Canvas Quick Student View

Name: Canvas Quick Student View
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Old Pike Software

Adds the Student View link to all pages in Canvas. Look for the spectacles icon at the top right.

As of May 2026, Canvas Quick Student View has 2,000 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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0.12

Manifest V3

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Permissions: storage
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About

Install to add the Student View link – visible as a "spectacles" icon – on every page at the top right (in the "crumbs" navigation pane) in the Canvas LMS. Enables quick toggling between Student View and regular view without extra navigation. 

NOTE: as of its December 19, 2020 release, Canvas implements its own built-in Student View link on most pages. This extension now is preset to become hidden on pages where the built-in link is shown, but other options can be selected (see Options page for more info).

This extension ONLY works with Canvas URLs of the following types: 

https://*.instructure.com/*
http://*.instructure.com/*
https://canvas.gu.se/*

For other URL formats, use Canvas Quick Student View (any host), link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/canvas-quick-student-view/hlhfhggndbcoolimgcohdegdfpcbphhj

Please find the complete manual at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZKHJh4_61pG4fbn743XW4qTAUCr41xaI?usp=sharing

Please join  https://groups.google.com/d/forum/canvas-quick-student-view for questions, bug reports etc.