Better Canvas

Name: Better Canvas
Rating: 4.8636 (66 reviews)
Author: ksucpea

Best dark mode for Canvas, plus other features

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Better Canvas is a powerful Chrome extension designed to improve your Canvas learning platform experience. It offers the best customizable dark mode with options to choose from premade themes or manually edit the settings. Users can benefit from features such as automatic dark mode scheduling, enhanced todo lists, dashboard improvements including grades and notes, preview assignments and announcements directly from the dashboard, and much more.

Additional functionalities include custom fonts, condensed cards, gradient dashboard cards, advanced card customization, customizable card links, and a GPA calculator suitable for both college and high school students. All features are toggleable without refreshing the page, providing seamless usability. The extension supports all Canvas URL variations and is also available for Firefox. Source code is openly accessible on GitHub for transparency and development contributions.

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By:

ksucpea

Daily users:

16,562 38

Rating:

4.86

(66) 1 ratings

Version:

5.12.0 Last updated: 2024-10-28

Version code:

5829148

Creation date:

2020-10-28

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Size:

279.20KB

Email:

ks*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-17

Ranking

# 563 ▲ 4

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#78 in Appearance ▼ 1

#26 in beta keyword 27 ▼ 1

#46 in scan keyword 18 ▼ 1

#47 in features keyword 27 ▼ 1

#57 in best keyword 38 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

BetterCanvas (v6.0.2)

1,000,000 4.97

(7,422)

User reviews

Users highly appreciate Better Canvas for simplifying assignment tracking and offering extensive customization that enhances the Canvas interface aesthetically and functionally. However, multiple reviews mention issues such as imperfect dark mode application affecting readability, GPA calculation bugs, non-functional revert button, limitations in theme options, and persistent console error logs. Despite these cons, the add-on remains popular and considered very helpful by university students managing their coursework.

Pros

Provides an easy and clear overview of assignment due dates without needing to navigate multiple pages.
Allows customization of course cards for improved aesthetics.
Offers a high level of customization to improve the Canvas experience.
Displays detailed information about grades and assignments upfront.
Generally well-received, considered very useful by users.

Cons

Dark mode implementation has issues with some windows where background or text color doesn't change properly, affecting readability.
GPA calculation feature is broken, showing 'NaN' and failing to import course info.
The revert button does not function as expected.
User-generated themes opt-in is partially broken, limiting theme options.
Console logs repetitive 'element does not exist' errors, which is annoying for users who are also programming.

Recent reviews

by ST*****, 2025-06-16

Absolutely love this extension, especially with how easy it is to view when everything is due, rather than having to navigate every single assignment page of every single unit to figure it out. Absolute godsend as a uni student.

by no*****, 2025-06-04

by It*****, 2025-06-03

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Better Canvas requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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Better Canvas is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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