Canvas Betterizer
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CRX ID
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Status
- Extension status: Featured
- Live on Store
Description from extension meta
Quality-of-life improvements for Canvas by Instructure
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Description from store
UPDATED FOR CANVAS CHANGES, JAN 2026
If you're a teacher spending time grading and working in Canvas, you know how much time it can take! Canvas Betterizer is meant to make your time spent in Canvas by Instructure more efficient by adding small quality-of-life improvements, especially in SpeedGrader:
-Automatically focuses and selects the student grade
-Hit enter to submit grade and move on to the next student
-Hit enter when typing a comment to submit it
Canvas Betterizer collects no information about you or your students. Privacy policy found at http://robertnoorda.com/portfolio/canvas-betterizer/#privacy
Latest reviews
- Janette Tomkinson
- This is the most useful extension. I reached out to the developer and he told me that he submitted an update to work with the updated canvas this week. It is just waiting on google review. I can't wait to have this extension running again. It saves me a lot of frustration when grading.
- Vanessa Fravel
- This has been such a time-saver! But, Canvas did an update and the betterizer doesn't work anymore. Can this be updated? (Jan 2026). Thank you!
- Arlynda Jorgensen
- There doesn't seem to be a place to contact the developers, but the recent changes that canvas has made are making my workflow more difficult and time consuming. I was wondering if betterizer is going to update so that I can enter a grade and hit enter to move to the next submission in speedgrader. I am continually frustrated by not being able to do this anymore. Other than it not being updated, it has been a really good extension. Guess I will go over to instructure and start a thread about canvas creating this functionality.
- Jennifer McCormick
- Features are no longer working. This is was a great extension to have when using Canvas.
- Tanner Padbury
- no longer functions
- RAS
- For some reason several of the speedgrader features of this extension don't work anymore. When I enter the grade for the student and press enter now, it won't automatically go to the next student to grade. So now I am super sad this extension does not work.
- Jacob Payne
- Was my favorite extension that I used every single day until recently. Not sure if it was my district or Canvas itself, but now several of the speedgrader features of this extension don't work anymore.
- David Rees
- Makes grading and using canvas so much easier.
- Prof. Lugo
- This extension used to work. I've tried downloading it on three different computers, and it doesn't work on any of them anymore. It's a great concept and I appreciated having it when it worked properly. Hopefully the developer can get it working again soon!
- Prof. Lugo
- This extension used to work. I've tried downloading it on three different computers, and it doesn't work on any of them anymore. It's a great concept and I appreciated having it when it worked properly. Hopefully the developer can get it working again soon!
- Matt
- So, it's a good concept but there is little in the way of details on just how to best use the features. Usually this stuff is common sense, but in this case I'm not so sure. For example, how do leave my canned comments on the document itself? Putting everything in the comment section is a joke. Also, what the hell does "Enable Autofocus Gradebox" mean?
- Matt
- So, it's a good concept but there is little in the way of details on just how to best use the features. Usually this stuff is common sense, but in this case I'm not so sure. For example, how do leave my canned comments on the document itself? Putting everything in the comment section is a joke. Also, what the hell does "Enable Autofocus Gradebox" mean?
- Anonymous
- Definitely betterizes Canvas! Grading is so much more effective and efficient.
- Raquel Montoya Massena
- Grading is so much easier... I had it on one computer then came back into the schools and desperately missed this extension. Instantly downloaded it again!
- Raquel Montoya Massena
- Grading is so much easier... I had it on one computer then came back into the schools and desperately missed this extension. Instantly downloaded it again!
- Ondrej Zjevik
- OMG, I just don't know how I could graded without this. I was thinking about writing a similar extension myself but then I gave the old google search a try and found your amazing extension. Thank you!
- April DeBord
- Awesome :) It helps me do some things I've always thought would make Canvas better :) thanks for working on this for teachers :)
- April DeBord
- Awesome :) It helps me do some things I've always thought would make Canvas better :) thanks for working on this for teachers :)
- Kent Schwager
- My time grading has been significantly reduced. Thanks!
- Kent Schwager
- My time grading has been significantly reduced. Thanks!