Guides for Canvas, Brightspace, and iPad
The manual way first. Then ours.
Answers to the questions students actually search, like how to find something in Canvas, whether an extension is safe, and how to get a lecture deck onto an iPad. Each one covers what works without installing anything before it mentions Scope for Canvas or Lectra Notes.
All guides
- How to Search Canvas: Every Course, Every File (2026)Canvas search works one course at a time, and many schools leave it switched off. Here is every way to find a file, page, or old assignment across all your courses.
- Are Canvas Chrome Extensions Safe? A 2026 ChecklistAfter the 2026 Canvas data breach, here is what a browser extension can see, what to check before you install one, and what Scope does and doesn't do.
- Annotate Canvas Lecture Slides on iPad: Apple Pencil Guide (2026)Get a lecture PDF from Canvas onto your iPad and mark it up with Apple Pencil, by the share-sheet route or the one-tap route.
Deciding between apps?
The comparisons put Scope and Lectra Notes next to BetterCampus, Tasks for Canvas, Goodnotes, and Notability, and they say where the other app is better.