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When it comes to versatility and productivity, Evernote can match Notion and even surpass it in some aspects. That’s the reason why it’s probably the most feature-rich alternative to the latter. For starters, the app can let you take notes in several formats including text, sketches, PDFs, photos, videos or even web clippings. Skillshare has courses on Notion, Evernote, Todoist, Things 3, Trello and more. In fact, there is a great Notion course by Francesco D’Alessio on Notion that you can check out at the link below: Link to Notion Course on Skillshare.

Notion's modular and customizable project management approach aims to redefine the productivity space. Many folks use Notion to organize their work schedule, life goals, manage projects, and more. Even students can utilize Notion to check notes, plan exams, semester schedules, create a resume, manage daily tasks, and more. If you are a student and just starting with Notion, then read on to check out the top Notion tips and tricks.

You can either create a database from scratch or opt for the built-in templates to start with Notion. To save some time, we will mostly focus on templates and other tips for students to use Notion like a pro. Let’s get started.

Before we get started, GT highly recommends checking and mastering essential Notion commands. We will use some of them in the examples.

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1. Use Color Background

A highlighter can be very helpful to mark important text or quotes from lecture notes. Instead of using a standard highlighter with yellow background, Notion allows you to use ones with various color backgrounds.

Simply put the cursor at the start of the text you want to highlight and use the ‘/’ command to search for different color backgrounds.

2. Create Weekly Agenda

Notion offers a built-in Weekly Agenda template to help you plan a busy week. That can be useful for students to plan their schedule to manage their assignment submissions and exam deadlines. While you are at it, don’t forget to use the color background trick to mark the priority tasks and separate them from other tasks.

3. Use Reminders

Notion pitches itself as a dedicated task management app as well. While it’s not as feature-rich as rivals like Things 3, Todoist, Microsoft Tasks, and more, you can use the Reminders function with Notion to get notified for certain tasks.

For example, in the Weekly Agenda template, you can use the ‘/remind’ command and get a notification about a task on a certain date and time.

4. Use Code Blocks

Are you studying computer engineering or learning a new programming language? Notion offers a code block function to distinguish the code from the other elements on a page.

Type ‘/code’ when you want to add a string of code, and a dedicated code block will appear for you. It’s a neat way to make a page with notes and code info for a potential project.

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5. Create Custom Templates

With custom templates, you can easily replicate content combinations you frequently use in Notion.

For example, you want to generate the same to-do list at the start of every week. You can also build a custom finance tracker per your usages and reuse it every month.

We will ask you to refer to our dedicated post on how to create custom templates in Notion for more details.

6. Explore Google Drive Integration

Google’s productivity suite of apps plays a major role for any student. The good news is, Notion works perfectly fine with some of the popular Google services such as Google Drive and Docs.

Type in ‘/Google’ and the app will open Google Drive. You can select document, sheet, or even any picture from the cloud storage and add it right into Notion with nice structure and detail.

7. Use Widgets in Notion

By default, Notion doesn’t offer any widget functionality. But you must have seen those aesthetically-pleasing Notion home pages shows by users on the web. So how do they achieve that? The answer is third-party widgets.

Using sources like Indify, you can embed some cool-looking and informative widgets such as Timer, Clock, Weather, Twitter feed, Google Calendar, etc. right into Notion. Go ahead, give them a try and create a proper Notion home.Visit Indify

8. Course Schedule Template

As the name suggests, the course schedule template is all you need to organize upcoming essays and assignments in a class.

You can also use it to map out exam details, and teachers can plan their day via adding different classes to attend, integrate relevant subjects to teach, attach files, and more.

9. Create a Resume in Notion

While creating a resume in Microsoft Word is no longer trendy, you can use Notion to build yourself a swanky one. Notion allows you to create the perfect Resume with all the bells and whistles.

Instead of starting things from the scratch, you can pick a resume template and make necessary changes to save time. Don’t forget to add color backgrounds and widgets to make it attractive. When you are done with all the changes, simply generate a sharing link and start preparing for the interview.