Exam and assignment season is right around the corner and these months are quite possibly a student’s busiest time of the year. Instead of pumping yourself with copious amounts of coffee to keep up with the syllabus and assignments, work smart! In order to help you accomplish your goals, I have put together a selection of applications that can help you get organised and begin to manage your priorities easily!
Here’s a list of Productivity Apps to try out in 2018:
Evernote
First on the
list is the ever-trusty organisation and productivity app, it hardly needs an
introduction – Evernote. Evernote allows you to streamline both your work life
and personal life on multiple platforms including your phone, laptop or tablet.
With this app, you don’t have to remember which device you last wrote a note
on, because it’s in Evernote. There is a multitude of functions available on
this app so if you need to get your digital documents sorted, look no further.
Google Keep
If you’re looking for a no-fuss, minimalist
note app that can be accessed from anywhere online, Google Keep does the job well. It is
great for writing checklists and small notes that you wish to jot down. With
the Google ecosystem that it is integrated into, it works seamlessly with
Google Drive and Google Docs.
Todoist
When you’re starting a project, Todoist
helps you break down large tasks and keeps them organised for you. With this
app, you can set daily and weekly goals and visualise your productivity trends. Top tip: divide daunting tasks into smaller ones to get that task fulfilment
dopamine hit.
Trello
Trello is a great tool for planning and organising
projects. This works especially well if you’re working in a group project
because of its collaborative feature. Tasks are visualised as ‘cards’ which can
be grouped as ‘boards’. These cards can be assigned to certain individuals, so
you can see at a glance who’s working on what.
Forest
Sometimes
personal technology can be a distraction. Whenever you want to focus without
getting distracted by your phone, open the Forest app and plant trees.
Subsequently, the tree will grow when you are working. However, the tree will
be killed if you leave the Forest app. The harder you work, the lusher your
forest is. This app is intended to develop a ‘no smartphone’ habit to increase
your productivity. The best time to use Forest is when you are working,
studying or just spending time with friends as it encourages a habit of being
present in your daily life.
Mindfulness
Productivity and a positive mindset are an
inseparable duo, hence the inclusion of a mindfulness app to the list would
make complete sense. The Mindfulness app offers you all the tools you need to
sustain a peaceful state of mind and to handle the stress unbelievably well.
Think of it as a digital retreat from reality!
Google Drive
Google’s cloud
storage service, Google Drive, serves as a great productivity aid due to its
integration with the rest of the Google ecosystem. You can upload and download
any file to access on another computer through the website. The tool’s file
sharing and collaboration features let you easily work on shared projects with
your teammates. This service is strongly recommended if you aren’t already
using it.
Nu Connect
It is always a hassle to check your class
timetable using Blackboard. NU Connect lets students view their daily class
schedule with ease. Besides checking your timetable, you’re able to look up PC
availability, Staff contact details, campus bus details and many more. This is
an essential app for every Northumbria University student!
Google Calendar
Google Calendar allows you to sync your
class timetable into the app. What that means is that you can easily check the
classes you have for the day without logging into Blackboard. The smart tool is
makes every appointment painless to schedule and virtually impossible to miss.
The best thing about this no-frills calendar is how it integrates with the rest
of your system!
CamScanner
This is a simple app that lets you scan any
document to PDF format directly. If you have any physical papers you want to
digitally document, this is would be an apt app! You can also annotate your scans with notes
and highlighting, and save your documents to the cloud to access on other
devices.
