Download course PDFs
from student portals.
Don't spend the first week of the semester clicking every single syllabus and lecture slide one by one. Here is how to bulk download course materials easily.
- Portals
- Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard
- Assets
- Syllabi, notes, readings
- Cost
- Free tier available
Course portals are deeply nested
Most Learning Management Systems (LMS) group content by week or module. Finding and downloading all the reading material requires navigating a labyrinth of folders.
Click fatigue
You must expand the "Week 1" folder, click the slide, wait for it to load in the embedded viewer, download, go back, and repeat.
Hidden links
Sometimes the actual download link is buried deep in an assignment description or hidden within the module's HTML structure.
The Student Archive Workflow
Save hours of prep time by extracting everything from the main course overview page.
Open the Modules view
Navigate to the main 'Modules' or 'Course Content' page where all the weeks and lessons are listed on a single screen.
Scan the portal
Open Bulk PDF Downloader. It scans through the LMS interface and identifies all the actual underlying PDF files.
Save the semester
Export the selected documents as a single ZIP file, saving them securely to your computer for offline reading.
Archive your courses quickly
Install Bulk PDF Downloader and prep for your semester the smart way.
Add to ChromeBest for
- Canvas and Moodle course listings
- Academic paper repositories
Not ideal for
- Documents protected with digital rights management (DRM)