University of Idaho INTR 101-06: College Success Strategies

2. Get organized
Visualize your day
• Take the time to plan and organize your schedule
• Record due dates
• Identify how long assignments take
• Make the schedule visible
• Try a daily list or calendar
• Consider phone apps such as Sunrise, Newton, Google Calendar

3. Get organized
Prepare your space
• Create both physically and digitally efficient work space
• Designate that space for getting stuff done
• Establish a system where your work space is organized
• Arrange files and papers in a way that makes sense

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13. Get organized
Consider your resources
• Return to your calendar, planner, phone app
• Highlight and maintain breaks
• Allow for variables (you are a human - you must eat)
• The syllabus – the secret study guide
• Contains important information
• Consider the course schedule as a study template

14. Get organized
Consider your resources
• Return to your calendar, planner, phone app
• Look for schedule breaks
• Integrate life into your school work
• Allow for variables (you are a human - you must eat)
• The syllabus – the secret study guide
• Contains important information
• Consider the course schedule as a schedule template

15. Get organized
Priorities
• Priorities are unique to everyone
• You decide what those are and how you want to use your time
• Examples: Coursework, housework, cooking, playing video
games everyday, staying connected with friends, going to
bed at a specific time
• Let your priorities guide you in developing your schedule

16. Get organized
Schedules
• There are numerous types and forms of a schedule
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Daily
• The weekly schedule is what most students think of when it
comes to time management

26. Complete this deliverable:

27. Digitally or on paper, use the scale and
graph to map out at least 5 things you
would want to prioritize in a schedule

28. Identify your priorities
Rank the tasks
• 4 (Critically important)
• 3 (Highly important)
• 2 (Moderately important)
• 1 (Of little or no importance)