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A syllabus lists every exam and assignment for the term, but copying those dates into a calendar by hand takes a while. Scope can read the syllabus for you, list the deadlines it finds, and add the ones you pick to your Scope agenda and your Google Calendar.

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Before you begin

  • Sign in to Scope with Google. Reading the syllabus and adding to your calendar both need it. See Sign in to Scope.
  • Open the syllabus in Canvas. Scope can read a course’s Syllabus page, a course home page that holds the syllabus, or a syllabus PDF.

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Add deadlines from a syllabus

You can start in two ways: from the offer Scope shows on a syllabus, or from the search bar.
When you open a page in Canvas that looks like a syllabus, Scope shows a card: This looks like a syllabus, Extract the deadlines and add them to your Google Calendar?Click Add to Calendar to start. Click Not now if you don’t want it. Either way, Scope won’t offer again for that course.
Then:
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Wait while Scope reads the syllabus

The Syllabus Autopilot window shows three steps: reading the syllabus, Step 2 of 3: Finding your deadlines…, and Step 3 of 3: Compiling schedule list…. A scanned PDF takes longer.
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Review the list

Scope shows how many deadlines it found, with deadlines found — pick the ones to add. Each deadline has a checkbox, a title, and a date and time. Fix any title or date that’s wrong, and clear the checkbox for anything you don’t want.
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Choose whether to add them to Google Calendar

Sync to my Google Calendar is selected. Clear it if you want the deadlines on your Scope agenda only.
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Save

Click Save and Schedule. A message confirms how many deadlines were added and how many went to Google Calendar.
Each deadline you keep becomes a to-do on your Scope agenda. If you kept Sync to my Google Calendar selected, Scope also adds a 30-minute event at the due time to your main Google Calendar.
Scope uses AI to read the syllabus, so it can miss a date or read one wrong. Check the list against the syllabus before you click Save and Schedule.

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Turn the syllabus offer on or off

The This looks like a syllabus card is on by default. To turn it off, open Scope, go to Settings > Features, and turn off Syllabus deadlines. You can still run Syllabus Autopilot from the search bar.

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If something goes wrong

If Scope can’t finish, the window shows Autopilot Parsing Failed and a reason. Click Close. If fewer deadlines reached Google Calendar than you expected, sign out of Scope and sign in again, and allow calendar access when Google asks.

Track what's due

See your new to-dos with the rest of your deadlines.

Make a study plan

Plan study time around your deadlines.