How to Connect Canvas to AI: See What’s Due, Your Grades and What You’re Missing

Canvas has everything a student needs to know, spread across a dashboard, a to-do list, five course pages and a grades tab that hides behind another click. Connecting Canvas to AI lets you ask one question and get the answer across every course.

This guide shows how to connect Canvas to Viro AI, the free AI assistant with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Viro’s own model in one app. One promise up front: Viro never submits or posts anything in Canvas. It reads, so you can plan.

What you can do when Canvas is connected to AI

• List your active courses, with your current grade where the course shows it and how much work is missing
• See what’s due, what’s missing, and what was graded recently, across every course
• Read an assignment’s instructions and rubric, plus your submission and score
• Read your courses’ announcements

What it won’t do: submit assignments, post, or change anything in Canvas.

How to connect Canvas to AI, step by step

Viro connects with a Canvas access token, a key you create in your own Canvas settings.

1. Open Viro AI at ai.viro.app, or in the iPhone, Android or Mac app, and sign in. It’s free.
2. Go to Customize → Connectors, open Canvas and select Connect to Viro.
3. Enter your school’s Canvas address, for example school.instructure.com.
4. Create an access token. Select Open your Canvas token settings. In Canvas, choose + New Access Token, set an expiry date, and copy the token. Canvas shows it only once.
5. Paste the token and select Connect.

Canvas tokens don’t renew. When yours expires, Viro shows Reconnect needed; create a new token and paste it in. If your school has turned off access tokens, only a Canvas admin can turn them back on.

What to ask Canvas once it’s connected

Planning your week

• “What’s due this week?”
• “What do I have due before Friday, sorted by date?”
• “Which assignments am I missing?”

Grades

• “What’s my grade in Biology?”
• “How are my grades across all my classes?”
• “What was graded since Monday?”

Understanding the work

• “What does my essay assignment actually ask for?”
• “Turn the rubric for the lab report into a checklist.”
• “Summarize this week’s announcements from my professors.”

Across your apps

With Google Calendar connected: “Block study time before each deadline this week.” Each event waits for your OK. With Google Classroom connected too, Viro shows your work from both together.

Using AI for school, the right way

Viro is built to help you stay on top of your work: knowing what’s due, understanding what an assignment asks, making a plan, and studying. It never submits anything for you, and it’s worth checking your school’s policy on AI before using it to help write graded work.

For studying, Viro’s Notebooks can turn your notes and readings into flashcards and quizzes.

Is it private?

Viro reads your Canvas data only to answer what you ask. It is never used to train AI models and Viro never sells your data. Free-plan ads are matched to words in the current conversation, never to your identity or your grades, and no human reads your chats.

To disconnect, open Canvas in Customize → Connectors and select Disconnect. Then delete the token in Canvas too, in your account settings under Approved Integrations.

Why students use Viro

• Free, with every connector included.
• Every class in one answer, plus Google Classroom if you use both.
• ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Viro’s own model in one app.
• Better for the planet. Viro’s own model runs on hydro, geothermal and wind, and Viro funds new clean energy to match its partner models. See the data centers.

Connect Canvas to Viro AI free. Full details are on the Canvas help page.

See every app you can connect in how to connect your apps to AI.

Frequently asked questions

Can AI connect to Canvas?

Yes. Viro AI connects to Canvas with an access token you create in your Canvas settings. It can list your courses and grades, show what’s due and missing across every course, read assignment instructions and rubrics, and read announcements.

Can AI submit assignments in Canvas?

Not with Viro. It never submits assignments, posts, or changes anything in Canvas. It only reads.

Why did my Canvas connection stop working?

Canvas access tokens don’t renew. When yours expires or is deleted, Viro shows Reconnect needed. Create a new token in Canvas and paste it in. If your school has turned off access tokens, only a Canvas admin at your school can turn them back on.

Does it work with Google Classroom too?

Yes. Connect Google Classroom as well and Viro shows your work from both together.

Is it free for students?

Yes. Viro AI and its connectors are free on web, iPhone, Android and Mac.

Sources

1. Canvas connector, Viro Help Center