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I-Know

by Ryan Allred

v7.0.0 Updated Jan 11, 2026 2.16MiB
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★ 4.36
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Description

I-Know is a Google Chrome Extension that will help you stay organized. Instead of checking the school's website for assignments, I-Know will check for you, and create a checklist of upcoming assignments. I-Know supports any school using Brightspace or Canvas. Chrome Permissions: Read and change all your data on the websites you visit (Required to connect to Brightspace and Canvas) Read and change your browsing history (Required to find sites to connect to) Display notifications (I-Know sends push notifications so you don't miss assignments) Communicate with cooperating websites (Required so we know when there's a bug) Originally made by a student at BYU-Idaho. Can be used at any school using Brightspace by D2L or Canvas by Instructure.
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Reviews (24 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-10
Jasmine Venus

Has not worked for over a year. This extension was last updated May 5, 2021. It is clear support for this extension is non-existent. Unfortunately, you will have to find another way to manage assignments and classes. For now I use the Pulse app for Brightspace/D2L and google Calendar. I am also trying out Rainlendar, a desktop calendar widget. I like that it shows you what is due in a pop-up everytime you turn on your computer.

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-06
Andy Siegel

Sounds really great but i open it on D2l and it just says waiting to establish connection. Not sure what im doing wrong

★☆☆☆☆2021-08-17
Emily Mahana Yamada

Previously my review would have been five stars, but just recently it has stopped working. I'll click on it and it will say "Installing - I-know is setting up" then after a couple of seconds it will say "Set up a connection: Open your school's learning system and open I-Know." My school runs on canvas, the same thing I have used for years. It worked perfectly in the spring. Now, it is nonfunctional. The semester starts this week and I don't know how I will survive without it functioning. I tried reaching out to the creator through synov.net with no reply for over a week. I will update my review when this is resolved. I really did love this extension when it worked! I have used it since my second or third semesters of my college career circa 2016 or 2017. Now I am in grad school and I still rely on it. I believe I even paid for premium? Unsure it has been so long.

★☆☆☆☆2021-05-04
Jake Emory

Thanks for updating the extension without asking us what we wanted and releasing it before it was ready. Lost all my assignments, I want my money back. BOO

★☆☆☆☆2021-05-03
Benjamin Fuqua

I absolutely loved this app, but the recent update that was sent out wrecked the extension. There is no number any more on the calendar that shows me how many assignments I have on that day so I can look into the future and see. Also, the days on the calendar don't match the day the assignment is due. And now it won't even connect to my school's organization. Please pull this update and go back to the old one until you get these things fixed. having the calendar lined up with the actual due date is pretty important. I have loved using this application and I want to keep using it but these bugs make it so I can't use the application

★☆☆☆☆2020-01-13
Megan Madero

I used to love this extension, but it suddenly stopped working and now it won't load any of my courses anymore. Super annoying after I have come to rely on this extension to help me see what I have to do every week.

★☆☆☆☆2020-01-09
Henrique Tedeschi

It is a great tool, but it has been crashing non-stop these past days. Nothing helps, using in a new tab, in a new window, or as a popup. I also tried to remove and install again, nothing... Keeps crashing and it doesn't say why. I am trying to use it with instructure canvas at BYU-I. Hopefully it comes back to a working state, this was a life-saver.

★☆☆☆☆2020-01-08
Sajesh Pradhan

Works great when it works properly. It has been crashing for a while now. I have removed and reinstalled many times.

★☆☆☆☆2017-10-17
T.D. Eastvold

What a great extension! I use this with D2L and it is so much better than anything brightspace gives you. The ability to quickly browse through your due dates and click through to the assignments is amazing. I was using brightspace pulse before this, which has a similar feature, but can only be used on mobile, which makes it pretty useless. I-Know makes planning and executing your weekly homework so much easier. I would urge anyone using the D2L system to give it a try! The developers support is unbelievably good! I was having a sign in issue because of a pseudo class my school put into the courses area. I reached out to the developer and they pushed out an update for me within the hour.

★☆☆☆☆2017-03-23
Daliana Dickson

So, I was missing a ton of my homework because it would not tell me that I had anything to do for my math class! But I did! And now, after the update, its not showing me my math class homework OR my science home work! this is awful. I was my $5 back!

★☆☆☆☆2016-09-14
Andrew Griffin

Why do I have to pay for this boi?

★★☆☆☆2021-05-11
Johnathon Peterson

It won't load my assignments and keeps saying that I need to open my school's learning system and open I-Know. I've done this and have refreshed the page, removed and re-added I-Know but it still doesn't work.

★★☆☆☆2020-10-09
Jeff Schmeltzer

I appreciate the extension very much but for about 2 months now I've reached out a few times for assistance with extension problems. If you even look in reviews a moderator says message through the app and they will replace faster (which it's been over a month and I haven't received a reply. ------- The Issue: I load up the extension on my Canvas and it says, "Oops, please login and try again." I do this maybe 2 times a day for 20 minutes logging out of canvas and back in. Same issue, uninstall extension and does the same thing. I've tried a few things in the settings of extension and just frustrated of the extension at this point.

★★☆☆☆2020-02-26
Alex Shnyrov

Very heavy. It takes a long time to load. It's faster for me to check assignments manually in canvas. Also, it is very annoying that I have to manually check completed assignments. The good thing is the push notifications, but because you have to check your completed assignments manually, sometimes you get notifications for things that you've already worked on.

★★☆☆☆2018-08-31
Leah Garrison

good, but need some key items with paid version to make it work for me. Right now my i-know dash is cluttered with things that are not even assignments or dated correctly. wEven with paid version you cannot edit items that are synced. one of my classes changed the due dates for things without updating the info online. also there are some "assignments" shown on the extension that are not actually assignments. (its a module or description of the week). No option to delete items. When u try to get a link for an assignment, it does not save your "work" on the assignment you're creating. will simply vanish.

★★☆☆☆2018-05-10
Tesia Kellar

I will update this once I get a reply. I actually love this extension! I had it on Firefox as an extension, but one day it just disapeared! I have been trying to find it or get in contact with anyone in the company for about 2-weeks now, but so far no luck :(

★★☆☆☆2016-09-17
Grey

Decent Extension, the applications and uses are very beneficial. The cost is ridiculous in my opinion. While $3 a month isn't an extraneous amount, it still is enough for me to consider not using this extension.

★★★☆☆2022-01-20
Michael Muir

would be 5 stars if it worked on chrome based browsers on linux but only a little black box pops up on manjaro. it works great on my windows desktop but on my linux laptop it doesn't work.

★★★☆☆2020-01-11
Katy Webber

Last semester this was very helpful!!! But now, it is not adding each assignment for this assignment so I am missing assignments.

★★★☆☆2020-01-08
Savanah Rudd

This extension is AMAZING, when it works. I have rarely had problems with it the past two years of using it until this week. It has said "I-Know Crashed" for the past three days. I've tried removing and re-downloading the extension multiple times and nothing works. I've also tried contacting someone to help me and never received any help. I'd love to get it working again.

★★★☆☆2018-02-17
Abigail Rose

Edit: Now no assignments from that class show up. I am grateful for the reminders of other assignments due, but I have to use a separate planner now to make sure I'm not missing those assignments. This is disappointing. Original review: Very helpful most of the time, but there is one specific class that certain assignments wont show up for. They MAY show up for a few seconds on the day that they are due, but only for a few seconds and then they disappear. I have almost missed several assignments for this class because of it.

★★★☆☆2016-09-28
Teigan Mills

The checklist still here but I can't see the What if calculator anymore.

★★★☆☆2016-09-28
Adam S.

It is a great extension. It's sad that the creator got greedy and started charging for it. I told all my friends about it but no one wants it because you have to pay for it.

★★★☆☆2016-02-04
Tim Russon

This helps, but I feel like the extension has gotten worse with time. I wish it would update the completion of my assignments automatically. Instead, I have to manually check them off. Then, half the time it un-checks work I've already done. It also takes a bit to load. I feel this would all be a little more forgiveable if the extension was still free, or at least a lot cheaper. I got it back when it was free (and worked better, frankly). I would not pay $5 for this today. Bottom line. I still use it and it is helpful, but there are some bugs that could be worked on.

Permissions (5)

Permissions

activeTab Can access the current tab when you click the extension alarms Can schedule periodic background tasks notifications Can show desktop notifications scripting Can inject scripts into web pages tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs

Details

Version 7.0.0
Updated Jan 11, 2026
Size 2.16MiB
First Seen Mar 24, 2026