Canvas Video Enhancer

Name: Canvas Video Enhancer
Rating: 4.24 (50 reviews)
Author: ChineseElectricPanda

By: ChineseElectricPanda

Improves the University of Auckland lecture recording playback interface.

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Canvas Video Enhancer is a Chrome extension designed to improve the playback interface for University of Auckland lecture recordings. It replaces the default Flash player with a modern HTML5 video player, providing better browser compatibility and enhanced functionality. Users can enjoy features such as playlist management for courses, playback speed and quality controls, and the ability to insert bookmarks within videos for easy reference.

Additional conveniences include a one-click download button for recordings, automatic skipping of copyright notices, and customizable hotkeys for efficient video control (play/pause, fullscreen toggle, skip backward/forward, speed adjustment). The extension ensures saved preferences like volume and quality persist across sessions. With continuous updates addressing bugs and adding features, Canvas Video Enhancer offers a superior and user-friendly experience for accessing and managing lecture recordings at the University of Auckland.

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Version:

0.2.0.1 Last updated: 2017-05-28

Creation date:

2017-05-27

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Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/*

Size:

132.00KB

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-19

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Ranking

# 22,276 ▼ 98

Other rankings

#11961 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 27 #83 in video speed keyword 59 ▼ 15 #170 in video player keyword 38 ▼ 45

User reviews

Users generally find Canvas Video Enhancer useful for speeding up video playback, enhancing their study experience, and easily recommend it. However, multiple reports highlight it ceases to work with newer Canvas updates since 2020, causing issues like duplicate video boxes and loss of controls. Audio-video sync problems and possible restrictions to certain university URLs are also concerns. Despite these issues, users praise the extension and its developer, hoping for updates or open-source contributions.

Pros

Effectively increases video playback speed on Canvas videos.
Easy to use and highly recommended by users.
Improved user learning experience, with some users crediting it for better grades.
Received positive feedback for being updated and maintained.
Users appreciate the developer's contribution and consider it a valuable tool.

Cons

Extension stopped working with new Canvas lecture recording formats as of 2020.
Compatibility issues, with videos not loading or playback controls failing.
Occurs duplicate video boxes overlaying, causing button malfunctions.
Video and audio synchronization issues reported by users.
Limited functionality potentially tied to specific university URLs.

Recent reviews

Does this only work for University of Auckland URLs?

Je*****, 2023-12-04

This extension don't work, please fix this issue.

Da*****, 2022-10-26

Doesn't work

Va*****, 2022-01-22

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Canvas Video Enhancer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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Canvas Video Enhancer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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