Before you start

Connect ChatGPT, Claude or Codex

  • AikenDewit is connected to your ChatGPT or Claude. It takes a link and a sign-in.
  • Can edit tasks is on for that app in AikenDewit, under Settings → Connectors. Without it, the app can read your tasks but can’t change them.
  • Your AI app can read your course site through a connector. Whether one exists depends on that app and your school. If it can’t, paste the syllabus or assignment list into the chat instead.

The prompt

Prompt to paste

Check my course site for assignments, quizzes and readings due in the next three weeks. Read my AikenDewit tasks first so you don’t add anything twice. Draft a task for each with its due date, a time estimate, the course name as the category, a short note with the assignment link, and subtasks for the steps. Then suggest work blocks this week on my AikenDewit calendar for the ones due soonest. Add the tasks and blocks when I say yes.

What you get

  • One task per assignment, with its due date and a time estimate.
  • The course name as the category, so each class’s work is easy to pick out.
  • A short note with the assignment link or where to submit.
  • Subtasks for the steps, such as outline, draft and proofread.
  • Work blocks this week for what’s due soonest, once you agree.

Deadlines with a time

A due date in AikenDewit is a day. If an assignment is due at 11:59pm, ask for a reminder that evening, and AikenDewit emails you at that time.

Big assignments

For an essay or a project, ask: “Break the essay into steps over the next two weeks and block time for each.” Your AI app adds the steps as subtasks and puts work blocks on AikenDewit’s calendar when you say yes.

If you keep a project in AikenDewit for this term, name it in the prompt, and the tasks go there instead of your Home list.

Questions from students

Can ChatGPT or Claude read Canvas?
That depends on your AI app and your school, not on AikenDewit. If it can reach your course site, it can turn what it finds into AikenDewit tasks. If not, paste the assignment list into the chat.
Does AikenDewit connect to Canvas or Courseworks?
No. AikenDewit never connects to a course site. Only the tasks and work blocks your AI app writes reach AikenDewit.