SyllabAI

Inspiration

We’ve all struggled with digging through long course syllabi to find key dates, rules, or contact info. We wanted to create a tool that makes managing course info fast and easy for students.

What it does

syllabAI allows users to upload their course syllabus as a PDF and automatically extracts key information like lecture contact details, assignment deadlines, test dates, and course policies. It also includes a chatbot that answers user questions about the course and its syllabus.

How we built it

We used Gadget to handle the backend and data processing,

Challenges we ran into

• Parsing different syllabus formats consistently
  
• Making the UI simple and easy to use while looking professional & “clean”
• Training the chatbot to accurately respond to syllabus-specific questions
  

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Successfully extracting and organizing syllabus data and formatting it
  
• Creating a user personalized chatbot which can answer further questions based on the user’s uploaded syllabus
• Creating a file that can update the user's calendar and add important test / assignment dates
• Getting to use API’s
  
• Creating a clean and intuitive UI
• Creating a tool which we know will help students!

What we learned

• How to use gadget & work with models, actions, controllers
• Using websites like Dribbble.com to get inspiration for UI
• CRUD and RESTFul basics
• How to collaborate and comprise when working in a team
• Prompt engineering

What's next for syllabAI

• Get real users at different universities
• Integrating with notion so users can easily manage their time
• Offer / Show resources that can help the user with their courses (Recommend websites or youtube videos)

Built With

• google-gemini
• remix
• typescript
• vite