This is a Chrome-Extension aiming to improve user experience of Blackboard of the University of Manchester, help customize your own blackboard and improve productivity.
It is quite light-weight and written by native JavaScript to ensure high efficiency and reliability.
- Hide unnecessary course entries.
- Display UK time.
- Customize live sessions portal. (Provide direct access to zoom meeting)
- Collapse any portlet as you wish.
- Apply embedded player in Video Portal (replace original one).
- Use keyboard to control embedded video player.
- Save and override caption styles of embedded player.
- Allow user to reload and restore video progress on network error.
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| Space | Play/Pause |
| → | Forward 10 seconds |
| ← | Backward 10 seconds |
| ↑ | Increase playback speed |
| ↓ | Decrease playback speed |
| Enter | Enter/Exit full screen |
| c | Turn captions on/off |
- Go to external link in new tab directly.
- Open links of file content in new tab.
- Open embedded pdf file in browser directly.
- Open embedded web page (like piazza) in browser directly.
- Jump to in-page hash anchor directly.
- Auto log in to UoM Login System. (Your account information is stored locally)
- Auto login if token was expired.
- Import/Export your user configuration for migration.
- Configure account information for auto login.
- Turn on/off switches for various features.
- Sync layout and configuration with your browser account automatically.
- Auto update with long-term support.
Chrome/Edge 👉 Go to Chrome Web Store
If you have any ideas regarding new features or bugs/improvement, do not hesitate to leave a reply or contact me directly!