The Canvas API provides programmatic access to various learning management features of the Canvas platform, including courses, users, enrollments, grades, and more. It supports OAuth2 for secure authentication and authorization.
Creates a new global notification for an account in canvas.
Get an enrollment object by enrollment id
Lists available reports in canvas.
Lists assignment submissions in canvas.
Creates a page for a course in canvas.
Lists pages for a course in canvas.
Lists courses for a user in canvas. returns a paginated list of active courses for this user. to view the course list for a user other than yourself, you must be either an observer of that user or an administrator.
Creates an appointment group in canvas.
Returns progress information for a specific user in a course. the user can query their own progress using ‘self’ as the user id. to query another user’s progress, the requester must be a teacher, administrator, or linked observer.
Exports content in a course in canvas.
Lists sent content shares in canvas.
Retrieves an enrollment term in canvas. note: the specified account must be a root account, not a sub-account. for more details see: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/enrollment terms.html
Lists users in an account in canvas.
Starts a report in canvas.
Gets an assignment in canvas.
Gets all assignments in a course in canvas.
Lists quizzes in a canvas course.
Updates the name of a file in canvas.
Translates a file reference for a course in canvas.
Lists submissions for a specific assignment, grader, and date in canvas.
Updates course settings in canvas.
Returns page view hits grouped by hour and participation details for a student in a course. page views are returned as a hash with iso8601 dates as keys, bucketed by hour. participations are returned as an array of hashes, sorted oldest to newest.
Lists calendar events for a user in canvas.
Gets activity analytics for a course in canvas.
Updates student question scores and comments for a quiz submission.
Updates an appointment group in canvas.
Creates an assignment in canvas.
Creates an assignment override in canvas.
Updates a page for a course in canvas.
Lists communication channels for a user in canvas.
Uploads a file to a submission in canvas.
Updates a user’s settings in canvas.
Gets a user’s profile in canvas.
Uploads a file to a canvas course.
Returns a list of day objects containing dates and graders who worked on those dates. each day object contains a date and an array of graders who worked on that date.
Update an existing course
Lists communication messages for a user in canvas.
Gets details of the current user in canvas.
Creates a quiz in canvas.
Gets a page for a course in canvas.
Create and return a new calendar event
Lists submissions for multiple assignments in canvas.
Gets completed statistics for an account in canvas.
Grades or comments on a submission in canvas.
Creates a communication channel for a user in canvas.
Lists content exports in a course in canvas.
Creates a quiz question in canvas.
Creates a content share in canvas. this action allows sharing content directly between two or more users. requires proper authentication and valid user ids.
Lists uncollated submission versions for a specific course in canvas.
Deletes an appointment group in canvas.
Gets all quiz submissions for a quiz in canvas.
Lists accounts for course admins in canvas.
Lists all folders in a canvas course, user, or group context.
Deletes an assignment in canvas.
Gets the status of a report in canvas.
Gets appointment groups in canvas.
Gets current statistics for an account in canvas.
Returns the paginated list of users in a course, optionally including their enrollments.
Deletes a quiz in canvas.
Lists all folders within the specified folder in canvas.
Creates a conversation in canvas.
Gets a single submission in canvas.
Gets a single course in canvas.
Deletes a folder in canvas.
Gets current grades for an account in canvas.
Returns assignment analytics data for a specific student in a course. the data includes assignment details, grade statistics, and the student’s submission information.
Lists files for a course in canvas.
Gets department level current data for term grades in canvas.
Gets grade distribution data for completed courses in an account in canvas. this action returns a dictionary containing the distribution of grades for students in completed courses. each data point represents one student’s final grade in one course. the response contains grade scores (0-100) as keys and the number of students achieving that grade as values. grades are binned to the nearest integer score. required permissions: - account level analytics access - view all grades permission
Gets term statistics for an account in canvas.
Lists all courses in canvas.
Returns the paginated list of discussion topics for a course.
Creates an enrollment in canvas for a user in a course.
Creates a module in canvas.
Edits a quiz in canvas.
Creates a folder in canvas within the specified context (course, user, group, folder, or account).
Edits an assignment in canvas.
Creates a new discussion topic for a course in canvas.
Creates a new course in canvas.