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How does syllabus processing work?

Kind of like magic

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Written by Ethan Kaplan
Updated over 3 months ago

Our syllabus processing is genuinely magical - and we mean that in the most technical sense. Simply forward any syllabus to [email protected], and within seconds, our AI extracts every assignment, exam, project deadline, reading schedule, and important date, then automatically syncs them to your calendar with intelligent reminders.

Here's what happens behind the scenes: Our AI doesn't just do simple text extraction. It understands academic context, recognizes different syllabus formats, interprets relative dates ("Week 3 Tuesday" becomes an actual calendar date), and even identifies implied deadlines. If your professor mentions that "drafts should be submitted a week before the final paper," our AI catches that and creates both deadlines.

The system handles any format - PDF, Word documents, even poorly scanned images. It works with every teaching style, from highly structured syllabi to more casual course outlines. The AI also recognizes updates; if you forward a revised syllabus mid-semester, it intelligently updates only what's changed without duplicating existing entries.

Best of all, this feature learns from collective usage. The more syllabi we process across all universities, the better our AI becomes at understanding different academic conventions, making it more accurate for everyone.

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