Pressure - but relief in the typing department

The pressure is really building up with 3-modules to study plus commentaries to perform each week. I am working very long hours but am not happy that I am retaining enough of what I read. I am absolutely delighted with the dictation software though. It has radically improved my note taking and given the poor state of my typing it has allowed me to take notes and dictate much more quickly and easily than before. I do find the Blackboard rather clunky and awkward but with 3 computers at my command it is easy to flip from topic to reference to Word doc without losing concentration etc.