Take control of your own time! Use these tips so you get good results as well as fitting in work, friends and study.
Create a schedule. Find some organising tools that suit you and use them (e.g. phone calendar, diary and/or semester planner)
Put all due dates for assessments for the semester in your planner; start work on them early.
Create dedicated, regular times for study outside of classes.
Avoid procrastination and distraction: work out what stops you from getting work done and find a way to manage it (Gaming? Facebook? SnapChat?).
Set your priorities: use these to set some achievable short and longer term goals
Find balance. Make time to sleep, exercise and socialise, as well as to work and study.
Semester planners for VET and HE students are available on MYWAI
The planners include WAI term times, public holidays etc. Use them to plan out when your assessments are due, when you have tests, and when you can take a break.
Look at your subject outlines or assessment outlines to work out when your assessments are due
Note on the planner when each assessment is due, or when you have tests/exams
Consider using different colours for each subject
You may want to note when you are going to work on different assessments
You can print them out (they work well on A3) or use a soft copy in Excel
Time Management
by By navigating their busy lives more effectively, students can free up more time and space for true learning--and things they really like to do. First, students will bust the myth that multitasking actually works. Then, they'll develop strategies for planning and prioritizing activities. Finally, they'll learn some secrets to keeping themselves--and their work--organized.
Presenter: Michael Geisen M.A., Professor at Southern Oregon University
This clip is only running for 6 minutes. To watch a full video, (33 minutes), go here.
