Assessment 3 Instructions: Making Time to Achieve Your Goals
Estimate your time using a time management calculator. Then identify and prioritize five tasks to accomplish in a week, and use a digital calendar to organize them.
Introduction students often have busy lives, with many goals to accomplish, responsibilities to juggle, and tasks to complete each day. Organizing and planning your time makes a big difference in your productivity, or how effective you are at completing your tasks. Using organization strategies and digital tools, such as online calendars, allows you to access your schedule and make changes easily—no matter where you are.
For this assessment, you’ll continue to develop your digital proficiency and confidence, and you’ll add to your toolbox by developing the second skill of this course—productivity to organize, plan, and effectively use digital tools at school, work, and home.
Part 1: Organize Your Time use the Time Management Calculator to identify the time you spend (in hours) on each category
Identify five tasks you’d like to accomplish in the next week.
Estimate the amount of time it will take to complete each task in minutes or hours.
Part 2: Plan Your Time prioritize your tasks: Using MacKay’s blog post “The ‘Everything Is Important’ Paradox: 7 Practical Methods for How to Prioritize Work,” choose a strategy to prioritize the tasks you identified in Part 1.
Prioritize tasks based on the strategy. Rank them with 1 being the most important and 5 being the least.
Explain why you chose the strategy.
Organize and upload your calendar:
Choose a digital calendar. Consider Google Calendar, the iPhone calendar app, or Microsoft Outlook.
Make sure the calendar is displaying the weekly view.
For each task identified above, add an appointment. Use the appointment’s start and end times to block time for the task.
Take a screenshot of the weekly view of your calendar—make sure all five tasks are visible. Add the screenshot to your assessment document.
Additional RequirementsFormatting: Clearly organize and display the information. Make sure screenshots are clear and added to your document.
Written Communication: Convey clear meaning with minimal issues in grammar, usage, word choice, and mechanics.
Competencies MeasuredBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:Competency 2: Use digital tools and organization techniques to effectively create timelines and set priorities.Estimate using a time management calculator.
Identify five tasks to accomplish in a week.
Determine realistic time estimates.
Competency 3: Choose organizational strategies and digital tools to maximize one’s productivity.
Prioritize tasks that need to be accomplished.
Use a calendar to organize tasks by priority.
Competency 4: Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Resources: Productivity
Being productive isn’t just about getting tasks done, it’s also about being efficient in how you do them. Many digital applications and software allow us to be more productive in our personal and professional lives. You may have recently used PowerPoint for a presentation, or perhaps you filed your taxes electronically using an online app.Read about the most common productivity applications and how they can help in your professional success:Campbell, J. T., Freund, S. M., Frydenberg, M., Last, M. Z., Pratt, P. J., Sebok, S. L., & Vermaat, M. E. (2017). Discovering computers and Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2016: A fundamental combined approach. Cengage Learning. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.Productivity Applications, pages 165–177.
In the following video, Jennifer Gefsky describes how improving your productivity and setting priorities can help you achieve your professional goals. Gefsky also explains how life experiences, such as caring for loved ones and parenthood, can help you develop essential time management skills. Real Talk with Jennifer Gefsky: Life Experience.
Resources: Time Management
For your assessment, you’ll review how you spend your time and take steps to organize. The following resources will help you prepare: Using a Digital Calendar. This video demonstrates how to add tasks to a digital calendar.
Real Talk with Naomi Bishop: Time Management. Hear how time management is crucial for professional success.
Resources: Prioritizing and Maximizing Your Time
To learn more about how prioritizing helps you maximize your time and increases your professional success, review this resource :Selk, J. (2016, November 14). Prioritize and maximize: Stop wasting time and start maximizing it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonselk/2016/11/14/…
Resources: Taking Screenshots
For your assessment, you will need to take screenshots of your digital calendar. If you’re unfamiliar with how to do so, watch the following video: Taking Screenshots.
For your assessment, you will need to insert screenshots in a Word document. For instructions on how to do this, read the following resource: Campbell, J. T., Freund, S. M., Frydenberg, M., Last, M. Z., Pratt, P. J., Sebok, S. L., & Vermaat, M. E. (2017). Discovering computers and Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2016: A fundamental combined approach. Cengage Learning. Available in the course room via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.Pages WD 31–32.
Requirements: APA | 1 pages, Double spaced
