LibGuides: Academic Resource Center: Tech Tools

"How to" Videos

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Notability
Note-taking and annotation app for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Evernote
Note-taking app helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects and to-do lists.
Keynote
Use presentation software, like Keynote, to take notes and add visuals.
Mind Meister: Online Mind Mapping
Online mind mapping application that allows its users to visualize, share and present their thoughts.
AudioNote
Take notes linked to your voice recordings.

Apple Reminders
Use Reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to keep track of projects, homework, and other tasks.
Google Calendar
Time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google.
Google Keep
Create notes and lists, set time and place reminders, and check off your completed tasks.
Google Tasks
Create task lists and manage them from any device and in Gmail or Calendar.
Todoist
Schedule weekly tasks, set reminders, turn important emails into tasks, and check off when assignments are completed.
Trello
Visual tool that turns projects into boards, lists, and cards to help you prioritize and organize your work.

360 Thinking Time Tracker
The 360 Thinking Timer is an instructional timer app specifically designed for supporting students’ executive function skill development.
FocusTimer
Focus Timer enhances your "Real Focus Time."
Forest: Stay Focused
You can plant a seed in Forest and as time goes by, this seed will gradually grow into a tree. However, if you cannot resist the temptation of using your phone and leave the app, your tree will wither.
Pomodoro Timer
The Pomodoro Technique is a popular time management method that breaks down your work into 25 minutes intervals separated by short breaks.

Dictation Feature for Mac Users
Set up Dictation and use your voice to enter text on your Mac.
Google Docs Voice Typing
Type and edit by speaking in Google Docs or in Google Slides speaker notes.
Prizmo Go
Grab text instantly with camera, and copy, translate, or read it aloud.
Read&Write for Google Chrome
A Google Chrome extension that provides text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and text and picture dictionaries.
Snap&Read Universal
An extension for Chrome that reads both accessible and inaccessible text aloud from websites, Flash websites, images, Google Docs, eBook Readers, Kindle Cloud Reader, email, PDFs, web-based tests, and more.
Voice Dream Scanner
Scan paper documents with the camera and recognize text. Listen using built-in text-to-speech. Save and export.