Planning:

Monthly Calendars

Put it in your calendar

This is a picture of 3 monthly calendar pages, a time management planner, and phone and computer time management apps.

To prevent missing deadlines, appointments, and events,

the best thing to do is

to put everything into a monthly calendar

and keep the calendar updated.

Paper Calendars vs. Phone Apps

Paper Calendar

Pros:

You can see the entire month at one time
Writing can better encode the information into your memory

Cons:

You cannot always have it with you to add or change things
Cannot set reminder alarms

Phone Apps

Pros:

You can set up recurring dates and appointments (ex., every week, year)
You usually always have your phone with you
You can set reminder alarms

Cons:

You usually cannot see the events on each day for the entire month at the same time

You can use both.

If you do use both, remember to make date changes to both.

setting up your semester

Step 1: Decide what type of calendar you will use and how many months you will put into it right now
- ex., Paper calendar and the 5 months of the semester

Step 2: Enter your information
- Personal appointments and events
- Your children's appointments and events (if you have children)
- Family appointments and events you will attend or need to be aware of
- Your school dates (going to tutoring, days off, end of the semester, etc.; classes - test dates, assignment due dates, etc.) Check the syllabus for information specific for each class
- Other events

NOTE: If your syllabuses (found in Blackboard) do not list dates or deadlines for assignments and tests, check other areas on your Blackboard under the course (ex., Course Content, Assignments, Quiz/Test, Discussions, Journals, etc.). If you still cannot find the information, contact your instructor.

How to Find Pierpont's Academic Calendar

To find information about important college dates like when a semester starts and ends (5-, 8-, 10-, and 15-week classes), when breaks are, and more, go to...

www.pierpont.edu > Calendar

This has a red arrow showing where the Calendar is found on Pierpont's website.

Scroll to the list below the calendar and select the Academic Calendar for the current school year.

This shows a picture of the webpage and the academic calendar year links at the bottom to click on.

The link below will take you there.

Click Here - Pierpont's Academic Calendar

paper Calendar pages

This is a picture of several monthly calendar pages.

If you want to use paper calendars but don't have them,

click the link below, which takes you to a website that creates calendar pages for free.

Click Here - Monthly Calendars, Worksheet Works.com

Calendar and task apps for your phone and computer

If you prefer to use calendar and task apps for your phone,

check the internet for information about free phone apps and

YouTube for tutorials.

Below is a link to Pierpont's Learning Strategies website which has information about calendar and study apps our students found helpful.

Click Here - Calendar & Task Phone and Computer Apps

Microsoft Office 365 - Outlook Email with a Calendar

Your college email, Outlook, has a calendar with it.

You can access this by computer, tablet, and phone.

NOTE: If you use your Outlook's calendar, remember that when you graduate, you will lose access to your Outlook calendar.

How to Access Your Outlook Email and Calendar

This is a picture of the top of Pierpont's website with a red arrow pointing to the link for the Portal.

To access your Outlook email and calendar go to Pierpont's portal.

You can type in my.pierpont.edu on the browser on your computer, tablet, or phone -OR-
Go to Pierpont's website (www.pierpont.edu) and click on "Portal"