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Stay on pace: scheduling, the timeline, and behind-schedule nudges

Auto-schedule spreads your topics across your class days in one click. The Timeline shows planned vs. actually taught, the Pacing view tracks coverage and velocity with a projected finish date, and you're nudged by email and in-app when a topic slips.

Last updated Jun 13, 2026

Knowing what's left is only half the job — the other half is whether you're on track to finish in time. The Tracker turns your topics into a schedule and then watches it, so you find out you're slipping while you can still do something about it.

Auto-schedule your class days

Click Auto-schedule, pick the days you teach (say Mon/Wed/Fri) and a start date, and the Tracker assigns each not-yet-taught topic to the next available class day, in order. A 24-topic plan on three days a week is laid out across eight weeks instantly. You can still drag dates around afterwards — this just gives you a sensible starting schedule in one click.

Coverage 12 / 20 taught · 60% Velocity3.2 / wkDone byJul 18Behind2 topics
Pacing at a glance: coverage, weekly velocity, a projected finish date, and a count of anything overdue.

The Table view

Prefer a spreadsheet feel? The Table view lists every topic in curriculum order with its status, planned date (red when overdue), taught date, duration, and resource count — and lets you change a topic's status inline or present a deck without opening the card. It's the fastest way to scan a long plan and the most print-friendly.

Pacing analytics

The Pacing tab turns the board into numbers: your coverage (taught ÷ total), your velocity (topics taught per week so far), and a projected completion date at that pace. A per-module breakdown shows which units are done and which are lagging, and a 'behind' count flags every overdue topic.

Overdue nudges

You don't have to keep checking. When a topic's planned date passes and it still isn't marked taught, the Tracker nudges you — both in-app and by email — so a slipped topic surfaces on its own. Mark it taught (or reschedule it) and the nudge clears; each overdue topic only nudges once, so you're never spammed.

Nudges go to the board's owner only — they're a private heads-up to you, never to students. Mark a topic taught from the Board (drag it to Taught) or the Syllabus view (tick the circle) and it stops counting as behind.

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