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Student Guide

This guide covers everything students need to know about using PlanStudyBoost.

Overview

As a student, you can:

  • Create and manage subjects
  • Plan study blocks and practice sessions
  • Track your time with the Pomodoro timer
  • View your grades (entered by you or your parents)
  • Earn awards for achievements
  • See your progress in analytics
  • Stay informed with notifications (conflict alerts, award grants)

Getting Started

  1. Create your account
  2. Add your first subject
  3. Schedule a study block
  4. Start a timer

Your Dashboard

When you sign in, your dashboard greets you and shows today's date.

No subjects yet? The dashboard shows only a Create your first subject button. Add a subject first, and the rest of the dashboard appears.

Once you have at least one subject, you'll see these cards:

  • Up Next - Up to three study blocks that start in the next 24 hours. If nothing is planned, select + Schedule a study block. The Study Calendar opens with the new study block form already open.
  • Streak - Your current streak of study days and your longest streak. An At Risk badge means you haven't studied enough yet today to keep your streak. Select View awards → to open your Awards page.
  • This week - How many minutes you've studied with the timer this week (Monday to Sunday), compared with your weekly target if you have one, and how many sessions you completed.
  • Tip of the Day - A short study tip, when one is available.

Some messages appear above the cards only when they apply:

  • Conflict alert - A red strip when one of your study items overlaps a family activity. Select View calendar → to open the Study Calendar on today. Conflicting items have a red border (see Schedule Conflicts).
  • Announcements - Messages from your administrator. Some can be closed with the ✕ button.
  • "… mark it as done?" - A card for a study block that overlaps a timer session you just stopped. Select Mark as done or Not now (see "Mark this study block as done?" prompts).

Key Features

Subjects

Subjects are the foundation of your study plan. Each subject can have:

  • Study blocks
  • Practice sessions
  • Assignments
  • Tests and exams
  • Grades

Learn more about subjects

Study Blocks

Study blocks are scheduled time slots for focused studying. You can:

  • Link them to a subject
  • Connect them to assignments or tests
  • Track actual time spent
  • Set them to repeat daily or weekly

Learn more about study blocks

Timer

The Pomodoro timer helps you stay focused:

  • 25 minutes of work, 5 minutes of break
  • Customizable intervals
  • Syncs across web and mobile
  • Counts toward your weekly practice target

Learn more about the timer

Grades

Your grades can be entered by:

  • You (if self-grading is enabled)
  • Your linked parents

Grades are organized by subject and can be viewed in analytics.

Learn more about grades

Awards

Earn awards for:

  • Study streaks (7 days, 30 days, etc.)
  • Completion milestones
  • Time milestones (100 hours studied, etc.)
  • Custom awards from your parents

Learn more about awards

Notifications

The bell icon in your navigation bar alerts you to:

  • Schedule conflicts — when a study block or practice session overlaps with a family calendar event
  • Award grants — when a parent or teacher gives you an award

Select the bell to open a quick-view drawer, or go to the full notifications page to review and mark items as read.

Learn more about notifications

Inviting a Parent or Supervisor

Unlike most connections in other apps, you are the one who starts this — your parent or supervisor can't send you a request first.

  1. Open your Profile page: select 👤 Profile near the bottom of the sidebar (on a tablet, the 👤 icon below the bell). On a phone, select More in the bottom bar, then Profile.
  2. In the Linked Accounts section, select + Invite a parent or + Invite a supervisor
  3. Copy the link that appears and send it to them yourself (text, email, whatever's easiest)
  4. They'll open the link, sign in or create an account, and select Accept invite
  5. Once they've accepted, it shows up under Needs your confirmation in your Linked Accounts section — select Confirm to finish, or Decline to reject it

The link expires after 7 days if nobody uses it, and only works once.

A linked parent can then:

  • View your schedule and progress
  • Enter grades on your behalf (this turns off self-grading automatically)
  • Grant you awards

A linked supervisor gets read-only access to your schedule and progress.

Tip: if you'd rather not confirm every connection individually, turn on Auto-confirm invites in the Linked Accounts section — connections become active as soon as the other person accepts, no confirmation step needed from you.

Privacy

  • Your parents and supervisors can only see your data once you've confirmed the connection (or you've turned on auto-confirm)
  • Supervisors have read-only access by default
  • You control your own study blocks, subjects, and notes

Tips for Success

  1. Set realistic goals - Start with a manageable weekly practice target
  2. Use the timer - The Pomodoro technique helps maintain focus
  3. Review regularly - Check your analytics to see what's working
  4. Take breaks - Don't skip your break time!
  5. Celebrate wins - Earning awards keeps you motivated