Observed arrival · 2026-10-21
Cue for Canvas puts deadlines in the Mac menu bar
A Mac menu-bar app in beta that turns a student's Canvas calendar feed into a sorted deadline list with reminders.
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- Students whose schools use Canvas LMS
- Worth noticing
- It reads Canvas’s calendar feed; the page says the feed link is stored in macOS Keychain and assignment details do not pass through its servers.
Field notes
The setup uses the Calendar Feed link available in Canvas: students copy it from Canvas Calendar, paste it into Cue, then choose reminder times; the page says syncing continues automatically. The site describes assignments, quizzes, and events grouped by urgency, plus scheduled alerts and an optional morning digest. It says the feed link is kept in macOS Keychain and that submission-status checks require an optional Canvas API token, which some schools may not allow.
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