ScheduleBud User Guide

The features that are easy to miss, and the shortcuts that save the most time.

Table of Contents

1. The Right-Click Menu
2. Bulk Task Creator
3. Quick Add vs. Detailed Add
4. Sync Canvas Automatically
5. The Smart Assistant
6. Calendar Shortcuts
7. Reorder the Nav Bar and Sidebar
8. Email Reminders
9. Getting Help

The Right-Click Menu

This is the one most people never find, and it’s the fastest way to do almost anything on the calendar.

• Right-click a day (long-press on touch) for Quick Add, Bulk Add, or Detailed Task.
• Right-click a task to Edit, Complete, or Delete it without opening it.
• Drag a task to another day to reschedule it. No menu needed.

A plain click on a day also works: it opens Quick Add with that date filled in.

Bulk Task Creator

Hiding in that right-click menu is the biggest time saver in the app. Use it for a whole batch of similar tasks, like weekly homework or a run of quizzes.

1. Set the class and task type once. They apply to every row.
2. Type your titles and dates.
3. Create them all at once.

The due time carries over between rows, and it remembers your last setup, so the next batch starts where you left off. Keep titles short and consistent (HW 1, HW 2, HW 3) and a full set takes seconds.

Quick Add vs. Detailed Add

Two ways to make a task, on purpose.

Quick Add fills in the rest for you. It remembers the class you picked last and defaults to an 11:59 PM due time, so most homework is just a title and a date.

Detailed Add is for the few tasks that need a specific start and end time, a duration, notes, or a custom task type. Think presentations, exams, big projects.

The trick: capture everything fast with Quick Add, then go back and add detail only where it matters.

Sync Canvas Automatically

Pull your Canvas deadlines in instead of retyping them:

1. In Canvas: Calendar > Calendar Feed, copy the feed URL.
2. In ScheduleBud: Settings > Canvas Integrations, paste it, and click Sync Now.

Your feed is fetched securely and the URL isn’t stored on a server.

Course announcements: add your Canvas API token under the same tab to pull your courses’ announcements from the last 30 days. Open them from the sidebar, so you don’t have to log into Canvas just to see what’s new.

The Smart Assistant

The chat panel takes plain language, so you can skip the forms:

• Create, update, or delete tasks in normal sentences: “add a reading for Bio due Friday.”
• @mention a class to point it at the right spot.
• It can act on several tasks at once.

Under Settings > User Preferences you can turn on Conversation Memory (it keeps context across messages) and set Response Style (how brief or detailed it is).

Calendar Shortcuts

• In Month view, the month and year are clickable. Tap either to jump straight there instead of clicking the arrows over and over.
• The view buttons and arrows fade in on hover by default. If you’d rather keep them visible, switch them to always-on under Settings > General > Calendar Controls.

Reorder the Nav Bar and Sidebar

• Nav bar: long-press a button in the top nav to enter reorder mode, then drag the views into the order you want.
• Sidebar: drag the handle on its right edge to resize it. Go wide for long course names. Your width is saved.

Email Reminders

Turn on reminders under Settings > Notifications so deadlines don’t sneak up on you:

• Sent to your account email, or a custom address.
• Quiet hours keep them out of the middle of the night.
• A test email button confirms it all works.

Getting Help

Question, bug, or feature request? Email me at tony@schedulebud.app. I read and reply to every message myself.