Answers, not a pitch.
Practical guides for the questions that come up every term: getting Canvas onto a real calendar, planning a semester before it gets busy, and studying with methods that work.
Bring a Google Doc into your notes
Pull a Google Doc, Slides deck, Sheet, PDF, Word or PowerPoint file out of Google Drive and into a note, with the headings intact and a link back to the original. What comes across, what does not, and what the permission covers.
How to turn Canvas assignments into a weekly study schedule
Canvas tells you when work is due, never when to do it. Turn a list of due dates into a week that has the studying in it, and keep it honest when the week goes sideways.
Canvas Calendar not showing assignments, what to check
An assignment exists in the course but not on your Canvas calendar. The causes, in the order they are worth checking, from the ones you can fix yourself to the ones only your instructor can.
Canvas on your phone, every way to see due dates without the app
The Canvas Student app is not the only way to carry your deadlines. What the app does well, what a calendar subscription does better, and how to get due dates onto the screen you look at.
How to use Scholarwire inside Claude and ChatGPT
Add Scholarwire as a connector in Claude or ChatGPT and ask what is due, make flashcards from a reading, or check what the syllabus says about late work, answered from your real courses. Setup, what it can do, and how to disconnect.
How to see all your Canvas assignments in one calendar
Canvas splits work across separate course pages. Pull everything, from every course, into one list or one calendar, using tools Canvas already gives you.
Canvas to Google Calendar, step by step
Subscribe to your Canvas calendar in Google Calendar so assignments and class times show up automatically, and know what updates on its own and what does not.
Planning a semester in the first week
A short, concrete plan for the first week of a term, before the workload piles up, so you know your heavy weeks and your exam dates before the first assignment is due.
Spaced repetition and FSRS explained for students
What spaced repetition is, why cramming does not build long-term memory, and how FSRS, the scheduler behind modern flashcard apps, decides when to show you a card again.
How to study for an exam in five days
A concrete day-by-day plan for the five days before an exam, built around active recall and practice testing instead of rereading, for when you did not start a month ago.