3 Ways to Log Study Sessions in Weyd

The coaching and plan adaptation in Weyd is only as good as the data it has about what you're actually doing. Users who log consistently get plan adjustments that fit their real practice patterns. Users who don't log, or who log inconsistently, get generic recommendations that don't account for what they're actually spending time on.

There are three ways to get your activity into Weyd. Each has different setup requirements and different data quality — here's how to choose.

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Method 1: Connect an Integration (Best for Ongoing Tracking)

Connecting a learning app lets Weyd pull your activity data automatically. You don't need to do anything after setup — Weyd syncs in the background.

Available integrations:

• Duolingo — XP earned, streak, lessons completed, skills practiced
• Anki — Cards reviewed, cards added, retention rate, deck breakdown
• LingQ — Words read, listening time, known words count
• YouTube — Watch time on channels you've flagged as target-language content
• Netflix — Watch time with language learning extensions

How to connect: Dashboard → Settings → Integrations → Connect

What Weyd does with integration data:

• Maps it to your skill quotas (Anki reviews → vocabulary, YouTube watch time → listening, etc.)
• Tracks trends over time (your Anki retention rate declining is a signal)
• Uses it to detect plateau patterns without any manual input from you

Limitations:

• Some integrations require a Pro subscription
• Integration data captures quantity (time, cards, XP) but not quality (whether the time was effective)
• If you study using apps that aren't integrated, you'll need to supplement with one of the methods below

Best for: Your primary daily-use tools. If you use Duolingo every day, connect it on day one.

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Method 2: Screenshot Import (Best for Apps Without Integration)

If you practice with an app that doesn't have a direct integration — or you want to log something specific like a test result, an Anki session summary, or a LingQ stats page — paste a screenshot.

How it works:

1. Take a screenshot of your activity stats (Anki review summary, Duolingo lesson complete screen, italki session timer, etc.)
2. Open Weyd chat
3. Paste the screenshot (Ctrl+V / Cmd+V)
4. Weyd extracts the data automatically

Weyd reads the image, identifies what app it's from, extracts the relevant numbers (time, cards, XP, score), and logs them to your activity record.

What it works with: Any app that shows a stats screen, session summary, or result page. If you can screenshot it, Weyd can usually parse it.

What it can't do: Screenshots give you a moment in time — Weyd can log the session stats it sees, but it can't backfill historical data from a screenshot of a cumulative stats page.

Example screenshots that work well:

• Anki's "Congratulations" screen after reviews (shows cards reviewed, time taken, retention rate)
• Duolingo's lesson complete screen
• LingQ's daily stats bar
• A test score page from an exam prep site
• Your language tutor's lesson notes or feedback

Best for: Occasional logging of apps you use sometimes but haven't integrated, or importing specific results you want on record (test scores, assessment results).

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Method 3: Describe It in Chat (Best for Anything Else)

If you practiced something that doesn't generate a screenshot — a conversation with a native speaker, a reading session with a physical book, a podcast you listened to while commuting — just tell the coach what you did.

How it works:

1. Open the Weyd chat
2. Describe what you practiced: time, activity type, what worked, what was hard

Example:

"Did 45 minutes of conversation practice with my language exchange partner. We talked about work stuff mostly. I struggled to explain my job in Spanish — kept losing vocabulary mid-sentence. Got better toward the end."

Weyd will:

• Log the session to your activity record (45 minutes, speaking/conversation)
• Note the specific difficulty (vocabulary retrieval under time pressure)
• Flag this as context for future coaching recommendations

The more detail you give, the more useful the log. "I studied for an hour" is logged as generic activity. "I did 40 minutes of shadowing with a JapanesePod101 intermediate episode and 20 minutes of grammar review" is logged with skill-level detail.

What kinds of sessions to log this way:

• Language exchange or conversation partner sessions
• In-person tutoring or class attendance
• Listening to native-language podcasts or radio (no tracking)
• Reading physical books or newspapers
• Writing in a journal or exchange diary
• Any immersive activity (watching TV, movies, games in your target language)

Best for: Offline practice, social learning, and anything that doesn't generate app stats.

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How Weyd Uses the Data

All three logging methods feed the same underlying data model. Weyd maps each logged activity to skill categories:

Activity	Primary skill tracked
Anki reviews	Vocabulary
LingQ reading	Reading, Vocabulary
Shadowing	Listening, Pronunciation
Conversation practice	Speaking, Listening
Podcast listening	Listening
Grammar exercises	Grammar
Duolingo	Vocabulary (A1-A2), Grammar exposure
italki session	Speaking, Listening

The skill totals feed your weekly quotas (visible on the Progress page). If a skill is consistently under-quota, Weyd will flag it and suggest rebalancing.

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A Note on Consistency

You don't need to log every minute of every session. What matters is consistency over time — even rough logging is more useful than perfect logging for two weeks followed by nothing.

The minimum useful logging frequency: 3–4 sessions per week. Below that, the data is too sparse for pattern detection to work reliably.

If you're using a connected integration for your main study tool, that satisfies the consistency requirement automatically. Supplement with chat logging for anything else.