If you're anything like me, you get a little test anxiety from time to time.
When I have a test coming up, I will study anywhere, any time, no matter what.
It gets a little tricky sometimes because pulling out a huge binder or a text book is super inconvenient, and you have to lug all of your heavy study materials around with you everywhere.
StudyBlue is all of your study materials in one, and it's now an app. All you have to do is sign-up, and most importantly, it's free.
When you sign up and log in, you're first hit with a little pop up that can access Facebook, Twitter or any social media and send out a message saying "don't bother me," or something along those lines.
On the app, you can search for professors and courses to find study materials your fellow students have made.
It's basically a portable way to make study cards for quick and easy studying and reviews.
You can also view the cards as an outline or there is a quiz yourself option.
All of your past viewings and cards you've made can be added to your "backpack," a tab to get you to your study materials more quickly.
After you search for materials you need for a class, you can have cards from dozens of people to choose from.
I always go through and pick the best ones, add them to my backpack, and study them all multiple times.
It's a great app for visual learners and everything you do on your laptop transfers back to your phone, and vice versa.
When you click on the materials, the amount of cards pops up and you can choose how many cards you want to review at a time.
Then you can choose if you want notecards in order, shuffled, hardest to easiest, least studied or just the cards you get wrong.
The great thing about StudyBlue is it shows you the progress you're making with the cards.
At the bottom of the page is the outline of cards so you can see word and definition at the same time.
You can also set reminders for yourself when you need to study, and can message other people from your class with any questions you might have.
There is even a classmates tab that shows you every person who has signed in and contributed materials.
It's like one big study group for every single class you have.
I really like having all of my notes on my phone and I can study for my classes in the way that I want.
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