As the school year is picking up, it’s becoming more and more important to stay organized and up to date with all your work and activities. Using your smartphone to stay on track is simple and easy; you’ll always have it with you and there are thousands of programs designed just to help you plan and prepare for every day. Here are just 5 apps that will become your lifesaver during a hectic school year. 1. PocketEver skim through an article or Facebook post right as you’re walking into class and have to scroll back through your feed (for what seems like hours) to find it again? Download Pocket! Pocket is a free app that makes it easy to save content from the internet, Twitter, and Facebook that you can view later, even without an internet connection! You can view your saves on your laptop or smartphone, making this a great tool for research or just your own personal social media. 2. TdoistTodoist is a great new online take to the traditional “to do list”. Todoist is available on iPhone, Andriod, Mac, and Windows and is an app that can be used for making schedules, lists, and tasks. Todoist is easy to manage and enables you to work together with others on tasks in your system and will alert you when any major changes are made. 3. Sunrise CalendarSunrise is an advanced and easy to use calendar that can help you organize and combine all of the scheduling systems on your laptop or phone. Using Sunrise, you can link your Exchange, iCloud, and Facebook accounts in order to get the most comprehensive view of your schedule possible. 4. QuizletAs college students, we are always looking for the most efficient and fastest ways to get studying done. Quizlet is an online app where you can make personal notecards, quizzes, and games to study for an exam or review material for all your classes. Quizlet is great because it is easy to save and edit your study materials, and you can use it for almost any class. 5. TrelloTrello is an online project management app that makes it easy to organize tasks and assignments for group projects or for your own personal work. Using the app, you can create boards and assign tasks to group members, create checklists and due dates, and monitor progress throughout the process. As a frequent user of Trello for the CLAS Marketing Team, I can assure you this app is an easy and efficient way to stay on track when you have multiple projects.
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