DSS is here to ensure you receive the accommodations for which you have been approved. In addition to your DSS accommodations, you also have access to free resources and support to help in your academic career. 


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  • Otter.ai

    • Provides students with real-time captions and notes for in-person and virtual lectures, classes or meetings
    • Allows for adding slides, taking notes, and marking important moments during the course
    • Learn more about their basic plan here


Organization & Time Management

  • Notion - Organization

    • Completely customizable platfor for planning and organizing your college experience
    • Academics: notes organization, summarize with AI, schedule assignments and tasks
    • Personal: track habits and to-do lists, set reminders and deadlines
    • Learn more about Notion here

  • Evernote - Organization

  • Eisenhower Matrix - Time Management

    • Also known as the "Urgent-Important Matrix"
    • Helps you decide on and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance, sorting out less urgent and important tasks which you should either delegate or not do at all.
    • To watch a video and learn how to porperly use this, click here to learn more
            Eisenhower Matrix

  • Pomodoro Method - Time Management

    • A time management method in which you do focused work during 25-minute intervals — known as pomodoros — and take a five-minute break. After 4 rounds, take a 15-30 minute break. 
    • Allows you to break down big projects and prevent "burn out."
    • Use a alarm on your phone/computer, an app, or a dedicated Pomodoro Timer.
    • To learn more about the Pomodoro Method, click here.

    Pomodoro Illustration


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Updated August 2025