Assignment Planner
From start date and deadline to a dated, step-by-step plan you can tick off.
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About the Assignment Planner
Pick the kind of assignment — research paper, essay, lab report, presentation or another task — and enter the day you can start and the day it is due. The planner breaks the work into the steps that kind of assignment needs (understanding the task, research, an outline, the draft, citing sources, revising and the final check) and gives each step a date, sharing out the days you actually have.
Each step comes with a short checklist of what to do and a practical tip. Tick steps off as you finish them: the plan shows what to work on today and warns you when a step is past its date. If you fall behind, Re-plan from today spreads the steps still to do over the days that are left. With a pass, print the checklist, copy it, download it as CSV, or add every step to your calendar with an .ics file. Your assignments are saved in this browser only.
How to use it
- Choose what kind of assignment it is and, if you like, give it a name.
- Enter the start date (the first day you can work on it) and the due date. Add the time it is due if you want it in your calendar.
- Untick the days of the week you will not work on it. Keep Finish a day early ticked to leave the due date clear for printing, uploading or a last look.
- Read your plan: each step shows its dates, what to do and a tip. The step for today is marked Now.
- Tick each step when it is done. If steps fall behind, press Re-plan from today. Without a pass you see a free preview: when to start and your first steps. With a pass, or after unlocking this result, use Print, Calendar (.ics), CSV or Copy to take the plan with you.
Examples
Essay · start Monday 2 November · due Monday 16 November · every day · finish a day early
1. Understand the question — 2 Nov 2. Gather ideas and material — 3–4 Nov 3. Plan: thesis and outline — 5–6 Nov 4. Write the first draft — 7–10 Nov 5. Add citations — 11 Nov 6. Revise the argument — 12–13 Nov 7. Edit and proofread — 14 Nov 8. Final check and submit — 15 Nov
14 working days shared out by each step’s share of the work: the draft gets the most (30%), so it gets four days.
Research paper · start Monday 2 November · due Friday 20 November · Monday to Friday
14 working days, 10 steps. Reading and note-taking runs Friday 6 to Monday 9 November, over the weekend you keep clear.
Research paper · start Monday 2 November · due Thursday 5 November
Three working days for ten steps: steps 1–3 on Monday, 4–5 on Tuesday, 6–10 on Wednesday, with a warning that the plan is compressed.
Common uses
- Planning a term paper or dissertation chapter from the day it is set.
- Seeing at a glance whether a deadline leaves enough time, before it is too late to ask for help.
- Teachers and tutors showing students how to break a big task into smaller steps.
- Putting milestones into a phone calendar so reminders come at the right time.
How the days are shared out
- Working days are the days of the week you ticked, from the start date to the day before the due date (or the due date itself when Finish a day early is off).
- Each step has a share of the work. In a research paper, for example, reading and taking notes is 16% and writing the first draft 22%. The steps get whole days in proportion, and every step gets at least one day when there are enough days.
- Short on time? With fewer working days than steps, several steps share a day and the plan says so. Each step still comes after the one before it.
- Re-plan from today moves the start to today and shares the days left among the steps you have not ticked. Steps already done keep their tick and get no more days.
The steps for each kind of assignment
- Research paper (10 steps): understand the assignment, choose and narrow the topic, find sources, read and take notes, thesis and outline, first draft, cite sources, revise the content, edit and proofread, final check.
- Essay (8 steps): understand the question, gather ideas, thesis and outline, first draft, citations, revise the argument, proofread, final check.
- Lab report (9 steps): understand the brief, organise the data, background reading, plan the report, tables and figures, method and results, discussion and introduction, citations and numbers, revise and submit.
- Presentation (9 steps): understand the brief, research, outline the message, speaker notes, slides, citations and credits, revise and cut, rehearse and time it, final run-through.
- Other assignment (7 steps): a general plan for projects, reports and portfolios.
The shares are a sensible starting point, not a rule: every course and every student is different, so adjust your dates to fit how you work.
Calendar and spreadsheet export
The .ics file follows the iCalendar standard (RFC 5545), which Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook and most calendar apps can import. Each step is an all-day event over its days, with its checklist in the event notes, and the deadline is an event of its own — at the time it is due, if you entered one. The CSV has one row per step (number, name, start, finish, working days, done and tasks) for Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers.
Limitations
- The planner shares out days, not hours: it does not know how long each step will take you, so check the dates against your other deadlines.
- Steps are fixed for each kind of assignment; you cannot add your own steps or change their shares.
- You cannot leave out single dates, such as a holiday or a day with an exam: move the start or due date around them, or untick that day of the week.
- Ticks and plans are saved in this browser only and are not synced to your other devices. With a pass, use the calendar file or CSV to keep a copy elsewhere.
- A calendar app does not update an .ics file you imported earlier: after re-planning, import the new file (and delete the old events).
Privacy
Everything happens in your browser. What you enter or open here is not uploaded or stored by MySmartCoPilot.
Frequently asked questions
What do I get without a pass?
Without a pass, Assignment Planner shows your working days, progress and deadline in full, with the first half of the dated steps and their checklists. Until you unlock it, the result can’t be downloaded, copied or printed. A Pro, Premium or Ultimate pass, a one-time payment that never renews, unlocks the full result. The pricing page lists the passes and their prices.
How long before the due date should I start?
As early as you can: the planner shows how much time each step gets for the dates you enter, so try a few start dates and see when the steps stop sharing days. A research paper has ten steps, so with fewer than ten working days several of them have to share a day.
What does “Finish a day early” do?
It keeps the due date itself clear of planned work, so a printer that will not print or an upload that is slow does not cost you the deadline. Untick it to plan right up to the due date.
I fell behind. What now?
Tick off the steps you have finished and press Re-plan from today. The steps still to do are spread over the working days that are left, so you can see what has to happen each day to make the deadline.
What happens to my ticks if I change the kind of assignment?
Each kind has its own steps, so the plan starts again without ticks. Your ticks are not lost: choose the kind you had before and they come back.
Can I plan several assignments?
Yes. Press New assignment to start another one; your assignments are listed under My assignments, where you can switch between them or delete one.
Can I add the plan to Google Calendar?
Yes, with a pass: download Calendar (.ics) and import it in Google Calendar (Settings › Import & export), or open the file on your phone or computer to add it to your calendar app.
Is my plan uploaded anywhere?
No. The plan is worked out in your browser and saved only in this browser’s storage on this device.