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Hi all - I wrote a Python script to update the Quiz Point value on all questions in a given Classic quiz. It does a simple loop through the questions IDs with PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions/:id and a payload of just {'question[points_possible]' : floatPointValue} The script does what I want for…
I've been trying to dig through the Canvas Live api to find if teacher_activity is documented anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find it? or is it just a collection of other api calls? in other words nothing that Instructure would output in beautiful json..…
I am trying to get get grades by grading period in course using api. I can not find an api call to do it. is there any single or combination of api calls to get grades by grading_periods ?
Hi, I've set up the open source version of Canvas (https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms) for development/testing purposes, by using the Quick Start guide (https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki/Quick-Start), which clearly states "The environment produced by this guide is lacking in several features (...)".…
Hi, this seems like such a basic question that I feel like I must be missing something, but I checked the documentation and forums and could not find anything. Apologies in advance if this is documented somewhere. When retrieving an assignment via API through the "Get a single assignment" endpoint…
Hi, I'd like to help an instructor gather all of their SpeedGrader comments in their course. This is so they can create a text library and use it for future commenting. Any help would be appreciated! I was able to see one assignment: url: GET…
Hi, I'd like to help an instructor gather all of their posts and replies they made in every discussion in their course. This is so they can create a text library and use it for future commenting. Any help would be appreciated. I figured I'd start smaller and try for one discussion. And then try the entire course. But, I…
Hi! I am curious to know how other institutions are managing user accounts for teachers, students, observers who: * were enrolled but now are not (withdrawn)? * come back and are now reinstated? I THINK I would like all withdrawn users to be deleted from our account but I believe this could cause an issue if the deleted…
Testing Student View functionality I realised that the fake user which is created when you get into that functionality is never removed from the enrollment list. Is there a way to do that? This is what I've seen. I have a course with an Instructor and a Learner enrolled. When I ask for the enrollment list this is what I…
Anyone know of a way to email student's their Canvas grades at certain points in the semester? Like mid-term grades?
Hi everyone! I'm building an LTI 1.3 integration with Canvas. I'm having some trouble because line items associated with the LtiDeepLinkingResponse I'm sending back to Canvas are not creating those expected line items or entries in the grade book. These are the steps I'm following I have configured a valid developer key…
The more I test the LTI LineItem service in Canvas, the more confused I seem to become. I have already reported in a separate post about line items I create not being visible within the Canvas Gradebook. Now I am finding that, if I create a line item without associating it with a resource link ID, as well as creating the…
When I use the LTI LineItems service to create a line item associated with a resource link ID, the line item is created (it is returned when making a GET request to the LineItems service endpoint) but does not appear on the Grades page for the course. The line item automatically created by Canvas for my assignment is…
I am developing an external app that starts a quiz, retrieves the questions, then saves/updates the responses, and finally, completes the quiz, using various API Endpoints. There does not appear to be any type of workflow documentation for this process, so my methodology is basically to "try this and see what happens". For…
Hi, I am trying to find a way through data returned by the API to link learning outcomes with quizzes, however based on the data returned by each of the APIs I have been unable to find it. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks.