PERANCANGAN BUKU PLANNER BERBASIS PENCATATAN UNTUK MANAJEMEN WAKTU MAHASISWA POLIMEDIA MAKASSAR

ABSTRACT
Students often face various academic activities that require effective time management skills. However, many students still experience difficulties in managing their time, recording assignments and deadlines, and organizing academic notes systematically. These challenges can lead to task accumulation, difficulty in retrieving notes, and academic procrastination. This project aims to design a note-based Planner book to assist students of Politeknik Negeri Media Kreatif PSDKU Makassar in managing their time, assignments, and academic notes more effectively. The design process employed the Design Thinking method, which consists of the stages of emphatize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. Data were collected through observation, literature review, and questionnaires distributed to students as the target users. The result of this project is KALA, an academic Planner with a flexible binder system featuring a task tracker, assignment notes, lecture notes, to-do list s, self-reminders, self-indexing, and self-numbering. The evaluation results indicate that KALA received positive feedback for its attractive design, ease of use, and effectiveness in helping students organize their academic activities. Therefore, KALA is expected to serve as an effective supporting medium for improving students' productivity.
Keywords: academic Planner, time management, note-taking, Design Thinking, university students.

ABSTRAK
Mahasiswa sering menghadapi berbagai aktivitas akademik yang membutuhkan kemampuan manajemen waktu yang baik. Namun, masih banyak mahasiswa mengalami kesulitan dalam mengatur waktu, mencatat tugas dan tenggat waktu, serta mengelola catatan akademik secara terstruktur. Kondisi tersebut dapat menyebabkan penumpukan tugas, kesulitan menemukan kembali catatan, dan prokrastinasi akademik. Penulisan ini bertujuan merancang buku planner berbasis pencatatan untuk membantu mahasiswa Politeknik Negeri Media Kreatif PSDKU Makassar mengelola waktu, tugas, dan catatan akademik secara lebih terorganisasi. Metode yang digunakan adalah Design Thinking yang meliputi tahapan emphatize, define, ideate, prototype, dan test. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi, studi pustaka, dan penyebaran kuesioner kepada mahasiswa sebagai target pengguna. Hasil perancangan berupa planner akademik KALA dengan sistem binder yang fleksibel serta dilengkapi fitur task tracker, catatan tugas, catatan materi, to-do list , self-reminder, self-indexing, dan self-numbering. Hasil evaluasi menunjukkan bahwa planner KALA memperoleh tanggapan positif karena memiliki tampilan yang menarik, mudah digunakan, serta membantu mahasiswa mengelola aktivitas akademik secara lebih teratur. Dengan demikian, planner KALA diharapkan dapat menjadi media pendukung yang efektif dalam meningkatkan produktivitas mahasiswa.
Kata Kunci: planner akademik, manajemen waktu, pencatatan, Design Thinking, mahasiswa.