6 ways AI can help college students study smarter and learn more

(BPT) – Is information overload making it hard for you to focus on what matters most at school? An essential part of college is reading and deeply understanding the information that will make you an expert in your field. However, today’s college students have exponentially more content to wade through — from textbooks, lecture notes and research papers to the entire internet! It’s easy to spend most of your time searching and not enough time actually learning the most important information. However, you don’t have to tackle this challenge on your own. Let a generative AI assistant help you study smarter and learn more of what matters.Adobe knows that when used responsibly, AI can be a powerful study partner that can help students succeed. Check out the company’s six suggestions for using AI to maximize your studying and learning.1. LearningIn your college courses, you’ll run across dense learning materials. Academic articles and readings often have long blocks of dense text, tables and charts that can make remembering the key information really difficult.Acrobat AI Assistant can summarize documents and create concise outlines that allow you to easily navigate and learn the information in even the most daunting documents. Armed with this new partner, you can spend more time closely reading, analyzing and understanding your course materials. You can also ask AI Assistant to present the information in easier-to-understand language or summarize key themes so you can truly focus on what matters.2. StudyingWhen preparing for a quiz or test, it can be hard to know where to start. At times, it can be overwhelming! Don’t panic. Gather your lecture notes, handouts, texts, presentations and other relevant course documents and let AI do the admin for you.AI Assistant can bring all the relevant documents together and organize the information by key themes, definitions and dates. AI Assistant can then use this information to generate practice quizzes, study guides and questions and answers you can paste into flashcards, so you can review the course materials and study more effectively.3. BrainstormingImagine this: You’re assigned a project, presentation or essay, and you’re struggling to come up with ideas on a specific theme. AI can be a valuable tool for brainstorming that can spark your imagination and help get you started.Let’s say you’ve read a research report on the Fall of the Roman Empire and the next assignment is to present one of the paper’s major themes. AI Assistant can provide a list of potential themes to get you thinking — like instability, economic decline or overexpansion. From there, you can brainstorm more themes or ask AI Assistant to locate examples of information around your chosen topic. AI Assistant provides the information with citations so you can navigate to that section and read more.4. Class PresentationsMost people are at least a little uncomfortable presenting in front of their peers. AI Assistant can help you prepare to do your best. Simply upload your presentation and course materials and AI Assistant offers thoughtful questions. So when it’s your turn to present in class, you’ll be prepared for your professor’s and peers’ questions and feel more confident.5. CitationsProperly citing and attributing your sources is a cornerstone of academic work. When you’re writing or reading, AI Assistant includes citations with clickable links so you can verify where the information came from in the document. Having these citations on hand also makes it easier for you to incorporate the information in your reports, essays and projects.6. CareersPreparing and applying for career experiences starts in college. Whether you’re applying for an internship, postgraduate job or even a part-time job while in school, AI can support your career development.For example, you are applying for an internship at a tech company. To stand out among the other applicants, you can use AI Assistant to analyze the internship role description and identify keywords, phrases and requirements. Then, let AI Assistant review your cover letter and resume to make sure you’ve included the application’s language and that you’ve highlighted all the pertinent skills needed for the role.Special $1.99 Pricing for College StudentsAdobe Acrobat AI Assistant won’t help shortcut your learning. It’s an incredible learning aid that can help you draw connections across your course materials, analyze key information, as well as practice ahead of big exams and presentations.If you’re interested in trying out AI to help you spend less time searching and more time learning, consider Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant. AI Assistant works with any file type (not just PDFs!) and can be used on desktop, the web and mobile devices.Adobe is committed to developing and deploying AI responsibly for all of its customers — including students. Acrobat AI Assistant includes key features and practices to help keep student data safe and user guidelines to encourage responsible use.Adobe is offering students access to an Acrobat AI Assistant subscription for just $1.99 per month. To learn more and try out this AI tool for yourself, visit Acrobat.Adobe.com.