Trello by Vicky

Name of App: Trello

Cost: Free

Device/s used: iPhone, iPad (can access online)

What was good about this tool? 

Simple to use. To create your own board all you have to do is press '+' at the top right corner, advisory to do for each subject you're studying. You can design your own board by choosing a colour that you want and once this is chosen you then can create your list, for example 'To do', 'Doing' and 'done' but also you're allowed to add your own lists, for example 'homework'. If you have something in your 'to do' list, once you've started it, you are allowed to move it to your doing list by drag and drop and so on. If your friends are doing the same subject as you and use the same app, you can add them to the board for group work, for example. You also have an option to view your activity on the board, which allows you to view your process. 

What was bad about this tool?

The downside of this app is that you have to pay £3.99 for a month or £34.99 for the whole year to get more features for example custom backgrounds for the board and bigger attachments.

How did you use this tool?

I've used the checklist, due dates, description of the homework rather than writing it all out in the title, this is a good feature within the cards as I was able to drag and drop assignments that i've already completed to 'done' list instead of having to rewrite them. I would recommend it to students to help organise the workload for the upcoming year and if you struggle with due dates, you'd always know what work and when has to be done just by opening the app.