Hi folks, I'm trying to use the API to change an assignment settings from using Turnitin as an external tool, to using Canvas file upload and plagiarism review. We have the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework set up at an account level in our Canvas instances. I'm running api requests through a NodeJS library, using a pre-generated Canvas token for Auth. I'm using a PUT on the /api/v1/courses//assignments/ endpoint to update the assignment settings. The JSON data I'm attaching is: { "assignment[submission_types][]" : "online_upload" , "assignment[turnitin_enabled]" : "true" } The PUT returns a success, however, when I look at the settings of the assignment in Canvas, the 'plagiarism review' part hasn't been set: Has anyone else had any luck in changing the 'plagiarism review' section of the assignment settings through the API? Is there something that I'm missing? We've got 100s (if not 1000s) of assignments that need the settings changed to the plagiarism review tool, and I'm dreading having to do this manually. Thanks for your help! Brad

Using API to change Assignments to use Plagiarism Framework

Hi folks,

I'm trying to use the API to change an assignment settings from using Turnitin as an external tool, to using Canvas file upload and plagiarism review.

We have the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework set up at an account level in our Canvas instances. I'm running api requests through a NodeJS library, using a pre-generated Canvas token for Auth.

I'm using a PUT on the /api/v1/courses//assignments/ endpoint to update the assignment settings.

The JSON data I'm attaching is:

<SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN><BR />    <SPAN class="string token">"assignment[submission_types][]"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"online_upload"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><BR />    <SPAN class="string token">"assignment[turnitin_enabled]"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"true"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

The PUT returns a success, however, when I look at the settings of the assignment in Canvas, the 'plagiarism review' part hasn't been set:

Has anyone else had any luck in changing the 'plagiarism review' section of the assignment settings through the API? Is there something that I'm missing?

We've got 100s (if not 1000s) of assignments that need the settings changed to the plagiarism review tool, and I'm dreading having to do this manually.

Thanks for your help!

Brad

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unknown

So it looks like the Plagiarism Review settings get handled through an LTI request on the front end, and that creates some settings somewhere. There is also a bug when you change the assignment settings through the API, it will remove any Plagiarism Review settings you've added through the front-end.

Has anyone had any luck triggering a front-end LTI request through a script?

nschutz

bdaley

What did you end up doing to update the Plagiarism review tool? I am in the same boat and here is the discussion on anther thread if you scroll to the bottom. Developer Tools #2 - Update a course nickname with the API

@James

Is this the alternative to using JWT?

afromero2

Using blazemeter, I have registered the process for edit and saving a "assignment" in Canvas.
I saw a "PUT" request to the assignment endpoint ( /api/v1/courses/{course}/assignments/{id assignment} ); at the bottom, this request sends information about the similarity tool (or any LTI).

I'm using PHP code to activate Ouriginal plagiarism in an assignment.

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