Design and Implementation of a Time Management Self-Help Mobile App for College Students

College students, particularly students in the STEM disciplines, are facing huge challenges in time management, juggling between classes, part-time or full-time jobs, extracurricular activities, and social activities. Evidence has shown that academic success in college students is directly associated with their time management skills. Furthermore, a significant fraction of students suffer from procrastination issues. Unfortunately, such students are not receiving adequate help despite the fact that virtually every college in the US provides a suite of student-centered services such as counseling services. In this paper, we review studies related to academic procrastination, identify primary factors associated with academic procrastination, and major interventions towards reducing academic procrastination. Furthermore, we describe the design and implementation of a time management self-help mobile app to help college students manage their time and overcome issues that lead to procrastination. The self-help app allows a student to set goals on time allocation, to organize tasks, to enter progress made, to review history of performance, and to get support (such as available student services) via a local chatbot. The app incorporates several well-known mechanisms for reducing academic procrastination.