Frequently Asked Questions - About the Homework Planner
- Can the planner adapt to holidays?
- Why is the planner based on a week of work, instead of a day?
- How does the email reminder work?
- My classes are all modular, taken in one-or two-week intensives. Will this planner work for me?
- Can I still use the planner if my syllabus doesn’t say what percentage each of my assignments is?
- Why did the Planner put all the tasks for my paper into one week, when it's not due for 3 weeks?
- How do I enter a presentation?
- I have a weekly lab report (or other weekly assignment). What do I do?
- I get graded on class participation. What do I do?
- My prof has 23 different reading assignments, with 3 pages from here and 6 pages from there. Do I really need to enter each one as a separate assignment?
- When I check off a completed task, will it disappear?
- The week that the planner put an assignment into isn’t ideal for me. How can I change it?
- The time investment estimates aren’t accurate for what I’m doing. What do I do?
- Can I print out a copy of my weekly checklists?
- Can the planner adapt to reading week?
Yes. Just go to the All Checklists page and adjust the "Re-Assign to Week" values so that your holiday weeks are free.
Because the student life needs flexibility.
Have you ever had a hard day and just not been able to focus on that tough philosophy reading? Have you ever gotten a last minute call for an extra shift at work? Have you ever spent the afternoon hanging out with a new boyfriend when you should have been doing homework? (I know you have...)
The email reminder is an option for you to receive a reminder about that particular task three (3) days ahead of the deadline. It's another line of defence against our tendency to procrastinate.
I don't recommend checking the reminders for everything, though, because you'll be inundated with emails and start to ignore them. So check only a few key tasks, spaced throughout the semester.
To set up your email reminders, just go to the Add/Re-schedule page, click on each class and check off the tasks you want reminders for.
Yup. You can go to the Add/Re-schedule page when you need to add an assignment to your current planner.
Yup. Just leave it blank.
Probably because it's also taking into consideration your other assignments.
You can adjust the plan by either:
- going to the Add/Reschedule page and setting the deadlines you want for the paper steps and checking off the "Fixed Date" box and then re-scheduling, or
- you can just move them with the "Re-assign to Week" drop down boxes in the All Checklists page.
You can use the paper category and adjust one of the steps so that it includes practice speaking, or you can use a custom project and set up the steps for planning, writing, and practicing your presentation.
Choose the Weekly Assignment category, and use as the deadline the last date that a weekly assignment/lab is due.
The planner will schedule time each week for your assignments.
Choose the Participation category, and put the last day of classes as your deadline.
The planner will schedule in time each week that you can use for class prep.
No. You have a few options for how you can enter that.
1. Use the Weekly Assignment category option, and the planner will schedule weekly time each week, which you can just use for reading for that class.
2. You can keep using the Reading category, but just total up the pages to read before the test, and enter that as one reading assignment. The planner will break it down into 2-hour reading portions and schedule it into the weeks before the test. Then when you are taking time to do, say, History reading, you can check your notes for the exact pages you need to read.
Nope. I, for one, like to see a nice list of completed work. Not to assume you are compulsive like me, but… it does feel nice, doesn’t it?
So, if it's checked "Done" it just shows up with a line through it, and it isn't included in any re-scheduling.
If it's checked off as "Remove" then it will be completely removed from the planner.
No problem.
Just go to your All Checklists page and use the "Re-Assign to Week" drop-down lists to move it to your preferred week.
Or you could also go to the Add/Re-schedule page and be sure the deadline is in the week you want, and then check the "Fixed Date" box so that it is guaranteed to be scheduled in that week from now on.
Be sure to save your changes and update the planner.
Just go to the Add/Re-schedule page and change them, then be sure to save and update your planner.
Yup.
Just go to the View you want (one week, whole semester, or calendar) and either click the print icon or right click to get your browser's print option.
Yes.
If you want to do more homework on Reading Week (or less, if you’re hitting the beach or the slopes), just go to your All Checklists page and change the “Week Assigned” numbers to shift your assignments into earlier or later weeks.
