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Scope is a free extension for Google Chrome. You install it once from the Chrome Web Store, and it works on your school’s Canvas or Brightspace site from then on. You don’t need an account to install it or to search your courses.

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Before you begin

  • A computer with Google Chrome version 116 or later. Chrome extensions don’t run on phones or tablets.
  • Your school’s Canvas or Brightspace sign-in.
To check your Chrome version, open the Chrome menu and choose Help > About Google Chrome. Chrome updates itself, so most people already have a recent version.

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Install Scope

1

Open the listing

In Chrome, go to the Scope page on the Chrome Web Store.
2

Add it to Chrome

Click Add to Chrome. Chrome lists what the extension is allowed to do. To continue, click Add extension.
3

Read the welcome page

A new tab opens that says Scope is ready. Click Open Canvas to go to your school’s course site. Scope can’t find anything until you open it once.
After you open your course site, Scope starts finding your courses. To learn what happens next, see Connect your courses.
Scope used to be called Canvascope. If you installed Canvascope earlier, you already have Scope. It updated on its own and kept your data.

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Pin Scope to your toolbar

Chrome hides new extensions behind the puzzle-piece icon. Pinning Scope puts its icon next to the address bar so you can open it in one click.
1

Open the extensions menu

To the right of the address bar, click the puzzle-piece icon.
2

Pin Scope

Next to Scope, click the pin icon.
The Scope icon now stays in your toolbar. Click it any time to open the Scope popup.

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What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add Scope, Chrome shows a short list of what the extension can do. The exact wording comes from Chrome. Here is what Scope uses each kind of access for. Scope may also ask, at the moment you use a feature, for permission to:
  • Sign in with your Google account. See Sign in to Scope.
  • Group tabs. Scope asks only when you open several results together and they can go into a named tab group.
For the full picture of what stays in your browser and what doesn’t, see Privacy and your data.

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Keep Scope up to date

Chrome updates extensions on its own, usually within a few days of a new release. You don’t need to do anything. To see which version you have, open Scope, click the Settings icon, and look at Version under About.

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Next steps

Connect your courses

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

Search your courses

Press Cmd+K or Ctrl+K on a course page and start typing.