Adding from files with AI
Read a syllabus, timetable screenshot or calendar file into your courses, with a review before anything is written.
AI imports sit next to adding things by hand. They read a file, show what they found in a review,
and write only what you keep. Reading a syllabus or a screenshot needs an AI provider;
calendar files (.ics) are read without AI.
Where to start
| Where | Choose | Brings in |
|---|---|---|
| A course's Grades page, Add | Syllabus grading scheme, under From existing material | Categories, assessments, weights, due dates |
| A course's Schedule page, Add | Calendar file (ICS) or Timetable screenshot | Weekly meetings |
| An empty Schedule page | From existing material | Weekly meetings |
| The new-term wizard, From existing material | A calendar file, syllabi, a screenshot or pasted text | The term's courses and what belongs to them |
| A term's Add course menu | The same sources as the new-term wizard | Courses for that term and what belongs to them |
Course details from a file
To fill in a course's code, title, instructors, credits and website from its syllabus, open the course's settings → General → Read from a file. You see each field that would change, with the old and new value, and apply only what you keep.
LMS sources (Canvas assignments, Canvas courses) appear in the same menus; see Import from Canvas.
Picking the files
Upload new files, or for a course's syllabus, pick files already in its Files. An uploaded syllabus is also saved to the course's files unless you untick Also save to the course files.
Select Read. When reading finishes, the review opens; nothing is written until you commit it there.
The review
The review is one table, grouped by course, that says where each item goes (Gradebook, To-do, Timetable, Calendar). A problem, such as a date that could not be worked out or an assessment already in the gradebook, is marked on the cell it concerns; select a row to change the item in place, and untick what you do not want. Each course's heading shows what its weights add up to with this import, counting the assessments already in its gradebook.
Import N items writes what is ticked. Discard drops the import. Closing the dialog doesn't: reading goes on in the background, and opening the same import again (or clicking the reading task in the status bar) brings you back to it.