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How To Use the Semester Calendar
The semester calendar gives you a visual picture of your semester. It isn’t just a scheduling tool - it’s a cognitive scaffold to help you manage time, reduce stress, and improve learning outcomes. Use it to avoid last-minute surprises and plan for midterms, projects, papers, and other significant events and deadlines. How Does It Work?Continue reading→
Pomodoro Technique
What Is It? The Pomodoro Technique was developed in the late 1980’s by Francesco Cirillo, an Italian college student struggling with the typical student concerns of managing distractions and combatting mental fatigue and procrastination. Francesco realized that breaking down assignments into more manageable chunks and focusing intently for more frequent but shorter periods of time...Continue reading→
Plan with AI
AI tools can be help in mapping out planning and prioritizing tasks and timelines. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Start by identifying the parts that usually take the most time or are the most challenging, such as: organizing study materials figuring out what, when, or how to study getting started...Continue reading→
ADHD Time Management
ADHD Time Management Troubles: 5 Areas To Attack! Struggling with ADHD time management? You’re not alone. Many people with ADHD struggle to manage their time, estimate time, and get things done on time. Check out René Brooks’ post on ADHD Time Management Troubles on her blog, Black Girl, Lost Keys.
26 Time Management Tricks
I Wish I’d Known at 20 Business Insider Etienne Garbugli Most people learn time management the hard way: by trial and error. Étienne Garbugli, a Montreal-based product and marketing consultant, the author of “Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want,” and the creator of “Control Alt Deceit,” a card game designed to replicate the process of starting...Continue reading→
The benefits of a good night’s sleep
TEDEd Shai Marcu Let’s Begin… It’s 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You’ve been studying for days, but you still don’t feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the latter option, showing how sleep...Continue reading→
How To Plan & Reduce Procrastination
How To Make Peace With Planning And Reduce Procrastination René Brooks Procrastination sucks. Dealing with procrastination is like navigating a funhouse, full of mirrors, floors that spin, and other obstacles. Learn more about how to succesfully navigate the funhous in René Brooks’ post on Making Peace with Planning and Reduce Procrastination on her blog, Black...Continue reading→
How Do You Manage Your Time? (Video)
Learning Consultant, Suzanne Crifo, talks through how to put together a weekly calendar, and important things to consider when thinking about your time.
Weekly Calendar
A downloadable PDF to manage and plan your week. Download Weekly Calendar
Planning Calendars
These planning calendars can be used in any number of ways! Plan your week for each class on one page (1 course/row) Plan the next 1- 4 weeks in one place Identify and differentiate what is due and what you have to do Create different priority levels And more! Download Planning Calendar (2 Rows) Download Planning Calendar...Continue reading→
Semester Calendar
A semester-long downloadable calendar for you to use to plan out your deadlines and milestones for the entire semester. Check out our guide - How to Use the Semester Calendar! Download PDF: Semester Calendar Spring 2026

