Refined Canvas

Dark mode, a customizable dashboard, and tools for grades, quizzes, calendars, and document reading in Canvas LMS.

Refined Canvas makes it easier to find course work, track deadlines and grades, and read course documents in Canvas. - Dark mode and layouts. Toggle dark mode and layout improvements separately. Get clearer assignment pages, rubrics, and submission controls. - Document viewer. Jump to pages in supported PDF and Word previews. Zoom from 10% to 200% in 10 percentage-point steps and dock the toolbar above or beside the document. - Page bookmarks. Label saved pages and pin shortcuts to them. - File controls. Open PDF and Word attachments in a new tab or download them directly. - Dashboard cards. Edit or hide card text, change covers and colors, choose and reorder shortcuts, and hide or reorder cards. - Upcoming assignments. See assignment links and how soon they’re due on course cards. - To-Do lists. Group tasks by due date, spot overdue work, check items off, and choose dashboard course labels. - Syllabus calendar import. Find assessment dates in syllabi, review and edit them, and add selected events to your personal Canvas calendar. - Course card grades. Show percentages and optional letter grades using Canvas or syllabus scales, custom course ranges, or a university default. - Unread grades. Open assignments or mark multiple notifications as read from the same course card menu. - Score distributions. Compare your score with available class averages, medians, quartiles, and ranges. See what each statistic means. - Final exam calculator. Estimate the score you need for a target grade and save your inputs per course. - Modules. Jump to weeks, pin sections, choose compact or comfortable spacing, and expand or collapse modules. Use previous, next, and back-to-top controls. - New Quizzes. Preview, search, jump to, or pin questions. Track answer status and progress, filter for unanswered or pinned items, and collapse the sidebar. - Local preferences. Save settings, bookmarks, calculator inputs, To-Do completion, and quiz layout and filters in your browser. Works on Canvas sites hosted at instructure.com. Features depend on the Canvas page and the information your institution provides. Refined Canvas is independently developed and has no affiliation with Instructure.