The Course Compass voyage.
Course Compass is live and we are building fast. The priority engine, Clipper the parrot, the dubloon economy, and local notes indexing are all live and running in students' browsers. What you see below is what we have shipped and exactly what we are building toward.
We publish this roadmap honestly. "Building now" means in active development. "Up next" means we know the shape of the work. "Later" means we are confident it belongs on the ship, just not on the deck yet.
Course Compass is live — install free on the Chrome Web Store.
Five phases, one destination.
Every phase builds on the last. We are not throwing features at the wall — we are navigating toward a complete study companion that respects student budgets and student brains.
Phase 0
Foundation
- Smart assignment priority engine — ranks your Canvas work by due date, points, and type so you always know what to do next
- Clipper the parrot study buddy — encouragement, cracker rewards, page-specific tips, and a talkativeness dial
- Treasure-hunt dubloon economy — earn dubloons for study sessions and note reads; spend them in the cosmetics shop with animated CSGO-style loot box reveals
- Streak freeze protection — spend dubloons to bank streak freezes so a missed day doesn't reset your momentum
- Seven-day streak heat-map — a visual dot calendar in the game panel shows exactly which days you studied
- Local notes indexing with keyword retrieval — import PDFs and slides, or type key concepts directly in the Import tab; Ask Clipper surfaces relevant chunks on related Canvas pages
- Course filter chips — filter your priority panel by a single course with one tap, then tap again to clear
- Focus timer with streak tracking and Finals Week double-dubloon bonus
- Overdue badge on the panel header — a red count badge shows at a glance how many items are past due
- Guided first-run setup — a welcome screen auto-detects your Canvas URL and a step-by-step tutorial walks you through the panel on your first Canvas visit
The free Chrome extension that lives inside Canvas. No account required to start.
Phase 1
Chrome Web Store launch + Accounts
- ✓ Chrome Web Store listing — Course Compass is live and available to any student
- ✓ Google sign-in in the extension — sign in from Settings ⚙ to enable sync and AI features (Settings ⚙)
- ✓ Cross-device sync — your Canvas connection, streak, and game progress follow you across machines (paid plans)
- Web account dashboard — manage billing, usage stats, and data export from chartededutech.com (in progress)
CWS launch done · sign-in live · cross-device sync live · web account dashboard in progress.
Phase 2
AI Study Layer
- ✓ Managed AI via Claude — no API key required; AI credits included with Plus and Pro plans
- ✓ Plus ($4.99/mo) and Pro ($9.99/mo) tiers via Paddle billing — student-priced, cancel anytime; semester and annual plans also available
- ✓ Credit top-up packs ($3.49 / 500 credits) — one-time top-ups for Plus and Pro subscribers who run out mid-semester
- ✓ AI notes indexing and Clipper conversational chat — search your notes and ask Clipper questions; chapter-aware retrieval
- ✓ Quiz generation, draft pre-grading, and handwriting OCR — from your own notes and assignments
- ✓ Google Drive import — pull PDFs and slides directly from Drive into your notes library
- ✓ Syllabus auto-schedule extraction and spaced-repetition review — imported syllabi are parsed into chapter ranges, and the Study tab runs a spaced-repetition queue that resurfaces material right before you'd forget it
AI features are always opt-in and clearly labeled. The free tier stays free and fully functional.
Phase 3
Full Web App
- ✓ Companion web app at app.chartededutech.com — full assignment, grade, and notes access from any browser, no extension required
- ✓ "Read to me" reader on the web — natural-voice narration with sentence highlighting, chapter timeline, and checkpoint quizzes
- ✓ Clipper conversational chat and the weekly hunt game — ported to the web app with real AI, just like the extension
- ✓ Mobile-friendly, installable PWA — reference your priority list from your phone between classes
- PDF and slide viewer with in-browser annotation and highlighting across your imported files (in progress)
Core web app live for Plus & Pro subscribers · annotated PDF viewer still in progress.
Phase 4
Advanced Intelligence
- Semantic search across all your notes — find the concept, not just the exact keyword
- Canvas auto-sync bridge — deeper integration with Canvas data for richer priority signals
How we decide what to build.
Already live. Already building.
Course Compass is live on the Chrome Web Store and students are using it today. Add it free, or upgrade to Plus or Pro for the full AI study layer — then watch Phase 3 and beyond take shape.