UMich Lecture Downloader

Download your lectures with the click of a button!

UMich Lecture Downloader: Quick & Efficient Lecture Downloads

The 'UMich Lecture Downloader' extension offers University of Michigan Engineering and Computer Science students a quick and hassle-free method to download lectures from the CAEN Lecture Viewer. This chrome extension allows you to watch lectures offline at any convenient place and time. The downloaded files are directly saved to your default Downloads folder and are named after the lecture's title. The extension currently supports downloading one lecture at a time.
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Extension stats

By: ebatsell
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.25
(4)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2018-12-03)
Creation date: 2018-12-02
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • declarativeContent
  • downloads
  • storage
Size: 19.29K

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Extension summary

This extension allows University of Michigan Engineering or Computer Science students to download their lectures from the CAEN Lecture viewer for offline viewing. Watch lectures on plane rides, road trips, or even put them on your phone without worrying about using data! Or make a compilation video of all the bad jokes your professor says.

INSTRUCTIONS: With the extension enabled, you can simply go to a specific lecture, click on the extension icon, and download!

Playback: though there's no option to download a lecture at a specific speed for faster viewing, I recommend VLC Media player as a mp4 viewer that lets you adjust speed.

Notes

  • All lectures saved on the CAEN Lecture Capture Service (leccap.engin.umich.edu) are eligible for download.
  • The extension currently saves the file to your default Downloads folder, and titles it after the lecture's title. Let me know if you'd like more customization with this.
  • The extension currently is limited to downloading one lecture at a time. Batch downloading possibly in the future.

User reviews

This did not work for me.. it attempted to download some kind of .xml file, then my computer (or browser) blocked it. No video file downloaded.. maybe there is some access issue?
by Kristopher Jung, 2021-12-24

It was working before. After a patch it just reports access denied by aws.
by Ke-Haur Taur, 2021-12-18

thanks for making this man I appreciate it
by Anand Dukkipati, 2020-03-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

UMich Lecture Downloader requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

UMich Lecture Downloader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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