Setting up your first semester
The setup wizard walks you through courses, dates, and preferences in order.
Go to Setup from the sidebar (or briefdesk.app/setup directly). The wizard asks for your semester dates and courses first, so you see value — an organized semester — before it asks about configuration details like file storage.
Steps
- Enter your semester name and date range.
- Add each course, either by importing a syllabus or entering it manually.
- Review what was extracted (or entered) — class meeting times, readings, and assignments are all editable here before anything is saved.
- Choose your study workflow: which preparation, notes, and follow-up steps should appear on every class page.
- Decide whether to connect Google Drive, or skip it and use private uploads instead.
You can always come back
Nothing in setup is final. Course details, dates, and workflow steps are all editable afterward from the course or class page, or from Settings.