A Student Schedule on Your Android Home Screen

The easiest way to see your school day at a glance is to keep the timetable in your phone calendar and show it as an agenda widget on the home screen. You then see the next class, room, and deadline each time you unlock the phone.

This guide shows what to put in the calendar, which widget settings fit a student week, and what a widget cannot do.

Step 1: Put your timetable in the calendar

A widget can only show what is in the calendar. So the first job is the data, not the widget.

Add each class as a repeating event. Put the room or the teacher in the event title or location.
Add exams, project dates, and hand-in dates as events. Set the time to the real deadline.
If your school gives you an account that syncs to the Android calendar, those events appear on their own. If the school only gives you a web page or a PDF, you must type the events in yourself.

Super Agenda does not have its own calendar sync. It shows the events of the calendars on the phone, such as Google Calendar and other accounts that sync to the Android calendar.

Step 2: Split school and life into calendars

Use more than one calendar if you can. For example: "Classes", "Exams", "Sport", and "Home". Each calendar can then be shown or hidden on its own.

Calendar	What goes in it	Show on the widget?
Classes	Lessons, labs, seminars	Yes
Exams and deadlines	Tests, hand-in dates	Yes
Sport and clubs	Training, meetings	Yes, or on a second widget
Home	Chores, family dinners	Your choice

A split like this also helps later. Before exam week, you can hide the sport calendar and keep the page short.

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Step 3: Pick the right layout

A school day has a lot of short blocks. These layout choices work well.

Agenda list with day headers. Day headers such as "Today" and "Tomorrow" show where one day ends and the next starts.
Two columns (today and next). The left column shows today. The right column shows what comes next. This is a good fit for a timetable. You can also read how to choose between one and two columns.
Optional timeline. A timeline shows the gaps between classes. Use it if you want to see free periods.

Step 4: Set the time settings

The time settings decide how long the list is. They are free.

Setting	Suggested value for a student
Days ahead	2 to 3 days. A longer list hides what matters today.
Maximum number of events	Enough for one full school day.
Show past events	On if you want to see what you already did today. Off for a shorter list.
Hide all-day events	On if public holidays or school events fill the top of the list.
Hide declined events	On if you were invited to events you will not attend.

If you have a hard exam week, raise the days ahead for that week. Lower it again after.

Step 5: Make it easy to read

On a busy home screen, plain styling helps more than decoration.

Turn on the event color markers. Choose a bar, a circle, or a small dot. Give each type of event its own color in your calendar app, so you can tell a lab from an exam at a glance.
Use larger text sizes if you read the widget at arm's length, for example when the phone lies on a desk.
Use the day and night themes. They follow the system dark mode, so the widget stays easy to read at night.

Styling options need Super Agenda Pro, a one-time in-app purchase. The calendar choice and the time settings are free.

Step 6: Use the toolbar

The toolbar has three buttons: add an event, refresh, and open the settings.

When a teacher moves a test, tap the add-event button and put the new date in. You do not need to open the calendar app first.
Tap an event to open it in your calendar app and see all of its details.
If you want a bigger date at the top, read about the big date toolbar.

The widget updates when the calendar changes and at midnight. If you add a class and do not see it, tap refresh.

What a widget cannot do

Be clear about the limits before you plan your week around one.

There is no month grid. You see a list, not a full month on one screen.
There are no tasks or to-do lists. A homework item only shows if you enter it as a calendar event with a date and time.
The widget does not get your timetable from the school. The events must be in a calendar on the phone.

If you need a month view or a task list, use a calendar app or a task app next to the widget. Our list of productivity widgets for Android covers other options.

What this means for you

Use this short checklist.

Enter classes as repeating events, and exams and hand-in dates as single events.
Use separate calendars for classes, exams, and everything else.
Add the widget to your home screen and choose the calendars to show.
Set 2 to 3 days ahead and a maximum number of events that fits one day.
Hide declined and all-day events if they add noise.
Choose two columns or the day list, and turn on color markers.