You have no items in your cart. Want to get some nice things?
12 Free Resources for Online Tutoring
A good online tutoring programme is one that connects tutors with their students and leaves a lasting impact. So, what can you do to improve your tutoring style and make your lessons stand out? A good tutor needs to have a deep knowledge of the subject they are teaching and also have additional resources to make their sessions more interesting and engaging.
A great tutor understands that every student has a unique learning style. Some students prefer to take time and reflect before each online tutoring session. They would appreciate it if you provided them with the materials beforehand. This way, they can feel more confident and prepared for the topics you will be discussing.
Knowing this ahead of time will help you to design lesson plans. In this article, we’ll share some amazing free resources, websites and software apps that will turn your good online tutoring sessions into incredible and unforgettable! By adapting these to your tutoring approach, you will bring the best out of each student.
The British Council
The British Council has put together a wide range of practical resources to use during your sessions. You will find material relevant to your students’ specific level and some interesting information to add to your online tutoring sessions, such as articles. You will be able to choose from 400 complete lesson plans, covering different topics and themes you can use to make your sessions more effective.
There are also various activities to choose from, additional teaching tools, stories, and poems that you can use. All of the practice materials are written by experts in English Language Teaching and are free to download. If you’d like to access these resources, click here.
The National Archives
This is a good resource if you are looking to do some extensive research on a specific topic, whether you are doing homework or preparing for a session. They are the official archive and publisher for the UK. Along with an extensive range of historical records and documents, they have articles on how to write essays, how to revise work, and how to do research. Although you may not find lesson plans, you will find interesting information that you can use for your online tutoring sessions. Follow this link for more information.
Free Teaching Resources UK
They offer lesson plans and activities for a wide variety of subjects, including English and Maths. They designed this site to help teachers and tutors to find great lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, tutorials, and workshops. The material is appropriate for students from KS1 to GCSE level. These lessons are free and produced by UK companies, charities, museums and galleries, and in many cases have been created by experienced educational teaching experts. Visit their website by clicking here.
Seneca Learning
Seneca provides free materials for students on levels KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-Levels, covering a wide range of subjects. The signup is free for teachers, parents, and scholars. Seneca Learning uses a web-based application that allows students to review information using a question-answer-based system.
Additionally, teachers can use Microsoft Forms and Google Forms to create their own quizzes and upload them as work for students to complete. The platform uses live marking so that students would immediately know where they went wrong. The questions are then re-asked in a different way for the scholar to try again. You can equally use it for live quizzes during your online tutoring sessions.
BBC Teach
BBC has a wide selection of classroom resources for teaching Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and GCSE subjects to scholars. Although there are no past papers or worksheets, the website contains a series of short films designed for the GCSE curriculum and intended to support students working at a mid-level with their understanding.
Moreover, the short videos teach various concepts, for example, maths ratio and proportion, probability, percentages and fractions and show how students can apply these topics to everyday real-life scenarios. The videos can be viewed as part of your online tutoring sessions, or you can share the links with the parents so that the scholar can view the video in preparation for the session. Some students learn better through watching videos, and this resource would be perfect for them.
Webmaths
This website provides worksheets for students who are in years 6 to year 11. The easy-to-use user interface allows you to browse worksheets that you can download to your PC in PDF format for you to complete as exam preparation, or to upload them to your whiteboard for use during the live online tutoring session.
For teachers, there are worksheets, games and quizzes that can be easily downloaded and used as lesson plan outlines and ideas. The website also contains GCSE revision exam questions for those students who will be studying for exams. Click here to find a suitable resource for you.
The Chalkface
This is a privately run website that offers free tutor resources for students studying maths in KS3, GCSE, and A-Levels. You can find maths papers using their search feature and you can choose to view them in a PDF format or download them for when you need them later on.
The Blog page contains useful articles that further explain certain maths topics and discuss other information related to tutoring. Learn more by clicking on this link.
AQA
AQA is home to a wide range of assessment papers in various subjects including Maths, English, and Science. They provide additional information on the world of education so you can keep up to date with what’s going on.
On their website, you will find many past papers that you can download in PDF format for both higher and foundation phases. The papers are designed for GCSE levels and up. For tutors, you can also download a mark scheme to help you check and assess the scholar’s work.
GT Scholars
At GT Scholars, we have a tried and tested catalogue with over 250 additional learning resources, suggested and some of them curated by our tutors and mentors, for our volunteers. These resources cover a range of different subjects and topics. Extra practice or enrichment opportunities can be created with these tools to engage and excite students during online tutoring sessions. Click here if you’d like to browse our resources.
Miro
Miro is an online whiteboard platform that allows you to meet and share information in real time. You can upload documents in various formats that a student can see and work on while you watch, mark, or give advice. The online whiteboard provides a host of drawing tools for use during the session.
You can also use the mind-map features to plan lesson strategies, outcomes and goals for your student. As Miro is an app that runs in a browser, you can access the whiteboard from anywhere and on any smart device.
The paid-for version gives you access to more advanced features, such as the ability to use Miro as a live meeting and teaching platform. But the free version offers plenty of features for you to conduct an effective online tutoring session; you will just need to use Zoom or Google Meet in conjunction with Miro for your sessions.
Conceptboard
Conceptboard is a straightforward online whiteboard that allows you to upload documents and work along with your student using the drawing and marking tools available. You can also share the board with different people, for example, parents who want to keep an eye on their scholar’s progress.
It allows you to create multiple boards, which means you don’t have to delete work you feel you may need to review or refer back to at a later stage. Conceptboard works on all the latest web browsers, allowing you to access the whiteboard from a range of different devices. It is free to sign up for and use.
Explain Everything Web Whiteboard
This is a shared whiteboard that runs in any web browser and provides a link that a student can click to join an online tutoring session. It has many of the same features as the other online whiteboards, including the ability to upload documents for viewing and giving you a wide range of drawing tools to use during the session.
You can upload and open multi-page PDF documents during the session, which is useful when discussing an assessment paper or worksheet. Click here to access the website.
To sum it up, these are just a few of the many available resources for online tutors. There are multiple well-known resources, such as Google Scholar and YouTube, that are commonly known by tutors, parents, and scholars alike. However, the resources listed in this article could provide you with some new and interesting content to use during your tutoring sessions. If you are planning to use additional resources in your sessions, make sure that they are relevant to your topic and students.
Resources should be there to make a session better, not just to fill the time. Using the right resources in an effective manner will ensure your tutee enjoys the sessions fully and looks forward to returning.
At GT Scholars, we run high-impact tutoring and mentoring programmes for young people to help them in their academic and career aspirations. On our website, you will find insightful articles that can provide you with more tips to enhance your tutoring journey. You can also volunteer with us and be part of our tutors and mentors. Together, let’s make lasting impacts on young people’s lives and make their learning experience more enjoyable.
GT Scholars is an award-winning education company and social enterprise. We run high-impact tutoring, mentoring & enrichment programmes for young people aged 11-18. If you’d like to give your child the support, skills and strategies needed to achieve their academic and career aspirations, you're in the right place!
Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
Latest posts by GT Scholars (see all)
