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Explore productivity tools (25 minutes)

Read ALL ABOUT: Productivity Tools to find a list of popular tools as well as important considerations to make when deciding what will work best for you.

Try out your chosen software (10 minutes)

Pick a tool or software to try out.

Select a tool from ALL ABOUT: Productivity Tools, or choose your own. Spend a few minutes exploring the tool.

Use the Questions to Ask to help guide your exploration.
Test out a sample task you think you might use the tool for - make sure to test the beginning, middle, and end steps of your sample task!

How do others use this software? (10 minutes)

Find out more about your chosen software or tool.

How does an expert use this tool, or how might someone in your field or a similar field use it? Use the Search Tips to help you find this information. Consider the following:

How long has this person been using the tool? Have they had a chance to really test it out?
Where does the tool fit into this person’s ecosystem?
How successful has this tool been for this person? Does this person mention any difficulties while using this tool?

Set a goal for your research practice (2 minutes)

Think about one concrete thing you’d like to improve.

Pick a method or tool that you can start exploring right now to help you achieve this.