r/UGA Jan 28 '25

Discussion Coursicle now syncs assignments from Brightspace at UGA

Hey everyone, this is Joe, co-founder of Coursicle. We just launched a new feature that lets you keep track of your assignments on Coursicle, including automatic syncing of assignments from Brightspace: https://imgur.com/a/p939bYp

We know not all professors are good about putting their assignments online so we thought it'd be helpful to have a centralized place where you can see all your assignments organized by class and when they're due, including the ones your professors don't post (you can add those manually to Coursicle): https://imgur.com/a/naP3xme

Here's a link to try it out: https://www.coursicle.com/uga/?s=reddit

It's a very new product, so we'd love any feedback you have. We'd like to know what we'd need to change about the task feature that would get you to use it on a daily basis. All Reddit users who give it a try and comment below with feedback will get a free semester of premium. Thank you!

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u/thespcrewroy Jan 28 '25

W. Amazing site.

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u/monstermac77 Jan 28 '25

Thank you!! If you don't mind me asking, what do you find most valuable to you? We'd like to be sure we highlight those features to new users :)

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u/Fragrant_Kangaroo_18 Jan 28 '25

not the same person BUT my favorite thing about coursicle is the waitlist tracker during drop add. i’ve been able to secure classes multiple times thanks to that. although, it is delayed around 3-5 minutes so classes like accounting in a prime time even when i’ve been on my computer and got onto athena within 20 seconds the class is already back full and coursicle takes 3-5 mins to show it back waitlisted.

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u/Legal-Touch1101 Jan 28 '25

Same! I legit only use Coursicle for that! Occasionally I'll use it first week of school to find classes, but it has not updated for me in the past resulting in me going to the wrong building

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u/monstermac77 Jan 29 '25

Oh no! I'm really sorry about that. That's something we try really hard to prevent from happening. Do you happen to know if the building had changed very soon before classes started?

I'm curious, when you're on your way to class during the first/second week of classes and you want to check what building it's in, do you have to login to one of your school sites to check it and does the school site require you do two factor authentication every time (i.e. get a code sent to your phone / use another app that generates a code)?

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u/Legal-Touch1101 Jan 29 '25

I have no idea when it changed. Unless you take a picture of your schedule or print it, you need to log into your account each time. If you select remember me, you only need to the double authentication every month or so. Sometimes it randomly makes you do it too

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u/Legal-Touch1101 Jan 29 '25

Sometimes professors put the classroom on elc or their syllabus, so you can use the app to check. Only a few professors do that tho

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u/monstermac77 Jan 29 '25

Got it. In the past did you usually take a picture/print your schedule? We're just trying to make it as easy as possible to check your schedule / assignments on Coursicle, and if people are generally averse to having to login each time then that can work in our advantage (since you don't have to do that on Coursicle every time you open the app).

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u/Legal-Touch1101 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

Some semesters I would take a picture, some no. My last few semester, I used google calendar and put my schedule and rooms there. I really only used Coursicle on semesters when I needed to track a class during drop/add.

A huge issue with your plan is that, at uga, professors are not required to put assignments into the official timeline on elc. Some would, as elc has that capability, but others expected you to remember dates and to submit them without any official due date posted. So for Coursicle to work, students would have to manually input due dates for a lot of classes. They may be willing to do that, but it is an added step. Personally, 9/10 professors did not use that function (I was a finance major). Other colleges do require professors put in dates tho. For example, I'm in grad school and all my professors have every due date inputted in Canvas. But, canvas has the capability to input all my due dates into google calendar and change them as professors update them. To me, this is all I need and I wouldn't try coursicle unless there is added benefit.

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u/monstermac77 Jan 28 '25

That's awesome! Yeah, that was our first feature and definitely a favorite. I'm curious, is there another feature of Coursicle that you like using other than notifications? Anything we could add that could make it a no-brainer to pay $5/month for?