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Setting your own calendar reminders vs Dash texting you

Calendar reminders are best for fixed events you enter yourself, like classes, shifts and plans with friends. Dash is best for coursework: it reads your syllabus or learning system and texts you before each deadline, so nothing depends on you setting a reminder. They work together, since Dash can add events to your calendar after you say yes.

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Why not just set calendar reminders?

You can, and for classes and plans it works well. The catch with coursework is volume: every assignment, quiz and exam across every course needs its own event and reminder, and you have to update them when dates move.

Dash does that part. It reads your syllabus or learning system once and texts you before each deadline.

Does Dash work with Google Calendar?

Yes. Dash can add or change events on your calendar, like study blocks before an exam, and it always asks first. Your calendar stays the place you see your week; Dash is the one that nudges you.

What's the best setup?

  • Keep classes, shifts and plans in your calendar.
  • Send Dash your syllabi so every deadline is saved.
  • Let Dash text you before deadlines and add study time to your calendar when you say yes.

Side by side

DashCalendar reminders
Visual calendar of your weekNoYes
Invite people to eventsNoYes
Getting deadlines inReads your syllabus or learning systemYou create each event
How reminders arriveA textPhone, browser or email notification
Who sets the reminderDash, before each deadlineYou, per event
Adds events to your calendarAfter your yesYes
Knows what an assignment is worthSaves each date with its weightNo
Morning briefingA short text on days something is dueNo
Ask what's dueText "what's due this week?"Scroll the calendar
Plans study time around examsYesNo

Questions students ask

Will Dash change my calendar without asking?

No. Dash shows exactly what it will add or change and waits for your yes.

Do I still need calendar reminders?

For classes and plans, keep them if you like. For deadlines, Dash texts you so you don't have to set each one.

Can I choose when Dash texts me?

Yes. Tell Dash when to send heads-ups and when to stay quiet, and it keeps to your quiet hours.

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