How It Works

What activities are tracked?

You decide what can be monitored. StudyTrack captures learning activities like browsing research material, writing code, reading documents, and working in office tools. Social media, email, messaging, and LMS platforms are automatically excluded — only activities that reflect genuine independent study are tracked.

How are credits calculated?

One ECTS credit equals 25 hours (1,500 minutes) of verified learning. StudyTrack aggregates your daily summaries until you reach this threshold, then generates a credit milestone report that recognizes learning for credit when evidence is matched to specific course ILOs.

How do credit exemptions work?

Credits you earn through StudyTrack are applied as exemptions in your degree's second tier of courses. Once you've earned enough exemptions — typically five — you can skip one course in that tier. One credit on its own won't remove a course, but each one counts toward that goal. Check your Woolf dashboard to see your tier and progress.

How is my data used?

Woolf manages millions of records for students. Activity records are captured and stored locally on your device. They are uploaded securely for AI analysis, which deletes irrelevant content and produces your daily summaries and credit milestone reports. Your data is used solely for learning verification — it is never shared with third parties or used for advertising.

Why does StudyTrack need Accessibility and Screen Recording permissions?

Accessibility lets StudyTrack read the title and URL of your active window so it can identify what you're studying. Screen Recording lets it capture periodic screenshots of your active display as evidence of learning activity. Both are required for learning verification.

StudyTrack only reads context from whitelisted study apps — it cannot see content in excluded apps like messaging or email. You can revoke either permission at any time in System Settings (macOS) or system privacy settings (Windows).

What data does StudyTrack capture?

StudyTrack primarily tracks which apps you're using and how long you spend in them. This gives it a picture of your study activity without capturing the content of what you're doing.

StudyTrack also periodically captures a screenshot of your active display while you're using a supported study app — you control this. These images are stored locally on your device and uploaded securely for AI analysis as part of your learning verification. The images are deleted except for a key image representing your most valuable activity — you can see this key image in your daily report.

Does the app need to be open for tracking to work?

StudyTrack runs quietly in your system tray (macOS menu bar or Windows taskbar) and is set to launch automatically when you log in. You don't need to open the main window for tracking to work — it runs in the background whenever your computer is on.

You can click the tray icon at any time to open the dashboard, check your progress, or pause tracking.

Can I pause or stop tracking?

Yes. You can pause tracking at any time from within the app. While paused, no activity is recorded, no screenshots are captured, and no data is uploaded. You can resume whenever you're ready. Pausing does not affect any credits you've already earned.