Waterloo
SyllaBuddy for University of Waterloo students.
Every Waterloo course outline you upload becomes one calendar, a daily to-do, and a chat that answers “what do I need on the final” from your actual syllabus. It reads scans, reads each document twice, and pulls in your LEARN calendar too.
Works with LEARN
Waterloo runs D2L Brightspace. Connect your personal calendar feed and every due date a professor posts appears next to what's in the outline, with duplicates hidden.
Built for outlines like these
Any course, any faculty. A PDF is a PDF.
Why LEARN alone misses things
LEARN only shows what a professor entered inside it with a due date attached. That is accurate for what's there and silent about everything else: a midterm announced only in the outline, an in-class quiz, homework on an outside platform, a textbook opt-out deadline. The course outline is where those live, which is why SyllaBuddy reads it first and treats the LEARN feed as a second source.
Connect your LEARN calendar
About three minutes, once. After that it keeps itself up to date.
- Sign in to LEARN in a browser. The Pulse app can't give you the link.
- Open Calendar from the top navigation.
- Open the calendar settings (the gear), tick Enable Calendar Feeds, and save.
- Click Subscribe, choose All calendars so every course is included, and copy the URL.
- In SyllaBuddy, go to You, then Connect, and paste it.
How Waterloo grades
Waterloo records your marks as percentages rather than converting them to grade points, so the number on your transcript is the number you earned.
SyllaBuddy tracks your marks as percentages against the weights in each outline, which works the same on any scale. For the full Waterloo letter table and the registrar's own wording, see the Waterloo grading scale on cutoffs.ca.
Three minutes, then it runs your term
- Sign up with any email. Pick University of Waterloo, your term dates, and how many courses you're taking.
- Upload each course outline as a PDF. About a minute each, scans fine. Add your timetable so class times and rooms show up too.
- Open it each morning. Tick things off. Ask it questions. Push it to Google or Apple Calendar if you'd rather live there.
Questions from Waterloo students
Does SyllaBuddy work with LEARN?
Yes, two ways. It reads your Waterloo course outlines directly, which is where most dates and weights actually live, and you can paste your personal LEARN calendar feed so anything a professor posts there shows up alongside, with duplicates removed.
What grading scale does Waterloo use?
Waterloo records your marks as percentages rather than converting them to grade points, so the number on your transcript is the number you earned. The full letter-to-percentage table, with the registrar source, is on cutoffs.ca.
Why doesn't my LEARN calendar show every assignment?
An LMS calendar only shows items a professor created inside LEARN with a due date attached. Midterms announced only in the outline, in-class quizzes, and homework on outside platforms often never appear. Uploading the outline fills those gaps.
Is SyllaBuddy affiliated with University of Waterloo?
No. It's an independent study tool that works with any course outline. University of Waterloo doesn't endorse it, and the logo belongs to the university.
Bring one Waterloo outline and see what comes out. No account needed.
Upload your syllabi, get the whole term as a calendar, a daily to-do and a chat that knows your courses. Free.
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SyllaBuddy is independent and not affiliated with University of Waterloo. The logo belongs to the university.