Two AI Tools Every Student Should Know: ReclaimAI & NotebookLM

Struggling to keep your schedule in check or make sense of your study materials? Let’s dive into two AI-powered tools that might just become your new best mates: ReclaimAI and NotebookLM.​

ReclaimAI: Your Personal Time-Management Assistant

Ever feel like your calendar’s playing a game of Tetris, and you’re losing? Enter ReclaimAI, an AI-driven app designed to bring order to the chaos.​

How It Works:

• Smart Scheduling: ReclaimAI seamlessly integrates with your existing calendar, automatically arranging meetings, tasks, and even personal commitments like gym sessions or downtime. You set the priorities, and it finds the optimal times.
• Focus Time: Need uninterrupted periods to tackle that essay or project? ReclaimAI blocks out dedicated focus time, ensuring you’re not constantly interrupted by meetings or notifications.​
• Habit Formation: Whether it’s a daily reading habit or a weekly review session, ReclaimAI schedules these routines, helping you build consistency without the manual planning

Who Benefits:

• Students: Juggling lectures, assignments, part-time work, and social life? ReclaimAI helps you allocate time effectively, ensuring nothing gets overlooked.​
• Support Providers: Coordinating multiple student meetings and support sessions? ReclaimAI optimises your calendar, reducing scheduling conflicts and enhancing productivity.​

By intelligently managing your time, ReclaimAI aims to reduce stress and increase efficiency, giving you more control over your day.​

If ReclaimAI sounds like a game-changer, you’ll love this handy guide developed by our friends at The Centre for Educational Development at QUB. It walks you through how to set it up, how it works with Google Calendar, and how to use it to schedule everything from study sessions to breaks (because rest matters too!).

Perfect for anyone who wants to stay on top of things without burning out:

NotebookLM: Your AI-Powered Study Companion

Drowning in notes and struggling to synthesise information? NotebookLM is here to help.​

How It Works:

• Document Summarisation: Upload your lecture notes, articles, or PDFs, and NotebookLM will generate concise summaries, highlighting key points and themes.​
• Interactive Study Guides: It can create quizzes and flashcards based on your materials, turning passive reading into active learning.​
• Audio Overviews: Prefer listening? NotebookLM can produce audio summaries, allowing you to review content on the go.​

Visual Thinker? You’ll Love This!

NotebookLM has a brilliant built-in mind mapping feature that turns your uploaded notes and sources into clear, visual diagrams. It helps you see how ideas connect, spot gaps in your understanding, and organise complex topics in a way that actually makes sense. Perfect for planning essays, revising big concepts, or just making your study notes more memorable.

Who Benefits:

• Students: Transform extensive reading materials into manageable summaries and study aids, tailored to your learning style.​
• Support Providers: Assist students in breaking down complex topics and creating personalised study resources, enhancing comprehension and retention.​

By leveraging AI, NotebookLM makes studying more efficient and accessible, catering to diverse learning preferences.​

Both tools are designed to integrate seamlessly into your academic life, offering support where you need it most. For detailed guides on using ReclaimAI and NotebookLM, developed by The Centre for Educational Development at QUB, stay tuned to their LinkedIn page.​

Say hello to NotebookLM – your AI-powered study sidekick. If you’re juggling loads of sources or trying to make sense of complex reading material, this tool can help break it all down and put it back together in a way that works for you.

The brilliant CED team at QUB have put together a short guide to get you started. It covers how to upload documents, ask questions about your sources, and create your own summaries, study guides, and even audio overviews.

A great option for students who like personalised, flexible learning support.

Want more student-friendly AI tips? Check out the QUB AI Hub and follow CED QUB on Instagram, Linkedin and TikTok

Give these AI Tools a try and see how AI can help make daily tasks easier!

Want to find out more about what NotebookLM can do? Check out this article and podcast from Dr Caitlin Tucker –

Increasing Accessibility with AI: How NotebookLM Supports Inclusive Learning