StudyRails Manages Assignments and Study Time [Screenshot Tour]
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Get productive when class is back in session with StudyRails, a webapp that tracks your time and notifies you of upcoming course assignments via email or text message. When you receive new class assignments, enter them into StudyRails and designate slots of time to study for the assignments. The webapp will notify you prior to the assignment via email or SMS. Additionally, StudyRails can send mentors (and even parents) your classes and upcoming assignments for added motivation. Finally, when you’re in the middle of studying, StudyRails will block distracting web sites and applications so that you can focus on the required tasks at hand.
Add An Assignment
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If you have an assignment, you can either click on the class time that the assignment is due or click on “New Assignment” to update the information. In this area, you can designate the amount of time that you estimate it will take to complete the assignment and add milestones if necessary.
Study Time
With StudyRails, you can either set aside blocks of time for completing a particular assignment or for studying for a particular quiz or exam. If you plan on studying for three hours on Tuesday night for four upcoming assignments, StudyRails will do the math and figure out how to best allocate your time. Simply drag your mouse over a block of time and StudyRails will do the rest.
Block Software
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If you’re easily distracted by games installed on your computer or less productive software, StudyRails comes with an utility that will prevent you from accessing those applications and web sites during the time you are supposed to be studying.
Keep In Touch
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StudyRails can inform you about upcoming assignments via email or SMS or both so that you can prepare for your study period and never miss a date. Furthermore, you can also keep your parents or mentors abreast of your progress with the weekly or daily notifications with the ability to share your calendar with designated individuals via email:
All in all, StudyRails proves to be a useful application especially if you have multiple assignments to keep track of—especially if you’re also maintaining a busy schedule with your classmates and peers.
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StudyRails is typically $4.95/month, which amounts to less than $15 per semester. Lifehacker readers are invited to try out a full semester of StudyRails for free: Email lifehacker at studyrails dot com and the first 100 users to sign up will get an account with all the features described above. Otherwise you can give StudyRails a free test drive for 14 days.
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