Awesome CanvasLMS

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A curated list of CanvasLMS Community and Open Source contributions.

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Contents

• Canvas Admin
• Canvas Instructor
• Instructional Design
• Canvas Mobile
• Canvas Theme Editor
• Custom Tools
• Canvas API
• Canvas Data
• Canvas Live Events
• Canvas GraphQL
• Open Source LTI
• Open Source LTI Development

CanvasLMS

• Source Code
  • instructure/canvas-lms The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.
  • Canvas LMS Github Repository Tutorial 
• Instructure UI
  • instructure/instructure-ui: A UI Component Library made by Instructure, Inc
  • instructure.design Instructure-UI ReactJS component library and examples
• Release Notes & more
  • Release Notes: Canvas LMS
  • Release Notes: Canvas Mobile
  • Release Schedules (calendar)
  • Known Issues
  • Change Log
  • Breaking Changes
  • Collaborative Roadmap and how to share a Contribution
• Source, Hosting, and Developer Support
  • Canvas Dev & Friends - Instructure Tech Blog Resources for API development, App development, and open source development
  • Developer Docs

Canvas Guides

The complete list of guides for all users and roles

and all the Knowledge Base Articles

Canvas Admin

• Guides
  • Getting Started Tutorials - Table of Contents
  • Getting Started as a Canvas Admin
  • LMS Migration Strategies
• Adoption & Engagement
  • Canvas Admin Checklist (Doc) A comprehensive list of recommendations from CSM's and Trainers by Training Services‌
  • Checklists and Tools for Success
• Managing Security
  • Administrative guidelines for managing Inherited Developer Keys
  • Administrative guidelines for issuing Canvas Developer Keys
• Managing Accounts, Settings, and Tools
  • Default Hide Course Navigation Placement for LTIs/External Apps by @JamesSekcienski
• Courses
  • Growing with Canvas - Training Course
  • Passport to Canvas - Student Canvas Orientation Course 
• Powering Up & More!
  • Powering Up Your Canvas Course: Canvas Beginner Essentials an awesome series of infographics by @Stephenie_J ‌
  • Powering Up Your Canvas Course: Canvas Intermediate Essentials
  • Powering Up Your Canvas Course: Triumvirate Tips! (Intermediate Series) 
  • Powering Up Your Canvas Course: Advanced Essentials 
  • Powering Up Your Canvas Course: Cool Things Series
  • Getting Started with Canvas in 10 Steps (Faculty) an awesome set of customizable infographic checklists by @kpinto 
  • Getting Started with Canvas in 10 Steps (Students) 

Canvas Instructor

• Guides
  • Getting Started with Canvas as an Instructor Flowchart
• Discussions
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• Canvas Features
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• Tools
  • Canvancements - Canvas Enhancements by @James

Instructional Design

• Homepage and Content
  • Templates vs Blueprints w/ @melodyc_lam
  • You Don't Need a Fancy Canvas Tool to Make Your Course Look Better by @BradMoser
• Mastery Paths
  • Hacking Mastery Paths
  • Taking the Mystery out of Mastery Paths
• Mobile
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• Rubrics
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Canvas Mobile

• Mobile App Design | Course Evaluation Checklist
• Canvas Student App Feature List
• Canvas Teacher App Feature List

Canvas Theme Editor

• Custom Theme Tools & Canvas User Scripts
  • Global Custom Navigation
    • Admin Tray - Sub Account Navigation by @Robert
  • Hiding the Anonymous Discussion Options in the Discussion Re-Design by @JamesSekcienski
• Discussions, Mutation Observers
  • Hiding Content from Certain Roles by @James
  • Developer Tools for the Canvas User by @Robert
  • Custom Tooltips by @dtod
  • Disabling the "unpublish" button by @Chris

Custom Tools

• Chrome Extensions
  • Canvas Admin Course Search and Admin Flyout Menu Enhancements by @Code-with-Ski
  • Creating a Chrome Extension to Use with Canvas LMS: Canvas LMS Mods (Basic) by @Code-with-Ski
  • Enhanced To Do List (Ungraded submissions) - Chrome Extension by @Jerry_Nguyen1
• User Scripts
  • Bulk suspend users script by @Jerry_Nguyen1
  • Bulk Find/Replace Across Canvas Courses by @KoltonGalie
  • Bulk Reviewing Canvas Link Validator Results Across Courses by @KoltonGalie
  • Canvancements (Canvas Enhancements) by @James
  • User Script to Bulk Publish Courses by @Code-with-Ski
  • User Script to Bulk Update Threaded Reply Setting of Discussions in Courses by @Code-with-Ski
  • User Script to Provide Course Readiness and Teacher Activity Reminders by @JamesSekcienski

Canvas API

• Documentation
  • Canvas LMS REST API Documentation
  • How do I manage API access tokens as an admin?
• Managing Security
  • Administrative guidelines for managing Inherited Developer Keys
  • Administrative guidelines for issuing Canvas Developer Keys
•  Tutorials and Courses
  • Canvas APIs: Getting started, the practical ins and outs, gotchas, tips, and tricks
  • API Testing: Postman
• Discussion
  • Handling Pagination
  • Playing nice when calling APIs concurrently
• Programming Languages, Examples, Support
  • curl and OAuth tokens on macOS command line tricks by @matthew_buckett ‌
  • API - Getting Started for the Absolute Beginner #comment-150077 command line tricks by @phanley ‌
  • .NET - Canvas API Implementation 
  • Update Student Notification Preferences with Python 
  • Ruby Notification Preferences API 
  • Get a List of Students and Missing Work in Python by @bbennett2
  • Postman Canvas API Collection by @dsweeney2
• Live API
  • https://<your>.instructure.com/doc/api/live
    Basic interface for using and testing API requests, change the subdomain for your institution.
• Utilities, Wrappers, Examples
  • universityofadelaide/rest-client-wrapper Ruby REST client wrapper around the rest-client gem
  • ucfopen/canvasapi Python API wrapper for Instructure's Canvas LMS. Easily manage courses, users, gradebooks, and more
  • ubccapico/node-canvas-api Access the Canvas API using Node.js
  • kstateome/canvas-api Java library for interacting with the Canvas LMS API
  • unsupported/canvas unsupported Canvas tweaks and scripts, the API and SIS examples are useful

Canvas Data

• Documentation
  • Data Access Platform
    • How do I manage my Canvas Data 2 API key? 
    • How do I generate a Canvas Data 2 API key?
    • How do I use the Canvas Data 2 Command Line Interface (CLI) Tool?
• Theory, Concepts, Discussions
  • Delving into the Data Access Platform CLI & Client Library
  • Canvas Data 2: A Guide to Understanding Namespaces
  • Mastering Canvas Data 2: Unleash the Power of Data-Driven Decision-Making in Education
• Download, Import, Manage
  • Canvas Data 2 in AWS by @ColinMurtaugh
  • Sharing: Airflow (tested in 2.10) DAG workflow for syncing Canvas Data to Postgres by @phanley
•  Queries & Questions
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• Troubleshooting
  • Error today syncing web_logs table
  • initdb for big tables aborts part way through
  • What happens if I initdb after syncdb?
• Tableau
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Canvas GraphQL

• Documentation
  • GraphQL Introduction
  • Learn more about GraphQL
• GraphiQL
  • https://<your>.instructure.com/graphiql
    Browser based GraphQL query explorer. Note the i in graphiql.
• Queries & Mutations
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  • GraphQL - Pass an ARRAY variable for Course Query
  • GraphQL Masquerading

Canvas Live Events

• Documentation & Setup
  • How do I use the Data Services Portal? 
    • How do I subscribe to Live Events using Canvas Data Services?
    • How do I create an SQS queue in Amazon Web Services to receive Live Events data from Canvas?
    • Data Services Setup
• IMS Standards & Documentation
  • Caliper Analytics | IMS Global Learning Consortium 
  • IMS Caliper Specification v1.1 
  • Caliper v1.1 Guide - Table of Contents  

Open Source LTI

• ucfopen/UDOIT The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced, “You Do It”) enables faculty to identify accessibility issues in Canvas by Instructure. It will scan a course, generate a report, and provide resources on how to address common accessibility issues
• Materia Engage students by embedding interactive apps into your Canvas modules or assignments. Materia comes with a library of games, surveys, and simulations; each is easily customized by faculty to fit their course. Developing new apps for Materia is easy and streamlined.

Open Source LTI Development

• Documentation
  • Learning Tools Interoperability | IMS Global Learning Consortium  
  • Basic Overview of How LTI works | IMS Global Learning Consortium 
  • LTI Fundamentals FAQ | IMS Global Learning Consortium 
  • Video: Get To Know LTI Advantage introduces LTI Advantage in less than 10 mins ‌
• Guides, Videos, Dicussions, and Courses
  • 1EdTech LTI Bootcamp
  • Video: LTI 1.3 in Action short video covering the messages passed between Platform and Tool using LTI 1.3 and Open ID Connect by @lfeng1 
• Examples & Templates
  • UCF Cookie Cutter Python LTI
• Discussion
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dgrobani

This list was called out in the March 2021 Account Services Newsletter from Instructure CSMs. Excellent publicity for a marvelous resource!