DueBoard is a student-built, open-source project and is not affiliated with Purdue University, D2L Brightspace, Gradescope, Pearson, Wiley or any other platform it reads.
Why
At Purdue every course lives in Brightspace, but homework is spread across Gradescope, Pearson MyLab, WileyPLUS, ALEKS, InQuizitive, WebAssign and more — each with its own list of due dates. DueBoard collects them so you can see what is due next without clicking through every course.
What it does
- One sign-in. Start with Brightspace. DueBoard reads your courses and discovers their platforms. Pearson sign-in and its Assignments link are followed inside a hidden reader. Automatic sync never navigates the dashboard or creates a tab or window. Vendor-required authentication or consent can still need your interaction.
- Course cards. Upcoming work per course with countdowns, plus one-click shortcuts to each course's platforms.
- Next deadline. The nearest deadline is emphasized at the top with a live countdown, an Open button and a Done button.
- Calendar and to-do views. Animated switching between course cards, week and month calendars, and a to-do list you can tick off, grouped into Overdue, Today, This week and Later with a count on each group.
- Handed-in work ticks itself off, with its score. Brightspace (your submission or gradebook grade), Gradescope, Pearson MyLab and other homework pages say whether you handed the work in; DueBoard ticks it off and shows the score. Untick something DueBoard ticked and it stays unticked.
- Overdue for the whole term. Every past-due assignment, quiz and homework since the course started, not only last week's. Work no source has said anything about moves into a collapsed Not sure if handed in section of the to-do list until one does, or until you tick it.
- Focus timer. A built-in Pomodoro timer on the dashboard and in the toolbar popup, with 25-minute focus sessions and 5-minute breaks by default (each adjustable from 1 to 180 minutes). Both share one timer, and a short chime plays when a session ends, even if DueBoard isn't open.
- Study themes. Switch between Nightowl, Morning Dew, Noon Cafe and Dusk Lullaby, or let Automatic choose for the time of day. Theme changes fade smoothly without interrupting your work.
- Focused settings flow. Settings open in the current DueBoard tab, with a back button that returns to the dashboard.
- Background platform reading. For homework that Brightspace launches on another platform, DueBoard attempts to read the link in a hidden frame inside the extension, without opening tabs or windows. Pages requiring interactive authentication may remain unavailable. Unknown sites require permission.
- Dates in titles. A homework titled "HW11_due_Nov 11" gets that date.
- Syllabus suggestions. Dated work found in your syllabus (Simple Syllabus, or a PDF in Content), to add with one click.
- Automatic sync every 30 minutes, using the sessions already in your browser.
- Chrome, Edge and Firefox (and other Chromium browsers such as Brave, Arc and Opera).
Dashboard themes
| Theme | Intended study time | Palette |
|---|
| Nightowl | 11 PM–5 AM | Low-glare violet navy for late-night work |
| Morning Dew | 5 AM–12 PM | Fresh mist, sky and sage for an early start |
| Noon Cafe | 12 PM–6 PM | Warm oat, coffee and apricot for afternoon study |
| Dusk Lullaby | 6 PM–11 PM | Aubergine, rose and muted sunset tones for the evening |
| Automatic | All day | Follows the schedule above and fades into the next theme |
Use the theme button in the dashboard header to cycle through all five choices. The selected theme is saved across reloads and can also be changed from Settings → Appearance. The toolbar popup follows the same theme.
Where due dates come from
| Platform | How DueBoard gets the due date |
|---|
| Brightspace | Assignments, quizzes, calendar events and dated content items, read directly |
| Gradescope | Read from your Gradescope course pages when you are signed in |
| Pearson MyLab & Mastering | Read from MyLab when a course links to Pearson; if the session expired, DueBoard reopens it through Brightspace |
| WileyPLUS, ALEKS, Norton (InQuizitive, Smartwork), WebAssign, McGraw-Hill Connect, Achieve, Cengage, zyBooks, Top Hat, Perusall, Packback, Hawkes, Vista Higher Learning, Sapling, Expert TA, Knewton Alta, PrairieLearn, Vocareum, GoReact, LabFlow, BeyondLabz, Circuit, Variate | Attempted in a hidden frame through your Brightspace homework link; compatibility varies |
| Any other platform Brightspace launches | Requires site access and a compatible background reader; an unknown site may remain unavailable |
| Syllabus (Simple Syllabus, PDF or web page in Content) | Shown as suggestions you can add or hide |
| Anything else | Add it by hand; it stays until you remove it |
A date from Brightspace always wins over one read on a platform page, and every platform date says where it was read ("Read from ALEKS", shown when you hover over the item in the to-do list). The same sources say whether the work was handed in; a score of 0 on its own doesn't count, since platforms show 0 for missing work.
Install
DueBoard currently supports purdue.brightspace.com.
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