Install and get started

1. Open the extension in the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome. The same listing works in Microsoft Edge and Brave.
2. Pin the VU icon to your toolbar (puzzle-piece menu → pin).
3. Open any article, Canvas page, PDF or YouTube video. Click the icon, or press Alt+Shift+V.
4. Sign in with your VU Amsterdam address (vu.nl, student.vu.nl, amsterdamumc.nl or acta.nl). You receive a 6-digit code by email; there is no password.
5. Click Read this page, pick a tool, and adjust the two or three options. Results stream in; copy them, refine them, or export them.

Working faster

• In the welcome page or Settings, allow the extension to read the page you are on automatically. Then switching tabs is enough; no icon click needed.
• Select text on a page before picking a tool to work with just that passage.
• Create a Course in Settings with your learning objectives and level. Every tool then aligns with it, and the output language follows the course.
• Quiz banks export to Canvas (QTI), Wooclap (Moodle XML), Excel/CSV, Word; flashcards to Anki; slide outlines to PowerPoint.

Canvas import

Export a quiz as Canvas quiz (QTI). In your Canvas course go to Settings → Import Course Content → QTI .zip file, upload it, and the quiz appears under Quizzes. For New Quizzes, import into an item bank instead.

Help

Guides and tutorials are in the Education Lab's Canvas course; questions go to onderwijswerkplaats@vu.nl. The Assistant produces drafts: read and edit everything before you use it with students.