Better Design for VIU Student Record

Unofficial redesign of VIU's My Student Record (students.viu.ca): sidebar, dark mode, accent colours. Not affiliated with VIU.

A clean, modern look for VIU's My Student Record: sidebar navigation, dark mode, accent colours and a quick page switcher. My Student Record has everything you need (registration, grades, fees, tax forms), but it can feel dated: a tall banner, hover menus that slip away, small text and cramped tables. This extension gives it a fresh design in the style of viu.ca. It only changes how pages look. Every page, button and form still runs on VIU's own code, so registration, fees and transcripts work exactly as before. WHAT YOU GET • viu.ca look: VIU navy, blue and green, clean content cards, readable text and tables with proper spacing. • Sidebar navigation: a fixed sidebar with icons replaces the banner and hover menus. Sections open in place and remember their state, and the current page is highlighted. • Dark mode: Auto (follows your system), Light or Dark. Warnings, links and info boxes stay readable in both. • Accent colours: VIU Blue, Teal, VIU Green, Purple, Orange or Rose. • Details panels: grades, course information and other dialogs slide in from the right, with the title and buttons always in view. • Collapsible sidebar: shrink it to a slim icon rail when you want more room. It stays that way after a reload. • Works on phones: on small screens the sidebar becomes a slide-out drawer. • Printing still gives a plain, full-width page. TWO LAYOUTS Standard keeps VIU's own menu structure (Admissions, Academics, Personal Information, Finances), restyled as a sidebar. Functional organises navigation the way modern web apps do: • a flat sidebar grouped by task: Courses & Registration, Records & Documents, Finances, Admissions • personal pages (contact information, photo ID, password and more) in a profile menu under your avatar • help links in a separate help menu • a page switcher: press Ctrl+K (⌘+K on a Mac) or / and type "grades", "tax" or "address" to jump straight there Switch layouts in the extension's popup or right on the page. SETTINGS Click the toolbar icon to turn the redesign on or off and to choose the layout, theme and accent colour. Changes apply right away to open tabs. Turn the redesign off at any time to see the original site. SAFE BY DESIGN • Navigation goes through VIU's own page loading, so warnings about unsaved changes still appear. • Menu entries come from VIU's own menu, so your permissions and any new pages VIU adds carry over. • If VIU changes its site, the affected parts simply fall back to the original look. PRIVACY • Runs only on students.viu.ca/SRS and nowhere else. • Its only permission is storage, to remember your settings. • No data collection, no analytics, no tracking, no network requests, no remote code. • Your name and student number are read from the page only to show them in the top bar. They never leave your browser. The full privacy policy is linked in the popup's footer. UNOFFICIAL This is an independent student project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or supported by Vancouver Island University. "VIU" is used only to say which site the extension works with. Always double-check deadlines, fees and warnings on the original site (switch the redesign off in the popup) before acting on them. For problems with My Student Record itself, contact VIU. For problems with the redesign, switch it off in the popup and email pascal.fischer@my.viu.ca.