Getting started with Reflect, Look back & Learner Resources

Booost offers a few tools to support you throughout your day — Reflect on your day and Look back, found on your Home screen, and Learner Resources, found in your Account.

Learner resources

‘Learner Resources’ are a range of guides, videos, and toolkits written by specialists to help you build new skills and strategies and get advice when you need it.

You can access ‘Learner Resources’ through the purple ‘Learner Resources’ button on the ‘Account’ page in both the Booost app and web version.

Web version:

App version:

Learner Resources

Each guide has the option to listen aloud and a summary, with the content broken down into subheadings or steps. You can filter the content by using the search bar, looking at content tagged ‘Quick read’ or ‘Video’, or by category or topic.

Study Tips

In ‘Study Tips’, you can find guides and strategies to support your learning and academic work, including topics such as:

• Revision and exam preparation
• Reading, research, and note-taking
• Writing assignments and presentations
• Lectures, classes, and practical learning

Manage Your Time

In ‘Manage Your Time’, you can find support with organisation and productivity, including:

• Time management and prioritisation strategies
• Planning routines and building habits
• Managing deadlines and workload
• Using technology and tools to stay organised

Looking After Yourself

In ‘Looking After Yourself’, you can access wellbeing-focused support and strategies, including:

• Managing anxiety, stress, or overwhelm
• Grounding and mindfulness exercises
• Looking after yourself alongside your studies
• Building healthy routines and self-care strategies

Toolkits

In ‘Toolkits’, you can find disability-specific information and guides on accessing support, diagnosis, and self-advocation.

Reflect

There are lots of ways to use Reflect on your day:

• Track how you're feeling day to day
• Track reflections for a group project or placement
• Track new study strategies and whether they're working for you

To Reflect on your day

You can access Reflect:

Step 1: From the Home screen — on mobile, tap the house icon in the bottom navigation bar, or on browser/desktop click the rocket icon in the top left corner

Step 2: Tap Reflect on your day

Then:

1. Choose how your day went — Good progress, Some progress, or Got stuck
2. Add what helped you today (optional)
3. Add what got in the way (optional)
4. Tap Continue — or Skip if you'd prefer not to add notes

5. Once complete, you can choose Look ahead to see upcoming events

   

Using ‘Look back’

To use Look back, you'll need to have completed at least one Reflect entry.

Look back lets you review your past Reflect entries — how your day went, your notes, and your completed tasks — so you can spot patterns and track what's helping over time.

To Look back

You can access Look back:

• Step 1: From the Home screen — on mobile, tap the house icon in the bottom navigation bar, or on browser/desktop click the rocket icon in the top left corner

• Step 2: Tap Look back

  Each entry shows:

• How your day went
• Your notes — what helped and what got in the way
• Your completed tasks for that day

1. Tap any entry to view or edit your notes, or to delete the entry.

   Click Load more at the bottom of the page to view entries older than seven days.