Objectives
The course main objective is to introduce participants to some personal productivity tools and techniques that are either closely related to academic work (i.e., managing a personal reference library and staying on top of it) or general-purpose project management techniques, including decluttering tips and a review of personal productivity methods.
Pre-existent, unstructured knowledge of the topics of the course will be turned into solid and interconnected understanding of how cloud-based tools can support everyday research activities and basic data management to decrease the risk of (excessive) redundancy in personal information man-agement. Participants will acquire skills related to specific software tools, be-coming able to install and configure them, to set up personalized productivity environments in support of their careers as young researchers.
Participants will learn how to
• build their own reference collection;
• manage and track tasks and time usage, individually or in small groups;
• collect information in the form of etherogeneous notes and system-atically store and manage them;
• orchestrate the use of different web tools to their advantage

Target audicence
PhD students from any Department and branch of the School, especially those who feel they could make larger and deeper use of digital technology and who are ready to experience new solutions.

Participants
Min 5 Max 30

Notes
Students re welcome to bring their own devices to class. In case they do not have a laptop, they will receive one from the lab where the course is held, for the sole purpose of using it during class