Assistive Technology Resources

SDS provides students with access to a variety of tools to support accessible learning. You can learn more about the tools at the links below. 

Glean Notetaking Software 

With Glean, you never have to worry about missing important information from class again! Record lectures in full, listen back at your own pace and annotate with different note types to create a complete learning resource - tailored to you. Check out our Glean Resources page for helpful tips on getting started. SDS registered students can contact their Disability Specialist to request access to Glean. 

TextHelp Software Suite 

Texthelp is a collection of several digital literacy support tools that help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, converting PDFs and images to a readable format, creating voice notes in mp3 files, making math content accessible and more. You can install the tools as individual Google Chrome Extensions using the resources on this page. USF’s Educational Technology Services department also offers live trainings on TextHelp tools via Zoom, available for registration here.

Executive Functioning Resources

Organization

  • Tasks for Canvas (free!) - A better to-do list sidebar for Canvas, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace.
  • Better Canvas (free!) - Get the most out of Canvas and customize it to your liking with Better Canvas, featuring the best dark mode for Canvas, a better todo list, dashboard grades, and much more!
  • Microsoft To Do (free!) - Microsoft To Do is a simple and intelligent to-do list that helps you manage all your tasks in one place. 
  • Focus To-Do (free!) - Focus To-Do is an easy-to-use time and task management application that helps you to manage tasks anywhere and anytime, and helps you to perform tasks efficiently. 
  • goblin.tools (free!) - goblin.tools is a collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult.
  • MyStudyLife (free!) - Track and get reminders for your classes, homework, exams, and study schedule.
  • Asana (free for 12 months for students) -  Coordinate and track work effortlessly in Asana. From lists to boards, to calendars and gantt charts, organize work your way in Asana.
  • Todoist (free version available) - Todoist is a to do list and a planning center for individuals and teams.
  • Trevor AI (free version available) - Trevor AI is the most intuitive daily planner & task scheduling app.
  • xTiles (free version available) - Easy-to-use solution for task management & planning, collaborations, and building knowledge bases. 
  • Raindrop.io (free version available) - Raindrop.io is a modern bookmarking app. Save, resurface and manage your collection privately from any browser and any device.
  • iStudiez (free version available) - Unique built-in planner lets you input and easy manage all types of schedules including classic, alternating (A & B weeks), rotating and block schedule.
  • Structured.app (free version available) - Structured combines all your tasks and to-dos into a single visual timeline.
  • Trello (free version available) - Manage projects, organize tasks, and build team collaboration—all in one place.
  • TickTick (free version available) - Join millions of people to capture ideas, organize to-dos, and make the most of your life with TickTick.
  • Sectrograph (purchase required) - Sectograph is a visual day planner that displays your calendar events on a pie chart in the form of a 12/24 hour clock face.
  • Artful Agenda (subscription required) - Artful Agenda combines the fun and personalization of a paper planner with the convenience of a digital calendar.

Time Management and Focus

  • Forest (free!) - Forest is an app that helps you stay focused on the important things in life. Whenever you want to stay focused, plant a tree.
  • Habitica (free!) - Habitica is a free habit and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. Habitica can help you achieve your goals to become healthy and happy.
  • Study Bunny (free!) - A focus timer for motivation and productivity!
  • Flora (free!) - Flora is a new way to stay off your phone, clear to-do lists, and build positive, life-changing habits. Whenever you want to make progress toward your goals, grow trees in Flora!
  • Be Focused (free version available) - The Be Focused lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks.

Self-care

  • How We Feel (free!) - How We Feel is a free app created by scientists, designers, engineers, and therapists to help people better understand their emotions and find strategies to help them navigate their emotions in the moment.
  • youfeellikeshit.com (free!) - You Feel Like Shit is a game designed to help you help yourself through your shitty times and practice self care.
  • Finch Care (free version available) - Finch is the fun self-care tracker to hit goals and sustain healthy habits! Build mental resilience against stress, anxiety, and depression.
  • Routinery (free version available) - Routinery helps people live better lives with personalized "behavior change environments"

Meditation

  • Downdog (free with student email) - Down Dog provides a studio-like yoga experience in the comfort of your home.
  • Breathe App (free!) - Breathe is your ultimate tool for mindfulness and relaxation, offering a diverse range of breathing exercises tailored to your needs.
  • The Tapping Solution (free!) - Lower your stress levels, reduce anxiety, overcome fears, relieve pain, get better sleep, and so much more.
  • Center Meditation Timer (free!) - Discover the joy of mindfulness meditation with Center, your companion in the art of meditation.
  • Headspace (subscription discount with student email) - Headspace's mission is to provide every person access to lifelong mental health support.
  • Insight Timer (free version available) - The best meditation app with the world's largest FREE library of more than 220k guided meditations, 17k teachers & the world's most loved meditation Timer.

Background Noise

  • My Noise (free!) - Discover a world of immersive and customizable soundscapes that can enhance focus, relaxation, and sleep. 
  • Soundrown (free!) - Soundrown was created to help individuals like you, relax and focus while you work on your daily tasks or creative aspirations.
  • Coffitivity (free version available) - Coffitivity recreates the ambient sounds of a cafe to boost your creativity and help you work better.
  • Rainy Mood (free version available) - Rainy Mood is the internet's most popular rain experience. Join millions of people who use Rainy Mood to help them sleep, study, and relax.
  • Endel (subscription required) - Focus, relax, and sleep through the power of sound. Endel creates AI-powered sounds designed to support your everyday life.

(Updated January 2025)


Other Free and Low Cost Assistive Technology Resources

The Disability Services office from Augsburg University has curated a list of free and low cost assistive technology tools to support effective learning and study habits.