Canvas Quick Student View

by Old Pike Software · Workflow & Planning

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

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

Users

2,000

0 in 30 days

Rating

5.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#23K

#19K among extensions

Version

0.12

updated 16 Mar 2022

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Canvas Quick Student View

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.