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Why OghmaNotes Starts With Canvas

The hardest part of using a study app is often the setup: finding files, uploading PDFs, naming notebooks, checking deadlines, and remembering what changed in Canvas.

OghmaNotes is built around a different starting point. Instead of asking students to create a blank workspace, it connects to Canvas and imports the semester structure that already exists. That means course files, lecture PDFs, assignment deadlines, and available course context can become part of the same study workspace. The AI features matter, but they are not the headline. The headline is that the system starts with the material students are already expected to learn.

  • Less setup. Canvas import reduces the manual work of collecting lecture files and assignment context before studying can begin.
  • Course-aware answers. Questions can be grounded in the imported course material instead of generic web knowledge.
  • Deadline context. Assignments and due dates belong beside notes, flashcards, and study planning, not in a separate tab students forget to check.

The Product Promise

Connect Canvas once and supported course structure, files, assignments, and deadlines stay connected. Large imports may take background processing time, and available data depends on the institution, account permissions, and Canvas APIs.

NotebookLM is excellent for documents you upload. OghmaNotes is for the course you are actually taking.

This is why the product leads with Canvas import, cited answers, notes, flashcards, deadlines, and study planning instead of technical language like RAG or semantic search.

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