Better Blackboard

Better Blackboard

Slight modifications to Blackboard to make it a bit better.

What is Better Blackboard?
Better Blackboard is a Chrome extension designed to enhance the University of Manchester Blackboard homepage. It provides modifications such as displaying upcoming deadlines and submission links and hiding previous semester course units.
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Stats
Users: 159 ▲ 8
Rating: 4.20 (5)
Version: 1.1.2 (Last updated: 2021-02-22)
Creation date: 2021-02-22
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://online.manchester.ac.uk/*
  • https://online.manchester.ac.uk/*
Size: 23.36K
URLs: Website
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Summary

This add-on makes some minor modifications to the University of Manchester Blackboard homepage to make it more usable:

  • Replace the 'welcome' image with a list of upcoming deadlines, and submission links
  • Hide previous semester course units from the "Current courses" tab

The source code for this add-on can be found at https://github.com/Matthew-Kilpatrick/Better-Blackboard

User reviews
Can you make this accessible to all blackboard students?
by Cara Cara, 2024-01-19

grapeeeeee extension
by Nomair Ahmed Nomair Ahmed, 2021-02-26
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Safety
Risk impact

Better Blackboard is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Better Blackboard has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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