5 Great Tools to Help With Your College Studies
Posted By: Anthony Christensen on June 26, 2020 If you’re a college student who wants to get ahead in your studies, there are tools that are available to help you advance. Taking advantage of these resources can help you stay better organized and make academic life easier to manage. These five tools can assist you with your college studies. myHomeworkYou’ll have less difficulty staying organized with your homework when you use this app. Tracking classes and homework assignments will be easier thanks to the app’s advanced features. If you have trouble remembering due dates, the due date reminder feature of this app will come in handy. ThemyHomework app can be synced between devices so that you can access it from a desktop computer, laptop, or mobile phone. If you sign up for a premium plan, you can enjoy additional features, such as external calendar access and enhanced app widgets. The advanced plan also lets you import homework and add file attachments. Cold TurkeyIf online distractions are keeping you from getting homework and studying done, the Cold Turkey app can help you get back on track. This app can block access to social media sites and other websites that can distract you from schoolwork. You can even block access to the entire internet if you’re tempted to go online when you’re supposed to be doing school-related tasks on your computer. The Cold Turkey app can work to block activities across all internet browsers automatically. You can set time limits so that you can block access to certain sites or the entire internet for limited periods of time. If you’re ever tempted to try to access a certain website that’s being blocked, a motivational quote will appear to give you additional inspiration to get back to your studies. FooducateWhat you eat can affect your studies, and the Fooducate app will help you eat more of the right foods that can help you achieve greater academic success. This app can also help you avoid the dreaded “Freshman 15” by recommending foods that won’t add a lot of excess fats and calories to your diet. If you’re having trouble figuring out what meals to prepare, the app gives you access to many great recipes. Fooducate allows you to set daily calorie budgets and will let you know whether you’ve gone over those budgets with the foods that you eat. You’ll also receive an average food grade that can be used to gauge your success. The app even provides exercise tips that can work well in keeping both the body and brain healthy. Transcription ServicesLectures, interviews, and more can be transcribed so that you’ll be able to review all the information in an easy-to-read format. Taking notes can be difficult when it comes to recording all the facts that you’ll need to know to pass exams, and academic transcriptionist services can provide you with accurate, highly detailed notes that can save you both time and stress. You also won’t have to go through the hassle of trying to decipher scribbles that you made while you were trying to take notes when you use transcription services that are designed for college students. The best transcription services will also give you your transcribed notes in a timely manner so that you’ll have all the information that you need with enough time to study for exams. Dictation SoftwareTyping everything by hand can be strenuous on your body and drain more of your energy, and dictation software can manage this task for you. Instead of typing the words, you can simply say what you want to be typed out loud into a microphone, and the software will automatically type what you said as if you typed it yourself by hand. Using one of these programs can be especially good if you’re slower at typing. The computer or mobile device that you use may already come with dictation software, and using it regularly can be a great way to manage your time better. Getting essays and other college papers done can seem more like you’re having a conversation with a friend when you use dictation software. These tools can take the strain and struggle out of managing many of your school-related tasks. Thanks to modern technology, you can have easy access to these tools and use them whenever needed. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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