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Awesome CanvasLMS

Robert

A curated list of CanvasLMS Community and Open Source contributions.

Inspired by GitHub - sindresorhus/awesome: Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics (awesome.re)

While the Instructure Community is not a code sharing platform or documentation repository, there are awesome discussions, snippets of code, queries, tutorials, demos, videos, and screenshots sprinkled throughout the Community. And still, scattered out there on the rest of the internet, are more contributions that are tucked away without a spotlight.

Our Awesome List is a resource owned by the entire Instructure Community. The list is here to highlight the generous contributions that stand out, solve unique problems, and provide detailed information for the benefit of all. You can contribute by sharing another member's awesome contribution, or your own.

If you have an eye on or are using any supported custom tools, working ideas, or recent discussions that could be highlighted please message me so we can check them out and get them added!

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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
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
- 🪏
Canvas Features
- 🪏
Tools
- Canvancements - Canvas Enhancements by @James
- Print Canvas Quiz User Script

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
- 🪏
Rubrics
- 🪏

Canvas Mobile

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

Custom Tools

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
Theory, Concepts, Discussions
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
- 🕳️
Troubleshooting
Tableau
- 🪏

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

Canvas Live Events

Documentation & Setup
- How do I use the Data Services Portal?
IMS Standards & Documentation

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
Libraries, Examples, Templates
- UCF Cookie Cutter Python LTI
- LTIJS
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!

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