Choose the right app - Scope Docs

Each Scope app does a different part of the work. Use the following table to find the app for the task in front of you, then follow the link to get started.

Find the app for your task

I want to…	Use	Start here
Search everything in my Canvas or Brightspace course	Scope extension	Search your courses
Find an assignment, file, or page without clicking through modules	Scope extension	Search your courses
Ask a quick question about my course, like when the midterm is	Scope extension (Ask Scope)	Ask Scope
Turn my upcoming deadlines into a study plan	Scope extension (Smart study plan)	Smart study plan
Send a PDF from Canvas to my iPad	Scope extension and Lectra	Send files to Lectra on your iPad
Send a PDF from any website to my iPad	Lectra Receiver for Chrome and Lectra	Lectra Receiver for Chrome
Annotate a PDF with Apple Pencil	Lectra	Mark up a document
Bring PDFs from Files or other apps into one library	Lectra	Bring documents into Lectra
Record a lecture while I take notes	Lectra	Record lectures
Summarize a document or ask questions about it on my iPad	Lectra (needs Apple Intelligence)	Use Apple Intelligence in Lectra
Run Python or a Jupyter notebook on my iPad	Lectra	Run Python
Export a marked-up PDF to hand in or share	Lectra	Export and share
Keep a backup copy of my Lectra pages	Lectra, signed in	Backups
Send files between my iPad and my Mac	Lectra and Lectra for Mac	Send files between devices
Use my Mac from my iPad	Lectra and Lectra for Mac	Lectra for Mac
Work through a problem I’m stuck on, without being handed the answer	Polya	Ask questions in Polya
Ask questions and get answers that cite my readings, slides, or lectures	Polya	Ask questions in Polya
Practice exam-style questions written from my course materials	Polya	Prepare for an exam
Use my course materials inside Claude	Polya	Use Polya in Claude
Use my course materials inside ChatGPT	Polya	Use Polya in ChatGPT

Ask Scope or Polya?

Both answer questions from your course materials. They suit different moments.

	Ask Scope	Polya
Where it is	The search bar in Chrome, on your Canvas pages	askpolya.com, in any web browser, including on your phone
Best for	Quick facts about your course: dates, policies, what’s due, where a file is	Working through concepts and problems until you understand them
How much it gives away	Answers questions about your course. It isn’t set up to do graded work for you	Follows the study mode you choose for each course. By default, it starts with a hint
Needs	The Scope extension, signed in	A Scope account and a course added to Polya

If you use more than one app

The apps share one Scope account. To move files between them, sign in to each app with the same Google account. To learn more, see Your Scope account.

To set up all three apps in about 10 minutes, follow the quickstart.