CanvasTools

Name: CanvasTools
Rating: 4.636363636363637 (11 reviews)
Author: https://jczstudios.github.io/

Customize your Canvas experience and do advanced things with your Canvas by Instructure account.

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CanvasTools is a powerful Chrome extension designed to transform your Canvas by Instructure experience. It allows you to personalize the platform by customizing colors, adding custom elements to your content via an advanced editor, and facilitating communication by enabling messaging with students from any browser tab. Receive notifications instantly when someone messages you and enjoy the convenience of submitting assignments with a simple right-click.

Beyond aesthetics, CanvasTools extends functionality with features like offline downloading of modules, a "Mark All Read" button for conversations, seamless automatic login, and integration with the Canvas API. The extension also empowers users to search across pages, courses, groups, and assignments directly from the Chrome omnibar. With consistent updates and improvements, CanvasTools aims to streamline navigation and boost productivity for Canvas users, all while preserving your institution's original settings by applying customizations locally. Note: CanvasTools is not affiliated with Instructure and must be used responsibly.

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By:

https://jczstudios.github.io/

Users:

1,000

Rating:

4.64

(11)

Version:

0.0.4.4 Last updated: 2020-09-18

Creation date:

2018-05-29

Risk:

Permissions:

webRequest
storage
notifications
alarms
webRequestBlocking
unlimitedStorage
contextMenus
*://*.instructure.com/*

Size:

2.21M

Email:

jc*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 25,276 ▲ 148

Other rankings

#12262 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 18 #139 in customize keyword 36 ▲ 4 #156 in tools keyword 64 ▼ 3 #164 in receive keyword 39 ▼ 4

User reviews

Users appreciate CanvasTools for its feature-rich, fast, and well-designed interface that enables effective customization and stylization of Canvas and related webpages. The omnibox integration and support for multiple sites enhance its usability. However, some users experience the inconvenience of needing to refresh the page after applying changes and possible compatibility issues on certain devices like Chromebooks.

Pros

Helps customize and stylize the Canvas webpage effectively.
Has a variety of features and is fast to use.
Integrates well with Chrome, including omnibox integration.
Well-designed with good graphics and user-friendly interface.
Supports multiple websites like pltw.org besides Canvas.

Cons

Sometimes requires refreshing the page after making changes on Canvas.
May have compatibility issues on some devices like Chromebooks.

Recent reviews

Very excellent

JT*****, 2021-01-29

It doesn't work for me. Does it even work on Chromebook?

Da*****, 2020-10-09

Awesome. Love the omnibox integration.

Ni*****, 2018-03-01

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Extension safety

Risk impact

CanvasTools requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

CanvasTools is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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