TaskGator LLC

TaskGator in a Chrome side panel - access your Canvas assignments anywhere.

TaskGator helps college students stay on top of their coursework. It lives in your Chrome browser alongside your Canvas tabs, consolidating assignments from all your courses into a single, organized view with smart sorting, filtering, and customization that syncs across your devices. TaskGator does not write essays, generate discussion posts, or complete assignments for you. It is a low-friction organizational tool that helps you understand what is due, when it is due, and what your professor expects. TaskGator also includes an AI-powered Course Assistant (limited pilot access) that reads your syllabi, assignments, rubrics, discussion topics, announcements, and course pages, then answers your questions with source citations so you can verify every answer. Professors scatter assignment instructions across multiple locations in a course - the assignment page, a module, the syllabus PDF, a rubric, an announcement posted weeks later - and Canvas has no way to search across all of it. The TaskGator Course Assistant does. Key Features: • View and manage assignments across all your courses in one place • Smart sorting by due date, priority, or course with customizable filters • Mark assignments complete, set custom due dates, and flag items for follow-up • AI Course Assistant that answers questions about your courses with cited sources (pilot access — request an invite after sign-up) • Automatic background content monitoring keeps the AI's knowledge up to date as professors make changes • Works alongside your existing Canvas workflow. No new tabs or apps to learn Getting Started: Create a free TaskGator account and log into Canvas as usual. TaskGator works with any institution that uses Canvas LMS. AI Course Assistant access is currently available by request for pilot participants. Privacy First: TaskGator is built with security and student data privacy as foundational requirements. Your data is encrypted and is never sold or shared with advertisers. This is a release preview. We're actively developing new features and improving the experience based on student feedback. If you run into any issues, use the built-in feedback tool to let us know. —————————————————— What's New • v0.9.1776.0220 (April 12, 2026) o Cleaner course content: Fixed an issue where PowerPoint slides were extracted as unreadable XML instead of clean text — affecting 93% of PPTX files across all courses. Large files (up to 200MB) like oversized lecture decks now have their text extracted as well. The AI now accurately counts assignments, shows both graded and ungraded discussions, and correctly separates quizzes from exams. Sign-out is more reliable, and the feedback thumbs-down button now lets you Send, Skip, or Cancel your rating. • v0.9.1775.7614 (April 9, 2026) o Better AI with complete course knowledge: TaskGator now reads everything in your courses (assignments, syllabi, files, announcements, modules, quizzes, discussions, and rubrics) so your Course Assistent can answer questions about anything in your class. Image-only PDFs like scanned handouts and slide decks are now readable too. Clicking a file citation opens the original document directly in Canvas. Initial sync shows real-time progress ("Processing file 12 of 51..."), and you can give thumbs-down feedback on answers that miss the mark. • v0.9.1775.4063 (April 5, 2026) o Full functionality restored: Fixed an issue where TaskGator installed from the Chrome Web Store would not load assignments, courses, or AI features — appearing offline even when Canvas was open. The extension now works correctly right after installation, with all features available as expected. • v0.9.1775.3244 (April 4, 2026) o Faster loading: TaskGator now shows your assignments immediately from cache instead of waiting for a session check, eliminating a 30+ second spinner some users experienced. Also improved reliability of the connection between the side panel and Chrome - if the browser's background process restarts, TaskGator now recovers gracefully instead of hanging.