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Five MUST-HAVE Chrome Extensions For Students!

Writer's picture: Alex ZhouAlex Zhou

Updated: Nov 20, 2021



Looking for some tools to help with your studying? We've got you covered! Introducing... *drumroll please* the Five MUST HAVE Chrome extensions for Students. From staying on top of your workload to saving time, there's something on the list for everyone!


One: Weava Highlighter - PDF & Web

Weava Highlighter is a useful highlighting tool that enables you to highlight, colour code and annotate websites/pdf sources.

  • There are multiple colours available (great for grouping your research) with a feature that enables you to add annotations to each highlight

  • Organise your highlights into different folders and subfolders

  • Citations can be automatically generated for your highlights

  • Highlights and notes are saved in the cloud. This means that even if you refresh or revisit the website, they will still be there unless you remove them manually

  • Access all your previous highlights with just one click


Two: MyBib: Free Citation Generator

MyBib is an easy to navigate extension that offers over 9,000 different citation styles - including APA 6, APA 7, MLA 8, Harvard, AMA and Chicago.

Simply browse to any page on the internet (online PDFs included) and click on the extension to generate an automatically formatted citation for that page.

You can...

  • Copy your generated citation directly into your paper

  • Save them to your bibliography for later

  • Export them into other citation managers

  • Print them directly

  • Save them as a Bib TeX

Three: SwiftRead - read faster, learn faster

Through utilising a visual technique called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP), SwiftRead helps you read 2-3 times faster while maintaining comprehension.

The free version of the extension works on news articles, blog posts and emails. Or you can simply copy-paste or select —> right-click —> “SwiftRead selected text” to speed read your selected extract.

You can also customise the settings to find the speed and font size that is best suited for you.


Four: Todoist for Chrome

Todoist is one of the most popular extensions used to organise, plan and collaborate on projects.

You can:

  • Add things to your reading list and save items to your Wishlist (websites included!)

  • Plan your day - organise your tasks and check them off as the day progresses

  • Complete it from your browser: you can check items off without the need to switch tabs

  • Collaborate with other people who also use Todoist

  • The extension has a feature that automatically suggests you a time and date for tasks based on your schedule

  • Divide tasks with projects and labels

  • Filter tasks based on priorities and projects


Five: Divider Tabs

Got too many tabs open and navigation is slow? Manage the tabs with dividers and collapsible groups with Divider Tabs!

Based on a model of a binder, you can...

  • Name and colour code separate groups of related tabs

  • Access a hyperlinked index of all the tabs in the group

  • Click on the coloured chip to close all the tabs in the group and click the chip again to restore

  • Use Alt+D to set focus back to the nearest Divider Tab


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