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underscore in RubricCriterion object IDs?

While working with Canvas rubrics, I've found that RubricCriterion objects' `id` property values seem to be special.  Unlike most IDs, they are not integers.  Instead, they are strings and ...

02-01-2023

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API functions to access peer review comments?

Researchers at the University of Michigan would like to perform AI analysis of the comments left by reviewers in Canvas' Peer Review feature. After browsing through the Canvas API documentation and e...

12-05-2022

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API functions to manage Developer Keys?

Are there any Canvas API functions for managing Developer Keys?  At the very least, I'd like to be able to view and to create API keys and LTI keys via the API. Why? My organization has multip...

10-21-2022

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BUG: Re-Cross-Listing sections to original course causes UI/API problems

Hi, all. My colleagues and I noticed a strange behavior in Canvas recently.  If a section from one course (say, ID=1) gets cross-listed to another course (ID=2) and subsequently gets re-cross-...

10-07-2021

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How to enroll multiple users in a section with one API call?

I need to use the Canvas API to enroll multiple users (up to 400 per batch) into an existing course section. I see the API will let me POST one user enrollment per API call using the " /v1/sections...

07-27-2021

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REST API: "courses/:course_id/users" or "courses/:course_id/search_users"?

In the Canvas REST API documentation, I've found that these two entries seem to be identical: /api/v1/courses/:course_id/users /api/v1/courses/:course_id/search_users Are they really two en...

02-08-2021

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LTI key defined, "Public JWK URL" never used

I'd asked this question before, but it's probably more appropriate for this developers' forum. I've configured an LTI key in Canvas with a URL in the "Public JWK URL" field.  After inspe...

08-30-2020

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LTI key defined, Public JWK URL never used

I've configured an LTI key in Canvas with a URL in the Public JWK URL field.  After inspecting the traffic to my server, I see that Canvas never requests that URL.  However, the tool works ...

08-29-2020

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API: Download all assignment submissions?

Does the Canvas API provide an entry for downloading all submissions for an assignment as a single file?  I see that's available in the Canvas UI.  Instructors can click a link to download ...

02-07-2020

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API: Get submissions as PDF?

In Canvas SpeedGrader, I see that students' submissions (for example, a Word document) is shown on the page as a PDF and that an annotated PDF of the submission can be downloaded. Is that submission...

02-07-2020

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Mark "External Tool" submission assignment as complete?

I've developed an LTI that we use in several Univ. of Michigan courses on Canvas.  We can create assignments that have a submission type of "External Tool" that will launch the LTI when students...

05-09-2019

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find courses assoc. with a specific outcome?

Can I use Canvas data to find courses that are associated with a specific outcome?

07-12-2016

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