Scope extension for Chrome

Scope is a free Chrome extension that searches all your Canvas and Brightspace courses at once, tracks what’s due, answers questions from your course materials, and sends files to Lectra on your iPad.

Scope is a free extension for Google Chrome that puts all your courses one search away. Press ⌘+K or Ctrl+K on any Canvas or Brightspace page, type a few words, and find the file, page, assignment, or video you need, no matter which course it’s in. Scope also gathers every due date into one agenda, answers questions from the materials your instructors posted, and sends PDFs to Lectra on your iPad.

Scope builds its index of your courses in your browser, and searching happens on your computer. You don’t need an account to search or to track what’s due.

On the Chrome Web Store, the extension is listed as Scope. It was called Canvascope before. The current version is 12.0.2.

Get started

Install Scope

Add Scope to Chrome and pin it to your toolbar.

Connect your courses

Open your course site once so Scope can find your courses.

Sign in

Unlock Ask Scope, your calendar, and Send to Lectra.

Search your courses

Find anything across every course in a few keystrokes.

Stay on top of your courses

Track what's due

Overdue, today, and this week across all courses, with reminders.

Ask Scope

Ask questions about your courses and get answers from your materials.

Make a study plan

Plan the next two weeks, schedule study blocks, and get a morning briefing.

Practice quizzes and exams

Practice with questions drawn from your course materials.

Syllabus deadlines

Copy a syllabus’s dates into your agenda and Google Calendar.

Grades, notes, and focus

GPA calculator, grades summary, focus timer, and quick notes.

Work across devices and apps

Send to iPad

Send PDFs to Lectra and attach your marked-up work to assignments.

Study in Polya

Bring a Canvas course into Polya, the course tutor.

Change how Canvas looks

A warmer theme, grade pills on cards, and hover previews.

Berkeley Schedule Planner

Ratings, past grades, and maps while you plan classes at UC Berkeley.

What you need

• A computer with Google Chrome version 116 or later.
• Courses on Canvas or Brightspace. Scope recognizes *.instructure.com, *.brightspace.com, and *.d2l.com addresses and several school-specific ones, and you can add your school’s own address. See Supported course sites.
• A Google account, if you want to sign in. Signing in is optional. See Sign in to Scope.
• An iPad with Lectra, if you want to send files to it. See Install Lectra.

Scope is free. There are no ads.

Where Scope works

Feature	Canvas	Brightspace
Search, the agenda, and pins	Yes	Yes
Ask Scope and the study commands	Yes	Yes, with fewer details, because grades come from Canvas only
Canvas appearance, grade pills, and the grades summary	Yes	No
Send to Lectra button on course PDFs, Select from Lectra, and course import or download	Yes	No
Study in Polya and Connect Canvas	Yes	No

Send to Lectra also works on PDFs on any website, and on Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets. Select from Lectra also works in Gradescope.

Reference

Commands

Everything you can type in the search bar.

Keyboard shortcuts

Every key Scope responds to.

Settings

What every setting does and how it starts.

Privacy and your data

What stays in your browser and what doesn’t.

Troubleshooting

Fixes for common problems.

Uninstall

Remove Scope and understand what happens to your data.