🤦🏻♂️ The purpose of creating Canvas Files Downloader extension is to facilitate the process of downloading files especially in the modules tab/path; because currently in order for students to download a file , they have to make multiple of clicks to do so.
🎯 The alternative solution is to allow students to either download all attachments by selecting all or download only the selected ones in modules, pages, assignments, and wiki tab or path. If there is an attachment in any of these paths, users will get the download button.
💡 To better use Canvas files Downloader to full extent:
Turn off/ disable the “Ask where to save each file before downloading” option
on chrome://settings/downloads so that you download the files immediately without getting the popup dialog
💡💡💡 This extension works for all schools that use Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) / Instructure
Really good extension, saved me a lot of time. A couple of improvements would be:
1) Downloading the files into sorted folders, I have 90+ files to download per module, and sorting them takes some time. If the downloader sorted them for you (based upon the header section the files are in, that would be good)
2) Enabling the shift+ select, so you can select one file at the top, hold shift, and select a file 20 files down, and it selects everything in-between too.