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About Tasks for Canvas – now supporting Blackboard, D2L Brightspace

RELOAD CANVAS AFTER INSTALLING NEW: Extension now supports Blackboard and D2L Brightspace as well! NEW: Keep your streak alive by submitting assignments before their due date! NEW: Sync your Gradescope assignments directly to Tasks for Canvas! Ever had trouble finding your weekly assignments? Wish you had a nice progress bar to motivate you to complete everything? Then this extension is for you! The Tasks browser extension for Canvas™ updates the Canvas dashboard sidebar with a convenient todo list to show all of your weekly assignments and track your progress throughout the week. The sidebar includes: - A colorful chart with various rings color coded by course. As you complete your assignments throughout the week, the rings will show your progress! - A better to-do list of all active assignments that are counted in the rings. Each task item has the name, course, type, due date, point value, and link for the assignment. - A list of recent class announcements - The option to create custom task items - The option to filter assignments by course - The option to view rings and assignments from past and future weeks - The option to view completed or incomplete assignments -The option to manually mark assignments as complete This extension also contains an options page accessible from the sidebar where you can customize various aspects of the extension. Notes - Works in Card View, List View, Recent Activity View, and on course pages! - Only courses that have active assignments will be shown - All active assignments that have no submissions and are ungraded are displayed in the to-do list (the section titled 'Unfinished'). - 0-point assignments (i.e. extra credit) are shown in the to-do list but are not counted in the rings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version History 1.5.4 (10/28/25) - Instant streak updates 1.5.3 (5/18/25) - Streak ranks 1.5.2 (3/27/25) - Bug fixes 1.5.1 (3/20/25) - Bug fixes 1.5.0 (3/11/25) - Streak feature! - Reverted rolling view, added option for new rolling view 1.4.5 (2/25/25) - Semester view option - Updated rolling view to also show previous period - Update custom task course dropdown to only show dashboard courses - Bug fixes 1.4.4 (2/12/25) - Bug fixes 1.4.3 (1/30/25) - Bug fixes 1.4.2 (1/29/25) - Bug fixes 1.4.1 (1/27/25) - Bug fixes 1.4.0 (1/7/25) - Support for Blackboard and D2L Brightspace! - 24-hour clock option - Three day view option - Configurable list length 1.3.10 (4/1/24) - Fixed old Gradescope tasks being synced incorrectly after previous update - Fixed example courses being synced to Gradescope in rare cases 1.3.9 (4/1/24) - Fixed dates overlapping course dropdown on large font sizes - Fixed old Gradescope tasks not appearing 1.3.8 (3/11/24) - New Gradescope integration: automatically sync Gradescope assignments to Tasks for Canvas! - Fixed assignment grades not being rounded 1.3.7 (2/2/24) - Fixed dates overlapping course name in list view for some users - Added tooltips for buttons 1.3.6 (1/14/24) - Fixed announcements not being able to mark complete 1.3.5 (1/9/24) - Fixed custom tasks not showing up under a course - Fixed courses failing to load occasionally 1.3.3 (1/8/24) - Add links to custom tasks - Display grades on completed tab - Instructor mode improvements - Settings changes are immediately reflected in the extension - Colors now update immediately with dashboard cards - Assignments graded zero points don't count as complete - Smoother animations 1.3.2 (10/13/23) - Fixed announcements making rings show up for classes without assignments 1.3.1 (10/12/23) - For instructors, each individual ungraded submission now adds up in rings - Fixed assignments not showing up in rings 1.3.0 (9/23/23) - Redesigned tab bar - New section for class announcements 1.2.9 (7/2/23) - Removed outdated options from options page 1.2.8 (5/4/23) - Fixed sidebar showing on assignments/grades pages sometimes 1.2.7 (5/1/23) - Fixed problem with classes not respecting the chosen theme color - Fixed sidebar not showing when mixed with other extensions 1.2.6 (2/14/22) - Make ungraded assignments an option that can be toggled 1.2.5 (2/11/22) - Create recurring tasks that repeat every week - Ungraded assignments now show up as a task for teachers and TAs! - Redesigned task icons - Fixed error with quizzes not showing up in task list (apologies for inconveniences this may have caused!) 1.2.4 (1/21/22) - Enhanced dark mode support - Fixed error with tasks unable to be marked complete - Fixed course name overflowing dropdown when creating a new task 1.2.3 (1/7/22) - Updated animations and chart graphic - Option to choose a custom theme color - Enabled on all Canvas sites now - Fixed sidebar stuck in the middle of the screen on large screen sizes 1.2.2 (11/29/22) - Added more schools to list - Updated branding and assets - New welcome page on download 1.2.1 (9/5/22) - Added more schools to list 1.2.0 (8/29/22) - Fixed previous and next week arrows not appearing - Faster load times - Sidebar now loads even when no assignments exist in the account - Create custom task items - Revert completed tasks back to unfinished - Tasks marked complete are synced across devices - Option to use a “rolling period” where only tasks due on or after the current day are shown - Confetti! 1.1.1 (12/4/21) - Now works in List View 1.1.0 (9/21/21) - Better compatibility with dark mode extensions - Fixed assignments with no point value displaying as "null" - Fixed next and previous buttons being clickable before load - Assignments can now be manually marked as complete by clicking the x button - New completed items list to view finished assignments and their grading status - Chunked assignment list based on