Every college student needs to know how to use technology to their advantage. Knowing how to utilize all the best apps out there for college students is the best way to make your job a lot easier and and get your work done faster so that you can actually have a life outside of being a student. Here are 5 great study apps for college students.
- Dragon Dictation
If you have a really hard time scrawling down notes while your professor is lecturing, or writing them out from the text that you are studying, then you will really love Dragon Dictation. It’s one of the best dictation apps out there and it is really great at recognizing all kinds of languages and accents. This is especially helpful if you have a hard time reading your own handwriting, or typing quickly and easily without typos.
- Quizlet
There are all kinds of flashcard apps out there, but Quizlet has millions of study sets to choose from and the list just keeps growing. You can also create your own study set and save it to the app for future reference. Because the app aggregates these study sets from all the various college students who use it, there’s a good chance that the study set you need for your class is already on there from a student who took the same course as you in the past.
- Todoist
You may already have a habit of making to do lists, but no app makes it easier for you to embed links to websites, files and set reminders for yourself so that you never forget to start working on a project than Todoist. Plus, with this app you can enter in projects, subprojects and subtasks to break everything down into nice, clean flowcharts that are easy to understand. You can use this app for both iOS and Android, and there’s even a desktop version that is compatible with several different web browsers.
- MyScript Smart Note
Some people find it pretty easy to type all of their notes in class, but what about when you are in math and science classes and you need to write down all kinds of long, complicated equations? If you go to an online school like GW Online, you can usually rewind your recorded lessons, but if you go to a traditional in-person university, there is no rewind.
It can get pretty difficult to keep up with your professor when you are searching for all kinds of symbols while simultaneously attempting to actually follow the lesson. However, with MyScript Smart Note, you can use a stylus to write down all of your equations on your tablet, and it uses highly sophisticated technology to comprehend even the messiest handwriting. Your notes will then be transferred into typeface so that anyone can read what you wrote down, not just you.
- Google Drive
There’s nothing like Google Drive for any college student. It’s the easiest way to write and share notes, create spreadsheets, share photos and so much more. Google Drive makes it easy for you to keep all of your data in the cloud so that you don’t have to worry about losing anything if your computer stops working and you don’t have to worry about which version of each file is the latest, because it automatically updates as you type.
