The enrollment_term_dim table already has the date_start and date_end fields, but they are not populated yet. Any idea when these fields will be populated?

Does your institution have a clearly defined understanding or procedure concerning the governance of Canvas data. We had been using Canvas data extensively to address various questions ranging from student, course to departmental level. Now Instructu...

We currently leverage the Canvas Analytics API to query page views as a measure for engagement.The page views are, typically, less than the counts per user from the requests table - which makes logical sense.  However, the magnitude of this differenc...

I can't find anything in the documentation discussing encryption for Canvas Data. When the data is instantiated in Redshift, is encryption enabled to protect data at rest? Is there any encryption on the flat file repository?Glenn AuerbachUniversity o...

Hey all,I posted to feature suggestions a while ago asking for implementation of scoring details for the total grade so students can see how their overall grade aligns with the class average. While procrastinating from studying for my finals I create...

This is a user action from the Grades tool that allows students to see course average & range for each graded assignment.  It's a click on the button on the right-hand menubar marked "show all details"I think it might be '/api/v1/courses/<###>/ping' ...

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Hi there,Following the terrific advice provided by James Jones and using some tools available on the Web, I built a signature file, generated an HMAC-SHA-256 digest and had it base64 encoded. I then tried testing the access using Postman.  Here's a s...

How will grading periods be used in Canvas Data?  For example, Current and Final grades which are available in Canvas Data, are likely aggregate grades over the duration of the term.  If the term is full year and the institution is using grading peri...

Didn't see anything similar to an e/r diagram - or anything that depicts the relationships between the tables in the documentation portal.  Did I miss it? 

web_applicaiton_action isn't spelled correctly.  hopefully this will save some of you some time banging your head against a wall trying to figure out why your sql isn't working...!

SynopsisCalls to the Canvas Data API need to be authenticated. The Canvas Data API documentation​ provides example code that isn't explained very well. This post will explain what's going on so that people can prepare the signature needed to use the ...

Hello.  We are building a report with grades for students who dropped the course.  The report grades earned on any assignments before the student dropped as well as current and final scores and grades.  We have discovered that the enrollment_fact tab...

Hi, I am new to the Python requests library and I am trying to figure out how to make an api call to dump the data files from Canvas. I keep getting a 404 error, so I just want to make sure I'm forming the request correctly. I looked at the API guide...

We are looking to extract and report on  Outcome data.  Is there a time frame when this would be included in the data ?

In the data portal it says "Please note that the date specified does not reflect the actual dates of the data, but instead when the data was finished exporting. The most recent data in a given export is generally 24-36 hours older than the date given...

I noticed today when working in one of my sub accounts, that I can access the Canvas Data menu item from the SubAccounts.   Is there anything special about accessing the Canvas Data panel from a SubAccount?    Thanks< Glen

Looking at the "Create Credentials" page, it looks like I, as myself, can create a single set of credentials.   So, If I want to share those credentials with others, they all use a common set of credentials created by me.      If things go sideways, ...

Looking at the Docs, it looks like I would use the option to Create API Credentials.    This for sure lets myself, and anyone I give them to, access to download the data files and load them into my private DBMS.   But, I was told that Civitas, in par...