BetterCampus (prev. BetterCanvas)
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CRX ID
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Status
- Extension status: Featured
Description from extension meta
Feature packed extension for Canvas.
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Description from store
Get the most out of Canvas and customize it to your liking with Better Canvas, featuring the best dark mode for Canvas, a better todo list, dashboard grades, and much more!
Full list of features and abilities:
- Fully customizable dark mode (choose from premade options or manually edit dark mode)
- Automatic scheduling for dark mode
- Dashboard card color palletes
- Themes created by users
- Assignments due list
- Dashboard notes
- Better todo list
- Custom fonts
- Condensed cards
- Dashboard grades
- Remove sidebar logo
- Customizable card links
- Gradient dashboard cards
- Advanced card customization
- GPA calculator (college and highschool)
- Preview assignments and announcements from the dashboard
All options can be easily toggled in the menu without having to refresh the page.
Note: Site access is "all sites" to allow the extension to work on all variations of Canvas urls.
Contact: [email protected]
Firefox version: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/better-canvas/
Source code: https://github.com/ksucpea/bettercanvas
Latest reviews
- Anonymous
- Ratings looks absolutely fake to me, specially for an app that doesn't even open. I click on it, it says in a popup: "Head to Canvas to activate BetterCampus!" while giving not a single clue on where to go exactly. But the ridiculous part is that I managed to find out the website for the extension on google, but it redirects to the extension page again!!!!! So it's like: extension -> go find the canvas site on your own, and don't ask me about it -> found the website -> good, now go back to the extension download page on chrome ->..... and the infinite loop continues 🤣. Genius!
- Anonymous
- Hello, I just installed and I have a question. Its asking me to create a free account. If I use a different account other than my school account would it mess up my canvas which may result in locking me out because its two different emails? Or would this be fine? Other than that, loving it so far.
- Anonymous
- eh i preffered it before the update, lowkey wish there was a way to just have bettercanvas. the themes are WAY too hard to navigate now, there's no way to search them. but, i can't just go back to regular canvas so here we are
- Anonymous
- My canvas is so cute now and when I plan my work for the week it is so easy to see upcoming assignments.
- Anonymous
- I love this it's so helpful and i can manage things easier
- Anonymous
- I like it and even though I liked it better before the update, it works fine. One thing I don't like and can't figure out how to get rid of is the to-do list. There is no option for removing it and it has skewed my canvas pages when I try to view my grades.
- Anonymous
- Can I just have the previous one? Too many has changed, I liked just like it was. Changing the entire deam thing during finals is a low thing to do. It was fine, you could have waited.
- Anonymous
- It was working amazingly for the first couple of months. It could be the new update but when I went to go update my theme the extension wasn't responding. I've removed and reinstalled the extension 4 times and restarted my computer. Now the menu won't even open.
- Anonymous
- This is amazing! Just some room for improvment..
- Anonymous
- Great extension. Highly recommended.
- Anonymous
- after the new update, it stopped showing my upcoming assignments on the task cards :( sure it looks prettier now with the new themes and stuff but it's no longer functional for me. hope they fix this soon
- Anonymous
- I'm sorry, but the new update is just not working for me. I much preferred the previous version of the app. I cannot get my Canvas dashboard to resemble how it looked before, which blows. I may just uninstall this app look elsewhere.
- Anonymous
- Could be absolutely amazing, but it's not. The ability to add images for the background is awesome, but the fact that the images tile instead of filling the background is amateurish. Unless the devs implement a way to fill the background image so it doesn't tile, I don't see a point in starting the paid subscription. The customization is the whole point of why we get the extension. LET US ADJUST IMAGE PLACEMENT AND ADD A FILL OPTION SO IMAGES AREN'T TILED! Seriously, even the sidebar option, LET ME CENTER THE IMAGE TO A POSITION I WANT!
- Anonymous
- I hate the new update
- Anonymous
- my school got rid of this and i want to cry.... my canvas is ugly
- Anonymous
- It looks much better but on the GPA and grades page, it said I had an F when really I had a B in a class. So it stressed me out more than it should, but the appearance is better with Better Campus.
- Anonymous
- its too bad that I cannot edit anything with this and any themes or extensions are not available whether its because of bugs or for just some reason being stuck on the "use the border to move around" and being unable to move or continue after
- Anonymous
- I liked it when it was better canvas, this one is much harder to navigate
- Anonymous
- why do we only have a 2 week trial, really good but why 2 weeks
- Anonymous
- soooo many bugs now, this used to be so much better before the upgrade to bettercampus
- Anonymous
- I dont think I would be able to make it if I had to go back to using regular canvas
- Anonymous
- SUPPER RECOMMENDED awesome function awesome themes everything so awesome
- Anonymous
- This extension has helped me so much during school! i dont know what i'd do without it.
- Anonymous
- This is honestly amazing. I use canvas for everything I do in school and it really helps. It shows you exactly what you have to do, gives you check lists, IT PUTS IT ON DARK MODE (witch I love), you can pick from soo many themes and I really enjoy this. ANDDD its free!! I very much recommend this to anyone who uses canvas. It also makes it SO easy to check my grades and see what I need to do for the week and or day.
- Anonymous
- I really wanted to like this extension, but unfortunately, my students’ homework assignments wouldn’t load with it installed. Once I uninstalled (or deactivated) it, I was able to see my students’ assignments and grade them again. Other than this one issue, I really liked the extension—hence the three stars. But it’s unusable for me if I can’t grade assignments.
- Anonymous
- Great Extension, However, I did finally come across an issue after using for one semester. I marked an assignment done on accident then I went on the completed list and put it back as to do then when I finally did the assignment I tried to mark it back as done and it will not let me.
- Anonymous
- If I had reviewed better canvas a couple of months ago I would have rated it a 5 out 5 stars, but after the latest update I have never been more disappointed by a new update. Features the were previously free are now paid features through a subscription service. I've read other people stating you have limited theme changes. They put me on an automatic free trial for one of their plans so I haven't been able to access the "basic" plan yet. It's upsetting that a once completely free extension is now one that has subscriptions if you want more/better features.
- Anonymous
- does what it says. Gives a decent bit of extra features for free.
- Anonymous
- I really like this extension when I used it in the past, but I'm personally not a fan of several features the new update adds. Things I like: - I really like the new Assignments page the widget adds - It's wayyy easier to find new themes Things I don't like: - I think the new update adds a bunch of extraneous features that aren't that helpful (music player, mindfulness counter, AI notetaker, etc). - The BetterCampus being in the Toolbar as my Dashboard, Courses, Groups, etc is distracting and being unable to customize it makes the logo stick out like a sore thumb. Would like the option to hide/customize it - Not the fault of the app, but I'm not a fan of how the new UI makes my Canvas rounder. It looks too corporate and round and I'm personally not a huge fan of that art style but that's just personal preference. - Extension is pretty laggy when browsing through themes in the extension - BetterCampus on Firefox doesn't display due dates, which is unfortunate because that is BetterCampus' most helpful feature Would love if there was a way to opt-in/opt-out of the new vs old versions
- Anonymous
- Good tool that makes Canvas 10% nicer to use (so totally worth it), its also completely free. Its a no brainer imo.
- Anonymous
- I love better canvas. I wish, though, that we could save themes we like in an easy to navigate to folder. I also think a "preview theme" option would be great.
- Anonymous
- Good overall but would not save my notes for the life of me! It's super frustating when it freezes and all it'll save is half a sentence from a full lecture's worth of notes.
- Anonymous
- absolutely goated.
- Anonymous
- I dont know if its a client side thing but when i click any class the theme just goes away blinding me. Not only just the theme goes away, the whole extension just ceases to work anymore even if I go back to the dashboard. I will change my rating if I can find help
- Anonymous
- If y'all want the old version, go to the source code link (github) on the description of the extension, click on code, download zip, extract the zip, go to the extensions page on chrome, enable developer mode, click load unpacked, find the folder that was extracted and load that. Now you have the version of this extension from about a year ago.
- Anonymous
- I love better canvas. I just don't really like this update a lot.
- Anonymous
- At first, it wasn't working, but once I went to the Canvas Dashboard and clicked on the extension, a dialog box appeared. I love the theming but above all, the dark mode. I cannot stand the blinding light of Canvas, and this has saved my eyes.
- Anonymous
- Straight up shows me the wrong due date. I don't know how it's possible to screw an extension up this bad, but it tells me that all my assignments are due a day later than they actually are!
- Anonymous
- Its cool I just wish it linked up through different devices. I have BetterCampus on my Macbook and on my PC at home and I logged in the same way on both devices but they are still different like non of the changes I make on canvas on my PC transfer over to my canvas on my Macbook so I basically have two individual accounts not linked. Idk just a small change I would like.
- Anonymous
- doesn't let me access it, i click on it and absolutely nothing happens, prob a bitcoin miner
- Anonymous
- Really cool extension, helped organize my canvas. However, in dark mode, when you type something for an assignment, you cant see what you are typing because the letters are in black.
- Anonymous
- I find this update overwhelming and stressful. I want better canvas back, I do not like this update. I want my tasks back the way they were. Can anyone help me get the old canvas back? Thanks.
- Anonymous
- Just installed the extension, but each time I've attempted to open it, it just didn't work. Maybe it's just a bug or my laptop is too old for compatibility?
- Anonymous
- Great Product! It is definitely worth your time to install the extension (either Chrome or Firefox, both work well), and set up your customizations. Question for the developers: Is there some way to support the project financially? Like, for example, how some IT projects have a "buy me a coffee" button, or a "support the project" button, where users can send currencies to the developers to support the project(s) financially? And, if so, is there some way that you can set that up on your guys' website, so that visitors can support? Also, thanks so much for everything that you guys do! You're all amazing!
- Anonymous
- Absolutely love it!
- Anonymous
- omg this made canvas SO much better!!!!
- Anonymous
- great over all but the new update squeezes the cards so the image is barely readable and your tasks are shown. Not bad if you don't care about the look but really upsetting when picking their themes.
- Anonymous
- I have 2 different canvases for my actual classes and my dual-enrollment, the old, previously BetterCanvas allowed me to customize for both without overriding one or the other. This new update made everything so much more complicated, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to customize both my canvases without one overriding the other, without removing everything I've done. It's just so frustrating because I have to manually go back and re-input all the colors and photos, and when I do that for one of my canvases, I can't do it for my other one. Please fix this or atleast let me know how to customize both of my canvases simultaneously.
- Anonymous
- Upon downloading, it adds a button that you can use to access BetterCampus on the sidebar on your dashboard. However it may be helpful, I do not have a use for it and cannot find a way to get rid of it. I have tried downloading other Chrome extensions to get rid of it, but nothing seems to work. The button will always be the first one and you cannot edit it or change its location- it's permanent. One star for UX. It is bothersome and there is no user support line available because the user support email I found on the website doesn't seem to exist. Although it ruins how everything looks and is extremely inconvenient to me, the most triggering issue is the lack of help. If this wasn't such an annoying issue for me, the overall extension isn't bad. Unlike me, if you can ignore this issue, then this extension is wonderful. Five stars for prettiness. If you ever find trouble and the solution isn't in their FAQs, let me know if you resolved it somehow. I know this may seem like a small, insignificant issue, but I would really appreciate it if somebody could help me out. I really enjoy the other aspects of the extension and would like to enhance my experience. Everybody else who has the extension seems to be exempt from this issue.
- Anonymous
- the new update is kind of disappointing, just looks a lot worse