Jason,
I ran a python script last year to create overrides for a bunch of assignments that had certain characters in its title. We replicated a discussion assignment 80+ times. We appended a "(Section Name)" to each replicated assignment and then set overrides so each section would only see their assignment. Here are excerpts from it to help you out. (Sorry for the formatting, I couldn't figure out how to get the code to display properly) It ran last year, but you'll want to test it since overrides are in beta.
import csv, json, sys, requests, time, getopt
from prod_settings import base_url, api_url, token, account_id
#First I created a dictionary of my sections
# build dictionary of SIS_ID:Canvas_ID.
response = requests.get(api_url + '/courses/' + target_course_id + '/sections/', headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token})
more = 1
sectionList = {}
while more ==1:
data = response.json()
print(data)
print('Dict creation')
for d in data:
#Since I'm using the section names, I had our sis id paired with the Canvas ID for the section
sectionList[d['sis_section_id']] = d['id']
# Just to make sure the ids are what I expect
print(d['sis_section_id'],' : ',sectionList[d['sis_section_id']])
if 'next' in response.links:
response = requests.get(response.links["next"]["url"],headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token})
else:
more = -1
Then later on I go through my assignments looking for certain characters in the title, if they exist, I override them. The section they go to is in the assignment title to make it easier for the instructors to access the right assignments.
# Create Assignment_Overrides
response = requests.get(api_url + '/courses/' + target_course_id + '/assignments/', headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token})
more = 1
while more == 1:
data = response.json()
for d in data:
s = d['name']
#Grab the section name
s = s[-17:-1]
print(d['id'],d['name'],' ',s)
if s.startswith('s_1178'):
print('creating override')
# find Section ID based on Section name
# Set Override
print('config: ',sectionList[s],'-Due-',d['due_at'],'-unlock-',d['unlock_at'],'-lock-',d['lock_at'])
payload_override = {
'assignment_override[course_section_id]':sectionList[s],
'assignment_override[due_at]':d['due_at'],
'assignment_override[unlock_at]':d['unlock_at'],
'assignment_override[lock_at]':d['lock_at']
}
override_response = requests.post(api_url + '/courses/' + course_id + '/assignments/' + str(d['id']) + '/overrides/' , headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token}, params = payload_override)
#Remove "Everyone" and publish the assignment
payload = {
'assignment[only_visible_to_overrides]':'True',
'assignment[published]':'True'
}
override_response = requests.put(api_url + '/courses/' + target_course_id + '/assignments/' + str(d['id']), headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token}, params = payload)
else:
print('Not creating for ',s)
if 'next' in response.links:
response = requests.get(response.links["next"]["url"],headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token})
else:
more = -1
Hope this helps,
Ryan
