Tasks for Canvas™

A better to-do list sidebar for Canvas.

What is Tasks for Canvas™?

Tasks for Canvas™ is a Chrome browser extension that enhances Canvas by providing a convenient todo list, colorful progress rings for weekly assignments, course announcements, and more. It allows users to filter assignments, customize task items, and sync Gradescope assignments. The extension is unofficial and unaffiliated with Instructure's Canvas LMS, and it does not collect or share user data.

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By: https://tasksforcanvas.info

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Users: 800,000+

Rating: 4.81 (184)

Version: 1.3.10 (Last updated: 2024-04-02)

Creation date: 2021-02-20

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

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Size: 174.08K

Email: jt*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 701 ▼ 9

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#57 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1

#2 in task keyword 36 ▲ 1

#4 in tasks keyword 46 ▲ 1

#12 in complete keyword 13 ▼ 6

#19 in section keyword 4 ▼ 1

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Tasks for Canvas™ (v1.3.11)

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Extension summary

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RELOAD CANVAS AFTER INSTALLING

NEW: Sync your Gradescope assignments directly to Tasks for Canvas!

Ever had trouble finding your weekly assignments? Wish you had a nice progress bar to motivate you to complete everything? Then this extension is for you! The Tasks browser extension for Canvas™ updates the Canvas dashboard sidebar with a convenient todo list to show all of your weekly assignments and track your progress throughout the week.

The sidebar includes:

A colorful chart with various rings color coded by course. As you complete your assignments throughout the week, the rings will show your progress!
A better to-do list of all active assignments that are counted in the rings. Each task item has the name, course, type, due date, point value, and link for the assignment.
A list of recent class announcements
The option to create custom task items
The option to filter assignments by course
The option to view rings and assignments from past and future weeks
The option to view completed or incomplete assignments -The option to manually mark assignments as complete

User reviews

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Pros

Increases productivity and helps users stay organized
User-friendly and visually appealing design
Keeps track of assignments effectively
Motivates users to complete assignments
Highly rated by users (10/10, 1000/10)

Cons

Does not support Blackboard, limiting its use for some users
Lacks a feature for viewing assignments by semester

Most mentioned

Helpful for staying on top of assignments
Exciting to use and engaging
Desire for additional features like semester tracking
Expressions of love for the extension

Recent reviews

This is a game changer! keeps me on top of my work and it is just exiting to open canvas and see is just have 10% left to do for example😁

Katelyn Steenkamp, 2024-11-11

Absolute game changer. Have been much more productive, even excited, to log in to Canvas and look at the remaining assignments I have for the week to knock out one by one.