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Your syllabi, turned into
a semester you can see.

Paste each syllabus. We pull out the dates, assignments and weights, you fix anything we misread, and you get a calendar, the heavy weeks and a file for your phone.

Paste a syllabusLoad the example

Every deadline, every course, one semester

Set your semester dates, paste each syllabus, check the rows we found, and take the whole term with you as a calendar file.

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What the parser reads

Syllabi are written a hundred different ways. These are the patterns it understands; anything it misreads, you fix in the table.

DatesSept 14September 14, 202714 Sep9/149/14/272027-09-14Oct 5-9Week 3 Friday

A date without a year takes the year that falls inside your semester. A range uses its first day. Week numbers count from the week classes start.

Weights(15%)20% of grade50 pointsQuizzes 10%Midterm Exam 20%

A percent on a dated line belongs to that line. A grading line without a date is shared across the matching assignments: Quizzes 10% over five quizzes is 2% each. Points become percents when the syllabus uses only points.

What it skipstimes like 8:00 amweekday names"due", "by", "on"

Those words are trimmed from the assignment name. Lines with a date but no assignment, like a class topic, are kept but left off your calendar until you tick them.

What this resource is

Syllabi bury the deadlines that matter across pages of policy. Pulling them into one calendar in week one, with each assignment's weight beside it, shows which weeks will be hard before they arrive.

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Paste a syllabus
Outcome
Every dated assignment from your syllabi in one checked list, a semester calendar, a weekly load chart with crunch weeks flagged, and a calendar file for your phone or laptop.
Who it is for
College students, and high school students in dual-enrollment or AP courses, at the start of a term.
Format
A browser tool. Download an .ics calendar file (Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook), a spreadsheet, a printout or a backup file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-up. Your syllabi never leave this browser; the parsing runs on your device.
Time
About 10 minutes for a semester of four or five courses.
Space
College · College Success primary space
Support
Questions or a problem with this tool: team@caveatacademic.com

Sources

  • iCalendar format (RFC 5545), used for the .ics file so it opens in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook: rfc-editor.org
  • The two example syllabi (BIO 110 and HIST 201, spring 2027) are made up for this page.

The parser follows fixed rules in your browser; it does not use AI and cannot read scanned images. Always check the dates against your syllabus and course site, because instructors change schedules during the term.