KNOWLEDGE BASE & FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Everything you need to know about SpeedGrader audit stealth, Focus Shield, pricing plans, and install setup.
Can Canvas or Blackboard detect the ExamGhost Chrome extension?
Standard LMS quiz logs on Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and D2L Brightspace track student activity through three browser APIs: DOM mutation observers that scan for unauthorized page elements, document.visibilitychange events triggered when switching tabs, and window.blur or document.hasFocus() listeners that record when the quiz window loses focus. Traditional AI extensions trigger these flags because they require copying text to external tabs or mounting unshielded iframe sidebars inside the quiz DOM. ExamGhost prevents all three detection vectors simultaneously: its closed Shadow DOM isolation keeps every UI node invisible to host-page DOM scripts, its Focus Shield intercepts blur and visibility events before LMS telemetry scripts can log them, and its Manifest V3 background service worker routes encrypted AI requests off-thread in 0.3 seconds so the student never leaves the active exam tab.
Yes. When you take a Canvas quiz, Canvas listens for window 'blur' and 'visibilitychange' events. Every time you leave the page, Canvas logs: 'Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz-taking page'. ExamGhost intercepts these browser listeners at the DOM level, ensuring Canvas continues receiving an uninterrupted 'active' heartbeat. Your professor's log shows zero suspicious leaves.
No. Because ExamGhost blocks tab-switch event emission, Canvas cannot detect whether you have split screen active, another browser window open, or background tabs running. To the Canvas server, your quiz tab remains in focus the entire duration.
Unlike low-tier extensions that insert visible <div> or <button> tags into the active Canvas DOM (which proctor scripts like Honorlock or Proctorio flag via MutationObservers), ExamGhost renders its HUD inside a closed Shadow Root tree. The host page scripts cannot query, inspect, or traverse it.
You can adjust the HUD opacity from 100% visible down to 5% ghost whisper mode. At 5%, answers are only visible when viewed straight-on from inches away, making it completely invisible to teaching assistants or professors walking behind your desk.
Double-tapping the Escape key instantly vaporizes all Shadow DOM overlays, purges in-memory question caches, and restores standard event listeners within 10 milliseconds. Your browser immediately looks like an unmodded, standard quiz tab.
You never need to copy, paste, or switch windows. Simply press your keyboard shortcut (⌘ + Shift + X or Ctrl + Shift + X) or double-tap the question. ExamGhost reads the question text and options directly from the page DOM and highlights the correct answer in under 1.2 seconds.
Yes! Using Snap-It (⌘ + Shift + S), you can drag a crosshair crop box around any mathematical graph, organic chemistry molecular structure, or non-selectable image. Our multimodal vision AI decodes the image and returns the solution with step-by-step reasoning in ~310ms.
ExamGhost solves standard 4/5 option Multiple Choice (MCQ), Multi-Select ('Select all that apply'), Fill-in-the-Blank, Numeric input with significant digit rounding, and dual-column matching tables.
For quizzes that allow multiple attempts, ExamGhost caches high-scoring responses from your first submission and pre-populates verified answers on attempt #2 for effortless 100% scores.
Yes! Every student gets 50 free AI question solves immediately upon installing the extension. No credit card or billing details are required. You can test our invisible Shadow HUD, window blur suppression, and Snap-It Vision OCR on live quizzes before deciding on an upgrade.
We offer three simple options: Monthly Pass at $19/month (flexible, cancel anytime in 1 click), Yearly Academic Pass at $99/year (our most popular plan, works out to $8.25/month for the full academic year), and Lifetime VIP at $199 (one-time payment, lifetime updates across all your degrees). All paid plans include unlimited question solves and all 24 stealth tools.
We offer a 100% money-back guarantee. If ExamGhost does not perform exactly as promised on your quizzes, contact our 24/7 Discord support team or email support@examghost.com within 14 days for a hassle-free, immediate refund.
Yes! The Lifetime VIP Pass allows simultaneous sync on up to 3 personal student devices (e.g., MacBook, desktop PC, and iPad/Chromebook with browser support). The Monthly and Yearly plans allow activation on up to 2 devices.
ExamGhost works seamlessly on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave Browser, and Arc Browser across macOS (Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3/M4 & Intel), Windows 10/11, and Linux.
Yes. ExamGhost supports both Canvas Classic Quizzes and Canvas New Quizzes, as well as Blackboard Learn & Ultra, D2L Brightspace, Moodle, McGraw-Hill Connect, Pearson MyLab, and Google Classroom.
Installation takes 30 seconds: 1) Download the extension .zip archive. 2) Open chrome://extensions in your browser and enable 'Developer mode' in the top right. 3) Click 'Load unpacked', select the unzipped ExamGhost folder, and paste your license key.
Still have questions?
Our active developer team and student moderators answer tickets around the clock in our Discord server.