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Track your progress towards a qualification
A simple tracker of modules, deadlines and grades for a course, with a weekly summary of what's due and how you're doing.
When to use it
Weekly, through your course
Step by step
Get your course details
Collect the course handbook or module list with assignment deadlines and how each is weighted.
Build the tracker with AI
Paste the details into your AI assistant with this prompt.
Prompt to copyTurn this course information into a tracker table I can paste into Google Sheets. Columns: Module, Assessment, Type (essay, exam, project), Weighting %, Due date, Status (Not started / In progress / Submitted / Marked), Grade, Notes. Sort by due date. Then list all deadlines as calendar entries in the format: [Due date] - [Module]: [Assessment]. Here's the course info: [paste]Add deadlines to your calendar
Paste the tracker into Google Sheets and add each deadline to Google Calendar, with a reminder two weeks before.
Do a weekly check-in
Each week, update the Status column and paste the sheet into your AI assistant, asking: 'What's due in the next 3 weeks, what should I start now, and what's my average grade so far?'
What you get
Next 3 weeks: Module 2 Essay (30%) due 29 Nov, status In progress. Module 3 Quiz (10%) due 6 Dec, Not started: start this week. Average so far: 64% across 3 marked pieces.
Tips
- Calendar reminders two weeks ahead give you time to ask tutors questions.
- Always confirm deadlines in your official course portal, since dates can change.