Canvas API (imports, exports, integrations)

[sgbaird]

UoT has strict policies regarding LTIs (i.e., external tools). The only way for me to get GitHub Classroom and Canvas communicating with each other is through the Canvas API and the GitHub Classroom CLI.

Manual import

• https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-import-grades-in-the-Gradebook/ta-p/807

Manual export

• https://teacherscollege.screenstepslive.com/a/1286286-download-a-student-roster-in-canvas
• https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Class-Roster-Export/m-p/233816

Canvas API

• Instructions for getting API key, and links to other resources https://learninganalytics.ubc.ca/for-students/canvas-api/
• https://github.com/ubc/getting-started-with-the-canvas-api-with-python
• https://github.com/ubccapico
• https://github.com/ubccapico/canvas-quiz-scripts
• https://github.com/ubccapico/canvas_api_examples
• https://github.com/ubccapico/python-canvasapi-base

Download quiz responses in bulk

To get course identifiers with are self-reported by students

• https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Developers-Group/How-get-all-answers-from-a-quiz-using-the-API/m-p/241226
• https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html

[sgbaird]

I began using canvasapi with success. Currently, the way I use it is in combination with AWS lambda to auto-fetch the number of students and the number of learners who have completed the course.

Later, I may still integrate things so assignments are no longer self-reported scores.