D2L+

Multipurpose browser extension to improve the Desire-To-Learn (D2L) online learning platform.

Features

• Preview files in various supported formats from submissions within a new tab without a download.
• Calendar integrated into the homepage (ensure first class is NOT closed).
• MORE SOON!

User Setup

1. Navigate to latest release here
2. Download source_code.zip
3. Unzip the source_code.zip
4. Navigate to chrome://extensions
5. Click the Developer Mode toggle on (top right)
6. Click Load Unpacked (top left)
7. Find the directory of the extracted extension, select, and enjoy

Developer Setup

Notice: typescript transpiler required

To install, ensure a package manager such as node.js is present on the machine.

npm install -g typescript 
npm init -y 
npm install typescript --save-dev

Finally, to compile run tsc, or if you prefer a live compiler tsc -w

For additional information on how to access shadowRoot elements with querySelectors, refer to

D2LPlus/src/contentScript.ts

Lines 55 to 99 in 563c805

	async function waitForElement(selector) {
	while (document.querySelector(selector) === null) {
	await new Promise(resolve => requestAnimationFrame(resolve));
	}
	console.log(document.querySelector(selector))
	return document.querySelector(selector);
	}
	async function waitForShadowElement(parent, selector) {
	while (parent.shadowRoot === null || parent.shadowRoot.querySelector(selector) === null) {
	await new Promise(resolve => requestAnimationFrame(resolve));
	}
	return parent.shadowRoot.querySelector(selector);
	}
	async function waitForChildElement(parent, selector) {
	while (parent.querySelector(selector) === null) {
	await new Promise(resolve => requestAnimationFrame(resolve));
	}
	return parent.querySelector(selector);
	}
	async function waitForAnyShadowElement(parent, selectors, timeout = 30000) {
	let startTime = Date.now();
	while (Date.now() - startTime < timeout) {
	for (let selector of selectors) {
	if (parent.shadowRoot && parent.shadowRoot.querySelector(selector)) {
	return parent.shadowRoot.querySelector(selector);
	}
	}
	await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100)); // Check every 100ms
	}
	return null; // Timeout reached without finding elements
	}
	//Calender Button: NOTE (FIRST CLASS IS THE ONE THAT IS USED, ENSURE IT IS NOT CLOSED.)
	(async () => {
	let element = await waitForElement('.d2l-body.d2l-typography.vui-typography.d2l-tiles-container.daylight .d2l-page-main.d2l-max-width.d2l-min-width .d2l-page-main-padding .d2l-homepage .homepage-container .homepage-row .homepage-col-8 .d2l-widget.d2l-tile[role="region"]');
	element = element.querySelector('d2l-expand-collapse-content');
	element = element.querySelector('div.d2l-widget-content-padding d2l-my-courses');
	console.log(element)
	element = await waitForShadowElement(element, 'd2l-my-courses-container');
	element = await waitForShadowElement(element, 'd2l-tabs d2l-tab-panel');