Canvas guides: what Canvas can and cannot see
Students ask the same questions before a quiz: does Canvas see my tabs, my clipboard, my extensions, my ChatGPT window? Each guide below answers one of them, checked against Instructure's own documentation, and says where a proctoring tool changes the answer.
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How to cheat on Canvas: every method, and what the quiz log sees
Every way students cheat on Canvas quizzes, what the quiz log and your teacher see for each one, and the method that never leaves the quiz page.
Can Canvas detect cheating?
What Canvas records during a quiz, what it never sees (your screen, other tabs, extensions), and what proctoring tools add on top.
Does Canvas detect tab switching?
The quiz log writes "Stopped viewing" when you navigate away from the quiz, but it never names the tab, site or app you opened.
Can Canvas detect copy and paste?
The Canvas quiz log has no copy or paste event; this guide covers what a teacher can still see and which proctoring tools block paste.
Does Canvas detect Chrome extensions?
A web page cannot list the extensions in your browser, and Canvas is a web page; this guide covers the proctoring tools that do block them.
Can Canvas detect ChatGPT?
Canvas has no built-in AI detector; this guide covers what an added checker such as Turnitin scans and what the quiz log shows.
The Canvas quiz log, explained
The four events in a Canvas quiz log, how a professor opens it, how long it is kept, and what it leaves out.
What can professors see on Canvas during a quiz?
Professors see the quiz log, page views, activity time and, in New Quizzes, your IP. Not your screen, other tabs, webcam or extensions. Checked list.
Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz-taking page: what it means
What "Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz-taking page" and "Resumed" mean in the Canvas quiz log, what teachers see, and where the 15 second rule comes from.
Can Canvas detect split screen?
Canvas cannot see your screen layout. Click the other window and the quiz page loses focus, so the log can say Stopped viewing. Mac, Windows, iPad checked.
Correct answers are hidden on Canvas: what it means
Canvas says correct answers are hidden when your teacher turns them off. What each quiz setting means, when answers show, and how to see them.
Does LockDown Browser record you?
LockDown Browser alone records no video. Respondus Monitor records your webcam, screen or both, and flags events. How to tell which one your quiz uses.
Honorlock Chrome extension: what it records and blocks
Honorlock's Chrome extension can record webcam, screen and audio, close tabs and turn other extensions off. Phone detection, flags and Canvas setup.
Proctorio on Canvas: what it records, blocks and flags
What the Proctorio extension records, blocks and flags on a Canvas quiz, from Proctorio's own pages: settings, flags, phones, and how to spot it.
Best Canvas Chrome extensions for students (2026)
Canvas Quiz Solver for quizzes, Better Canvas for dark mode and GPA, Tasks for Canvas for to-dos, plus file and grade tools. Ratings checked 2026-09-25.
Answers inside Canvas, without leaving the page
Canvas Quiz Solver reads the question you are on and puts an answer right below it.
Add to Chrome - free