Britannica School Insights

Britannica School Insights

Enhance your search experience and your knowledge with Britannica content in the top-right corner of your search results page.

What is Britannica School Insights?
Britannica School Insights is an innovative Chrome extension designed to promote digital literacy by surfacing Britannica School's fact-checked, relevant information in the top-right corner of your web search results. The tool uses advanced relationship mapping technology to provide quick facts, context, and unique insights around English-language search topics, enhancing users' online research experience.
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Stats
Users: 1,000,000+
Rating: 3.15 (27)
Version: 1.3.0 (Last updated: 2019-03-15)
Creation date: 2019-03-15
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • *://*/*
Size: 134.14K
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Britannica School Insights
Britannica School Insights (v1.3.0)
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Summary

Do your students’ Web searches promote digital literacy? Facts matter and now Britannica School serves them to the top right corner of your students’ Web search results.

Britannica School's free browser extension, Britannica School Insights, changes how students and schools discover by bringing fact-checked information to the top right corner of Web search results pages.

Powered by Britannica School, the extension surfaces quick fact-checked information, along with inquiry pathways that uncover unique relationships, uncommon insights, context, and perspectives around English-language search topics.

-Cut through the Internet noise to research smarter -Build digital literacy skills by ensuring a fact-checked source appears in parallel with regular search results -Find quick facts and information, or explore deeper context and connections around search topics -Trust that your tool will only surface highly relevant search results


Q: How do I start using Britannica School Insights? Click ‘Add to Chrome’ and continue your usual searches. When Britannica has highly relevant results, the results will populate the top right corner of your search page.

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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Information is factual
  • Various reading levels for students
  • Useful for fact-checking and finding high-quality information
  • Useful for student navigation and online searching
  • Easy to use and integrate
Cons
  • Changes how Google functions
  • Restricts internet browsing
  • Overrides native Google tools
  • Some find it useless
  • Forced installation on school laptops
Most mentioned
  • Useful for finding factual information
  • Changes how Google works
  • Forced installation by schools
Recent reviews
This Extensions Sucks 😡
by mbv mbv, 2023-10-26

Britannica School Insights: Where information goes to hibernate.
by Axolotl Marta Axolotl Marta, 2023-09-07

trash. it dosent even work
by kwake erth kwake erth, 2023-09-07
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Safety
Risk impact

Britannica School Insights may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Britannica School Insights has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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