Quickstart

Set up the Scope extension, Lectra, and Polya in your first 10 minutes.

This quickstart gets each Scope app working with your course. Set up only the apps you need, in any order. Each one takes a few minutes.

Before you begin

• Pick one Google account for Scope, ideally the one you use for school. The Scope extension and Polya sign in with Google. If you sign in to Lectra with the same Google account, the three apps share your files and courses. To learn more, see Your Scope account.
• Check your devices. You need Chrome on a computer for the extension, and an iPad or iPhone with iPadOS 18 or iOS 18 or later for Lectra. For details, see System requirements.

Set up the apps

Scope extension

1. Add Scope to Chrome

   On your computer, open the Scope listing on the Chrome Web Store in Chrome. Click Add to Chrome, and then click Add extension. A page that says Scope is ready opens.

2. Open Canvas once

   On the Scope is ready page, click Open Canvas. Sign in to your school’s Canvas if it asks. Scope finds your courses while the page is open. Brightspace works too: open your school’s Brightspace site instead.

3. Pin Scope to your toolbar

   In the Chrome toolbar, click the Extensions button, and then click the pin next to Scope. The Scope icon now stays in your toolbar.

4. Search your course

   On any Canvas page, press ⌘ K on a Mac or Ctrl K on Windows and ChromeOS. Type something from your course, such as midterm or lecture 7. Press Enter to open the highlighted result.

5. Optional: sign in

   To ask questions about your course or send PDFs to Lectra, sign in. Click the Scope icon in your toolbar, click Settings (the gear button), and then under Account, click Sign in. Then, to send PDFs to your iPad, turn on Send to Lectra in Settings.

To learn more, see Install the Scope extension and Search your courses.

Lectra

1. Get Lectra from the App Store

   On your iPad, open the App Store and search for Lectra Notes, or open the Lectra Notes listing. Tap Get. Lectra is free.

2. Choose how to sign in

   Open Lectra. Tap Continue with Google, Continue with Apple, or Sign in later.

   • If you use, or plan to use, the Scope extension or Polya, choose Continue with Google and use the same Google account.
   • If you choose Sign in later, everything you make stays on your iPad. You can sign in at any time to keep a backup copy of your pages.
3. Bring in a PDF

   Import a PDF from the Files app or share one to Lectra from another app. It appears in your library. To learn more, see Bring documents into Lectra.

4. Mark it up

   Tap the document to open it, and write on the page with Apple Pencil. Your work saves as you go. To learn about the tools, see Mark up a document.

5. Optional: receive PDFs from Chrome

   If you set up the Scope extension, sign in to Lectra with the same Google account. PDFs you send from Chrome appear in the Scope Inbox in your Lectra library. To learn how, see Send files to Lectra on your iPad.

To learn more, see Install Lectra and Lectra overview.

Polya

1. Sign in to Polya

   In any web browser, go to askpolya.com and click Get started. Click Continue with Google, and choose the Google account you use for Scope.

2. Add a course

   Click Add a course. You can bring in a course from Canvas or from the course’s own website. Polya then reads the readings, slides, and pages. While it works, the course card shows how many sources are ready. For the steps, see Add a course.

3. Ask a question

   Open the course and ask about a concept, a reading, or a problem you’re stuck on. Each answer shows numbered citations. Select one to open the page, slide, or lecture moment it came from. To learn more, see Ask questions in Polya.

4. Choose how much help you want

   Each course has a study mode: Open, Guided, Practice, or Review. New courses start in Guided, which gives hints and steps before full solutions. You can change the mode at any time.

To learn more, see Polya overview.

What to do next

Choose the right app

See which app handles each task.

Your Scope account

Learn how sign-in works across the apps.

Practice for an exam

Get exam-style questions from your course materials in Polya.

Troubleshooting

Fix common setup problems.