Plan
Weekly study guide
- Topics and readings
- Video and lecture links
- Open questions
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Learning system
Course study guide workflow
Turn a syllabus, course videos, readings, and notes into a weekly study guide with practice questions and review states.
A syllabus explains what a course covers, but it rarely becomes a working learning system by itself. Kollab reads the syllabus, lecture links, PDFs, readings, and your goal, then turns them into a weekly plan you can actually follow.
Use it for school courses, online courses, self-study projects, or research onboarding when you need notes, questions, difficult concept explanations, and progress tracking in one place.
How the workflow runs
Read through the workflow once, then swap in your own roles, sources, and outputs.
- 01
Read the course materials
Kollab starts from the syllabus, lecture links, PDFs, articles, and your learning goal.
- 02
Build the weekly guide
The agent turns the course into weekly topics, readings, key concepts, questions, and practice work.
- 03
Explain hard concepts
Difficult ideas get plain-language explanations, examples, and self-check questions instead of staying as vague notes.
- 04
Track review state
The final system keeps notes, questions, weak spots, and progress states in one reusable study hub.
Starter prompt
I want to turn this course into a structured study guide. Course materials: - Syllabus: [upload or paste] - Course videos or playlist: [links] - Readings: [PDFs, articles, papers, books, or notes] - My goal: [exam / self-study / research onboarding / project / writing] - Weekly study time: [for example 5 hours per week] Please: 1. Read the syllabus and materials, then split the course into weekly study units. 2. Create a study guide with weekly topics, required readings, video links, key concepts, and open questions. 3. Create a notes database structure with fields for week, topic, source, concept, question, status, and review date. 4. Generate preview questions, after-class reflection questions, and practice questions for each week. 5. Identify the hardest concepts and explain them in a Feynman style. 6. Recommend supplemental sources only where the syllabus leaves a gap. 7. Create a progress board with Not started, Learning, Needs review, and Mastered states.
What the study guide creates
The goal is a repeatable learning system, not a pretty syllabus copy.
Practice
Question set
- Preview questions
- Reflection prompts
- Practice questions
Review
Progress board
- Needs review concepts
- Mastered topics
- Next study actions
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Course study guide workflow use case do?
Turn a syllabus, course videos, readings, and notes into a weekly study guide with practice questions and review states.
How do I run this workflow in Kollab?
Copy the setup prompt into Kollab, replace the placeholders with your team context, then run it as a reviewable task in your workspace.
What does this workflow create?
A course study hub with weekly learning units, notes database fields, practice questions, Feynman explanations, supplemental sources, and review states.
Does this workflow publish or change external tools automatically?
No. The workflow is designed to produce reviewable drafts, briefs, artifacts, or database updates first, so your team can approve the result before anything is published or changed.
Turn a course into a study system
Use Kollab to structure weekly notes, questions, explanations, and review.
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