops
No children are allowed		 Emphasis on individual work
Quiet enviornment
Multimedia available
Faculty Development Center
No food or drinks allowed
Faculty can check out laptops
No children allowed

Collaborative Commons (UPC 192)
This Commons can seat 60 students with approximately 25 computer stations clustered around "power towers" with groups of two, three, four or more students working together on a project.

Learning Support Commons (TL 104)
With over 100 computers, students and instructors can come together to explore new technological methods of learning. New students, staff or faculty can also have their ID's made here. The Faculty Development Center is also housed here.

Student assistance

Student assistance is provided in both commons through qualified and friendly staff or the following:

  • SPC HelpDesk: 341-HELP (4357)
  • Academic Systems: 1-800-681-4357 Monday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
  • E-mail questions 24 hours a day

ID cards

ID cards for students, staff and faculty are made in TL 104, the Learning Support Commons. Students should bring:

ID cards are used for the Payprint system (for the copy machines and computer printers) in the Learning Support Commons, Collaborative Commons and the Seminole Community Library.

Your SPC or UPC ID card can also be used to check out books at any SPC, state university or community college library.

UPC Students

UPC students can receive their ID cards in TL104 by filling out this request form and presenting the following:

  • UPC Login number
  • Photo proof of identity such as driver's license
  • Proof of current enrollment such as class schedule, registration, receipt or valid university ID card, showing you are a currently-enrolled student with SPC's partner institution

Your UPC ID card can also be used to check out books at any SPC, state university or community college library.

 UPC Faculty

Faculty teaching with a UPC partner institution can fill out this request form and:

  1. See Wendy Berry in UP 203 to get an SPC Login number. You will need to bring a driver’s license and school ID.
  2. Take your SPC Login number and completed Photo ID application and Key/Access card request form to TL104. You will then receive your UPC Photo ID.
  3. Bring your Photo ID card back to Wendy Berry (UP 203) to be encoded as Key/Access card.
  4. Determine how you would like to receive your photo ID. Choices are on the request form.

Faculty can also visit the UPC office during normal working hours, or see their university liaison on site at the UPC Seminole Campus site for further questions.