Desk template · University and college students writing an assessed essay.
Essay planning desk: the question, the readings and the word counts in one view
the question sits on a Card at the top, each section of the Page has a word target in a Field beside it, and every quote goes into a Table with its page number the moment you read it — so the draft is planned against the brief, not the night before. Distinct from essay research (the method) and university students (the campaign page): this is the desk set-up.
What goes on the desk
- Card ‘The question’ (widget card)
- Page ‘Outline and draft’ with one heading per section (widget page)
- Field widgets as number targets per section (widget field)
- Table ‘Quotes’ (Quote, Source, Page, Section (single select)) (widget table)
- Browser on the library database (widget browser)
- File or link for PDF readings (widget file or link)
- Timer for 25-minute writing sprints (widget timer).
Set it up
create the desk with a due date and a Duration (desk create), or start from the Writing starter (a Draft page with Outline and Ideas / cuts stickies, desk templates).
- Create a desk named for the real outcome, client or deadline.
- Add the suggested widgets and rename each one for the job it performs.
- Bring in the existing files or tables before inventing another copy of the information.
- Set a due date, add the first visible next action, then save the arrangement as a template if you will repeat it.
Open this desk in the interactive demo
Use it day to day
one sprint per section; tick sections off.
A useful desk should reduce copying. Keep each changing fact in one widget, and let charts, summaries or views read from that source.
A worked starting point
Fictional example. Create the desk, add three real items that are already in motion, then use one full work cycle before changing the layout. At the end, remove anything you did not consult and add only the object that would have prevented a real interruption.
Where Plexii helps
Plexii finds the quote and page number and cites the reading; it never writes the essay (university students); AI Assist summarises a passage you select on a page in the Browser widget (widget ai assist).
Keep in mind. never imply AI writes assessed work.