Tackle Group Projects With Podio

Are you looking for an easy way to tackle those end-of-the-semester group projects? Podio, an online work platform where people can create "collaboration workspaces" for group projects, is now free of charge to university students worldwide.

Podio brings together all of the tools needed for a collaborative project and helps eliminate the perennial problem of lengthy email chains and documents scattered across several platforms.

Podio has hundreds of specialized work apps to choose from, and users can even create their own. According to Alex E. Amis '15, who started using the platform earlier this year, Podio "has a huge potential to lead to increased productivity and organization among groups."

"You can assign tasks to other group members and schedule meetings," Amis said. "I think it will catch on at Harvard because all of the tools on the website are easy to use."

Each user has their own customizable profile, and stays updated on group progress with the "activity stream," a function that works much like Facebook's newsfeed.

Podio aims to represent a "new way of working; no more bottlenecks, no more blind spots and no more disconnected processes," according to the website.

We're not sure, but this platform may help with those soon-to-be-due group projects and papers.