Canvas+

CanvasPlus: Power up your learning with color themes, navigation shortcuts, and improved performance.
What is Canvas+?
Canvas+ is a Chrome extension created to elevate students' use of Canvas. It offers a variety of appearance settings, an easy access inbox, a search box for course navigation, and enhanced performance capabilities like speed boost and smart scrolling. Its open-source status allows continuous development, making Canvas learning more efficient and user-friendly.

Extension stats

By: Canvas+
Users: 50,000+
Rating: 4.12 (26)
Version: 0.4.7 (Last updated: 2024-02-26)
Creation date: 2021-01-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*.instructure.com/*
Size: 1.12M

Other platforms

CanvasPlus (v0.4.5)
4.25 (4) 400
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Canvas+ is a free Chrome Browser extension that improves the experience of students using Canvas. Everything you could need, from color themes, to navigation shortcuts, to improved performance.

The extension has an easy-to-use settings menu, and all of our features are toggle-able.

You have a full suite of appearance settings, including dark and dim mode, custom link colors, and custom sidebar colors and layouts.

Quick Inbox opens a popup on the left side of the page, allowing you to check previews of your emails without reloading the page and possibly losing what you were working on.

If enabled, the Speed Boost feature will preload links while you're idling, resulting in much faster loading speeds of 2x or 4x on struggling connections.

A feature to improve navigation is the search box. The search box can be enabled with Control+K (Command+K on Mac) or with a sidebar button and allows you to search all of your courses for pages and module items.

Rounder Modules does just as the name says, it makes canvas modules rounder.

If the "Smart Scrolling" setting is enabled, you'll see "Scroll to Bottom" and "Back to Top" buttons on pages, discussions, and modules/assignment lists.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Makes Canvas more aesthetically pleasing and customizable
  • Improves user experience on Canvas with smoother functionality
  • Well-received for making school work less depressing and ugly
  • Only extension that hasn't been blocked on some school devices
Cons
  • Does not work for all schools, especially those without 'instructure' in their URL
  • Issues with access rights, leading to inability to change site data
  • Severe battery drain and overheating on devices
  • Desktop fans spinning up due to high energy consumption
Most mentioned
  • Battery life issues
  • Customization options
  • Access problems
  • Visual improvements to Canvas
Recent reviews
my canvas worked just fine
by James, 2024-11-04

Doesn't work if your school's Canvas page doesn't have the word infrastructure in it's url. No way to add your school's own url to get it to work if it doesn't have the term infrastructure in it unfortunetly. Not sure if/when an update bringing this extensions to other schools will come.
by Saul Evilman, 2024-04-12

by Lidya Kennedy, 2024-03-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Canvas+ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Canvas+ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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