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mcarruth
Martin Carruth
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Director of Academic Technology
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20 years in US Navy operating submarines.
24 years in Higher Ed, teaching Computer Information Science. 7 years as LMS Administrator using Moodle platform. 10 years as a Canvas Administrator.
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The API for creating question groups (Quizzes::QuizGroupsController#create) references the assessment_question_bank_idI can find no API calls for determine the id nor can it find any API calls to crea...
@labrewster This information is also available in Canvas Data. You can query inside the assignment_dim, discussion_entry_dim, discussion_topic_dim, wiki_page_dim, and for ExternalUrl in module_...
I am using PHP cUrl with the Canvas API to create quizzes and add quiz questions. Canvas LMS REST API Documentation shows the API call necessary for question creation. Creating the question works a...
This was the answer that I got from Canvas support when I submitted a ticket, "Unfortunately, the Quiz Questions api is still in a beta phase, and may still have some breaking issues before it is ...
I am writing a tool to move Moodle courses to Canvas. The basic process is to run SQL scripts to extract data from the Moodle database and then to use the Canvas API to create the corresponding items...
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Is the data from New Quizzes available in CD2? If so, in which table(s)?
Does Canvas Credentials have an API that can be used to issue badges?We need to issue a badge based on outcomes from multiple courses, thus a script must be written to extract the outcome and determin...
The 7/19/2024 that forced vertical layout for the rubric made the rubrics unusable for some faculty. Faculty need to be able to choose traditional, horizontal,l or vertical for all rubrics.
@SpencerWilliams Our solution was similar - truncate the comments that are too long. That bad part of this is that the description is not available elsewhere that I can find.
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@gabota please see screeenshots below
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