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paul14 · ‎04-13-2023

Thank you for your interest @Elkana and @rlawyer I'd be keen to learn what data is important to you that tells you whether or not your student is engaged or disengaged in their learning.

paul14 · ‎04-04-2023

Thanks Erik. I just got your DM and will discuss there as we are still in development. But I am very keen to hear your ideas and what data points would help you measure your students' engagement.

paul14 · ‎03-25-2023

Hi Erik, I know this is from a very long time ago. Did you manage to solve this? we are currently building a tool that may address this. If you solved it let me know how you went! Feel free to message me.

paul14 · ‎07-05-2022

Similar issue here on Chrome Version 103.0.5060.114 (Official Build) (arm64).

paul14 · ‎04-07-2022

I couldn't find it anywhere in the body or header either. Maybe push it up via your CSM? I can do the same on this side too. Post back if you find out anything @BobBart !

paul14 · ‎01-28-2022

Hi everyone. I was just wondering if anyone knew what normal user interactions in the GUI changes the “updatedAt” property within the GraphQL API? I’ve seen it under the enrollmentsConnection within queries such as nodes { updatedAt lastActivityAt user { name updatedAt } } I’m just curious what interactions might update this date as I’ve sometimes seen the date for updatedAt being more recent than the last login or lastActivityat Is there any detailed documentation available for Canvas’ GraphQL ? I’m trying to use it a bit more than the REST API and it’s quite promising so far (and fast!). UPDATE: I noticed when I send a conversations message to a user, it will update the user's updatedAt field property. So I'm guessing it relates to any activity on that user's account?

paul14 · ‎12-07-2021

Hi @James thanks as always for such a thoughtful and helpful response and also to you @matthew_buckett . GraphQL holds a lot of potential. I think I've been avoiding digging into it because I often get lost when drafting up queries in the instructure.com/graphiql interface. The REST API just makes more sense. But seeing how fast GraphQL works is cool. I think I can get the data I need though I same still getting issues with GraphQL giving me duplicate records - it's a great start though - thank you.

paul14 · ‎12-05-2021

Hi all, I'm prototyping an integration which messages students who haven't logged into Canvas for over a month. I was planning on using the "?include=last_login" parameter on the /api/v1/users/ endpoint and using that as the basis of the reminder. Just curious if anybody knows what generates this value? Is it only updated for a full authentication event (i.e. filling in the login screen)? Would there be a better way to obtain the last time a person was active in Canvas? Kind regards, Paul

paul14 · ‎09-05-2021

I checked around to see if this has already been addressed and couldn't find anything. So not sure if something strange going on or if this is a "feature." Raised by a student, I note that once an option has been selected for a matching question, it cannot be changed. Even a student who clearly understands and knows the answer can accidentally slip on the mouse and select the wrong response and then wish to change it before moving on to the next question. But it appears they cannot select an alternative. It just shows the selected option in grey (pictured). I note that they can select the answer as text, with cursor, delete it, then have the dropdown option populated once again. But it's not immediately obvious that it's possible. It would be much easier to simply allow the user to choose from the list of possible options. Can someone confirm if this behaviour is typical of New Quizzes matching?

paul14 · ‎08-11-2021

I would love to see this implemented.

paul14 · ‎07-18-2021

James you provide such detailed, thoughtful and helpful replies here it's awesome. Thank you also Jerry!

paul14 · ‎07-15-2021

Hi Casey, How are you going with your GraphQL journey? I don't have anything to offer to answer your question but just curious to see how you're going with it all. Just starting out myself. I noticed with the https://[ourinstitute].instructure.com/graphiql interface I can get some pretty deep data and the challenge seems to be reigning it in to not pull in too much stuff.

paul14 · ‎07-08-2021

Hi, are there any updates to Nudge? It sounds excellent.

paul14 · ‎06-15-2021

Thank you so much for this @matthew_buckett and @svickers2 To wrap this thread up, I also found this library: https://github.com/IMSGlobal/lti-1-3-php-library And this video explaining it all: https://youtu.be/9QLZPrMlxNk As well as this: https://youtu.be/BdciB0HcoYQ Appreciate your input folks - thank you. Lots of homework to do now!

paul14 · ‎06-14-2021

Does anyone have any suggestions for a basic 'Hello World' sort of tutorial for getting an LTI working in Canvas? PHP, Python or Node.js are best but happy to follow along in any language.

paul14 · ‎06-06-2021

@svickers2 awesome, thank you. Once I learn how to build a basic LTI app, saLTIre looks like a great way to test it. Kind regards, Paul

paul14 · ‎06-06-2021

Hi community! I was wondering if there was some sort of guide or tutorial on getting a sort of "Hello World" LTI app working that echoes back some basic info like the user ID, etc? I found an old one but it looks like it uses an older version of LTI. The link to sample code listed here is dead: https://www.eduappcenter.com/docs/basics/other_resources I've been picking through this info http://www.imsglobal.org/activity/learning-tools-interoperability Sometimes I find it easier to learn things like this by just diving into a tutorial and then building it out from there. Also is LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage the same thing? Any suggested starting points welcome. Thank you!

paul14 · ‎06-06-2021

@James I just read on a number of your posts you're quite the advocate for MutationObserver! I think this is my answer. I really like how detailed and thoughtful your responses are around here by the way! Also, I think I just read that ENV.current_user doesn't exist in the mobile app version which I was relying on heavily for my script to work. Bummer! I will probably make a seperate post on that issue. Edit: No need to use ENV.current_user I can use fetch() to get better user data from the API. I'm so out of my element with JavaScript but amazing how powerful it's become! I think you said elsewhere James that it's easy to get stuck in the old approaches we learnt 10-20 years ago. Async/Await. Promises. Fat Arrow Functions. My head is spinning. Good fun.

paul14 · ‎06-06-2021

Hi community. I am creating a little addon to our Calendar events that allows people to click a button to register for a session. My script works just the way I want it in the full calendar event view because I can simply use: $(document).ready(function() and document.getElementById("my-button-id") and onclick etc. But I'm running into problems with this popup view that Canvas provides when you click the event in the calendar: The event HTML including my button element is added dynamically to the DOM when the user clicks onto the calendar event. The element didn't exist when the $(document).ready(function() event happened, so the code breaks. The code provided here got me a step further: https://github.com/unsupported/canvas/blob/master/branding/javascript/on_element_rendered/on_element_rendered.js (@whoever provided this - thank you!) But it only works once. If the user opens the little popup version of the event and closes it again, it no longer seems to work. Then I found a possibly more modern approach - MutationObserver https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObserver but I think I'm a bit out of my depth there. I feel like I am just over-complicating the whole thing and I'm probably just missing a simpler way to accomplish this. TL;DR - how can I watch for a button click on a button that sits in dynamically loaded content? Now this would be easy if I could put the onClick event directly into the button! 🤣

paul14 · ‎04-02-2021

Hi all. The awesome team at Pipedream.com have added Canvas LMS as an app you can authenticate with and build on their platform. The community there has tonnes of triggers and actions you can use with all your favourite SaaS apps. Or you can write your own stuff in Node.js. pipedream.com/apps/canvas

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updatedAt GraphQL property meaning Hi everyone. I was just wondering if anyone knew what normal user interactions in the GUI changes the “updatedAt” property within the GraphQL API? I’ve seen it under the enrollmentsConnection withi...	01-28-2022	394	0
Best endpoint for when a user was "last active" Hi all, I'm prototyping an integration which messages students who haven't logged into Canvas for over a month. I was planning on using the "?include=last_login" parameter on the /api/v1/use...	12-05-2021	718	0
New Quizzes Matching Questions: Change answer dropdown if incorrect I checked around to see if this has already been addressed and couldn't find anything. So not sure if something strange going on or if this is a "feature." Raised by a student, I note that once an ...	09-05-2021	655	0
Hello World LTI Tutorial Hi community! I was wondering if there was some sort of guide or tutorial on getting a sort of "Hello World" LTI app working that echoes back some basic info like the user ID, etc? I found an old o...	06-06-2021	4469	0
JavaScript and dynamically loaded elements Hi community. I am creating a little addon to our Calendar events that allows people to click a button to register for a session. My script works just the way I want it in the full calendar event v...	06-06-2021	1857	0
Pipedream.com now has Canvas authentication Hi all. The awesome team at Pipedream.com have added Canvas LMS as an app you can authenticate with and build on their platform. The community there has tonnes of triggers and actions you can use w...	04-02-2021	423	1
Using API to get latest messages in conversations Hi Developer Community, Following on from a post I made here about our struggles with conversations between our team and our students, I'd like to get some advice. I am looking to engage a...	07-15-2020	1157	1
How to see message history between students and other teachers? Hello community. We're having a lot of difficulty with one thing in particular in our use of Canvas, since switching from our old system: We take a team-based approach to facilitating ...	07-07-2020	858	1

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