Settings

This page lists every setting in the Scope extension, in the order you see them, with what each one does and its starting value.

Open Settings

Click the Scope icon in your Chrome toolbar, then click the Settings icon (the gear) next to the search box. To go back, click the back arrow or press Esc. Some sections appear only when you’re signed in. Those are marked in the following tables.

Account and profile

Setting	What it does
Your name and email	Shown at the top when you’re signed in. Click it to open Student profile.
Student profile (signed in)	Name, School, Grade / year, Major(s), Career plans, and Other info. Helps Scope tailor answers and suggestions to you. Click Save profile to save, or Clear to empty it.
Lectra storage (signed in)	How much of your Lectra storage you’ve used, such as Lectra storage: 1.2 GB of 5 GB used. Click it for a short explanation.
Account (signed out)	Sign in, to send PDFs to Lectra and save your student profile. See Sign in to Scope.
Sign out (signed in)	At the bottom of Settings. Signs you out of Scope on this browser.

Connect Canvas and Google Drive

These sections appear only when you’re signed in.

Setting	What it does
Connect Canvas	Lets Scope check your Canvas courses even when Canvas isn’t open, using an access token you create in Canvas. Off until you connect. See Connect Canvas with an access token.
Google Drive	Most people see Google Drive is coming soon and a Coming Soon button that can’t be clicked yet. Connecting Drive isn’t available to everyone yet.

Appearance

Changes to Canvas apply to your open Canvas tabs right away. For details and examples, see Change how Canvas looks.

Setting	Starts as	What it does
Theme	Dark	Colors of the Scope popup and search bar: Light or Dark.
Canvas theme	Canvas Default	Colors of Canvas pages: Canvas Default or Paper.
Card density	Canvas default	Spacing of dashboard course cards: Canvas default, Compact, Cozy, or Comfy.
Canvas tweaks > Grade pills on cards	Off	Shows your current letter and percent on each dashboard card.
Canvas tweaks > Hover previews	Off	Shows a preview when you hover an assignment, quiz, or announcement link.
Canvas tweaks > Card gradient	Off	Has no visible effect in the current version.
Canvas tweaks > Hide recent feedback	Off	Hides Recent Feedback on your dashboard.
Canvas tweaks > Hide Help link	Off	Hides Canvas’s Help link.
Canvas tweaks > Reset Canvas appearance		Puts Canvas back to how it looked before. Asks you to confirm.

Features

Setting	Starts as	What it does
Open search with /	On	Press `/` on a course page to open Scope. `⌘`+`K` or `Ctrl`+`K` always works.
Syllabus deadlines	On	Offers to add dates to your calendar when you open a syllabus. See Add syllabus deadlines to your calendar.
Schedule Planner insight	On	Instructor ratings and past grades in UC Berkeley’s Schedule Planner. See Plan classes in Berkeley’s Schedule Planner.
Deadline reminders	Off	Notifications before work is due, and one-time reminders you set. See Get deadline reminders.
Send to Lectra	Off	Adds a Send to Lectra button to PDFs you open. They land in Lectra’s Scope Inbox. The line under it shows whether Lectra is ready. See Send files to Lectra on your iPad.

Study in Polya in the search bar doesn’t have a setting. It’s always available and does nothing until you choose it. See Send a course to Polya.

Course sites

Scope works on Canvas and Brightspace. Use this section to add your school’s site if Scope doesn’t recognize it.

Setting	What it does
Add this site?	Appears when the tab you’re on looks like a course site Scope doesn’t know. Click Add to let Scope work there.
Your added sites	Each site you added, with a Remove button. Shows No extra sites added. if you haven’t added any.

See Add your school’s site.

Search and AI

This section is labeled Search & AI in Settings.

Setting	Starts as	What it does
Adaptive ranking	On	Learns from what you open to improve results.
Sync course text across devices	Off	Saves the text Scope reads from your course files to your Scope account, so Scope on another computer where you’re signed in can search it too. You must be signed in to turn it on.
Advanced > Custom ranking	Off	Shows sliders that change how Scope orders results. Marked Experimental.
Advanced > Clear search habits		Clears what Scope has learned about how you search. Asks you to confirm, and can’t be undone.

Custom ranking sliders

Turn on Custom ranking to see these sliders. Extreme values can make results less useful. To undo your changes, click Reset to defaults.

Slider	Default	Higher values
Broad match	35%	Allow looser matches.
Title priority	100%	Favor exact title matches.
Context match	100%	Lean more on folders, modules, and course names.
Freshness	100%	Favor material Scope found recently.
Course bias	100%	Favor the course you’re in and your favorite courses.
Due date priority	100%	Lift upcoming work and push overdue work lower.
Task type bias	100%	Favor assignments, quizzes, and files more.

Personalized suggestions

Scope can suggest what to work on next, such as an assignment that’s due soon or a course to review, based on your own Scope activity. Suggestions appear in this section of Settings, each with a Dismiss button.

Setting	Starts as	What it does
Suggestions	On	Turns suggestions on or off. The line under it says On., Paused., or Off.
Pause	Off	Stops new suggestions for now. Nothing is deleted.
What Scope keeps		Shows the short summaries Scope uses, where they’re kept, and when they were last updated.
Delete Suggestion Data		Deletes your suggestion data from this browser and your account, and turns suggestions off. Asks you to confirm.

When you’re signed out, suggestion data is kept On this device only. When you’re signed in, it’s kept On this device and in your account.

About

Setting	What it does
Help & shortcuts	Opens a quick start, a list of keyboard shortcuts, and example searches you can click to try.
Version	The version of Scope you have, such as 12.0.2.

Your data

Setting	What it does
Saved on this browser	Recent searches, what Scope has read from your Canvas pages, and how you search.
Clear Scope data on this browser	Removes those from this browser. Nothing in Lectra or in your account is affected, and you stay signed in. Asks you to confirm, and can’t be undone.

For exactly what this clears and what it keeps, see Clear Scope’s data from this browser.

If a setting doesn’t save

Message	What to do
Couldn’t save that. Try again.	Try the switch again. If it keeps happening, close and reopen the popup.
Sign in to turn this on.	This setting needs a Scope account. Sign in, then try again.
Not available right now. Try again in a moment.	Wait a moment and try again.

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​Features

​Course sites

​Search and AI

​Custom ranking sliders

​Personalized suggestions

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​Your data

​If a setting doesn’t save

Open Settings

Account and profile

Connect Canvas and Google Drive

Appearance

Features

Course sites

Search and AI

Custom ranking sliders

Personalized suggestions

About

Your data

If a setting doesn’t save