Why can't I see my Canvas course? How do I set my Canvas notification preferences? How do I change my preferred name in Canvas? Assignments and Grades How do I submit an online assignment?

How do I reply to a discussion? How do I take a quiz? How do I view my grades in a current course? More Student Canvas Guides.

Canvas Student Mobile Guide. Watch Student Video Tutorials. Canvas FAQ. There may be a few reasons you cannot access your course: The course is not selected to show on your dashboard. How do I see all courses? How do I publish a course?

We recommend Google Chrome or Firefox for the best experience. Canvas Support Web Browsers. Basic Computer Specifications for Canvas. Assignment shells are placeholders for the Assignment until you fill in the Assignment details. You can create varied due date Assignment shells via the Calendar too. You can add your own questions to your quizzes. You can create various types of quiz questions. Individual questions can also be added to question groups. Learn how to create an online quiz by clicking here.

Learn more about quizzes in general by clicking here. You can enable Turnitin as part of a new Canvas assignment. Turnitin is enabled on a per-assignment basis in Canvas. Turnitin uses your user role for authentication and uses your Canvas account to create and manage assignments.

Once you add assignment groups and add weights, you can change the weights via the Gradebook. You can weight final grades based on the Assignment Groups weights. As an instructor, SpeedGrader allows you to view and grade student assignment submissions in one place using a simple point scale or complex rubric.

Canvas accepts a variety of document formats and even URLs as assignment submissions. Some document assignments can be marked up for feedback directly within the submission. You can also provide feedback to your students with text or media comments.

To find out more about SpeedGrader click here. General topics on SpeedGrader can be found here. The SpeedGrader app for your iPad can be found on the iTunes store at this link.

The App Center is your gateway to powerful teaching tools that are easily integrated into a Canvas Account or Canvas Course. When you add a tool at the account-level, the tool will be available to all the courses in the account or sub-account.

Learn how to do an initial discussion post in your Canvas course. In some cases, replies may not be visible until after you've made an initial response. Learn how to install the KapturaCapture presentation recorder, so you can create desktop screen recordings and share them online. How to join a Zoom meeting through Canvas with instructions for downloading the Zoom application on a computer or mobile device.

Suggestions for setting Canvas notifications to determine how often you will receive alerts about new assignment submissions, submission comments, etc. This page describes how to install the Kaltura CaptureSpace Desktop recorder on a desktop or laptop.

It also covers how to upload recordings to Canvas or save them to your local hard drive. How to install the Kaltura CaptureSpace Desktop recorder on a desktop or laptop. You can easily reply to any discussion.

However, the reply option may vary depending upon how your instructor set up the discussion. This page provides a brief description of the Canvas calendar tool and provides links to get more information about using the calendar, filtering by course calendars, and getting a calendar feed to see the Canvas calendar in a personal calendar.

If your instructor creates a cloud assignment with a Microsoft OneDrive file, you can open the assignment, edit the document directly, and submit your changes as your assignment submission.

If your instructor allows file uploads as a submission type, you can upload a file from your computer as an assignment submission. You can upload a file from Google Drive for an assignment.

Files from Google Drive are not uploaded into your Canvas user files. Ignored unless the override being updated is adhoc. Returns null elements in the list for requests that were not found. Creates the specified overrides for each assignment. Handles creation in a transaction, so all records are created or none are.

Errors are reported in an errors attribute, an array of errors corresponding to inputs. Global errors will be reported as a single element errors array. Attributes for the new assignment overrides.

See Create an assignment override for available attributes. Updates a list of specified overrides for each assignment. Handles overrides in a transaction, so either all updates are applied or none. See Update an assignment override for available attributes. Add external authentication provider s for the account. Each authentication provider is specified as a set of parameters as described below. You can set the 'position' for any provider.

The config in the 1st position is considered the default. Not available if configured globally for Canvas. The attribute to use to look up the user's login in Canvas. Either 'sub' the default , or 'email'. See FederatedAttributesConfig.

Valid provider attributes are 'email', 'firstName', 'lastName', and 'sub'. A district's Clever ID. Leave this blank to let Clever handle the details with its District Picker. This is required for Clever Instant Login to work in a multi-tenant environment. Note that some fields may not be populated for all users at Clever. Either 'id' the default , or 'email'. The domain of a GitHub Enterprise installation. If not set, it will default to the public github.

Either 'id' the default , or 'login'. Valid provider attributes are 'email', 'id', 'login', and 'name'. A Google Apps domain to restrict logins to. See developers. Whether to use TLS.

LDAP search filter. Omit to use the username supplied by the user. Either 'id' the default , or 'emailAddress'. Valid provider attributes are 'emailAddress', 'firstName', 'id', 'formattedName', and 'lastName'. See azure. Defaults to 'common'. Note that email may not always be populated in the user's profile at Microsoft. Oid will not be populated for personal Microsoft accounts. Defaults to 'sub'. Space separated additional scopes to request for the token.

Note that you need not specify the 'openid' scope, or any scopes that can be automatically inferred by the rules defined at openid. URL to send the end user to after logging out of Canvas.

See openid. URL to request additional claims from. The attribute of the ID Token to look up the user's login in Canvas. Any value is allowed for the provider attribute names, but standard claims are listed at openid. This URI will also be saved, and the metadata periodically refreshed, automatically. If you provide the URI 'urn:mace:incommon' or ' ukfederation. Supported algorithms are:. Accepts a boolean value, true designates the authentication service for use on parent registrations. Only one service can be selected at a time so if set to true all others will be set to false.

Update an authentication provider using the same options as the create endpoint. You can not update an existing provider to a new authentication type. The way to get the current state of each account level setting that's relevant to Single Sign On configuration. For various cases of mixed SSO configurations, you may need to set some configuration at the account level to handle the particulars of your setup. This endpoint accepts a PUT request to set several possible account settings.

All setting are optional on each request, any that are not provided at all are simply retained as is. Any that provide the key but a null-ish value blank string, null, undefined will be UN-set. However, using specific template ids may become necessary in the future. Send a list of course ids to add or remove new associations for the template. Cannot add courses that do not belong to the blueprint course's account.

Also cannot add other blueprint courses or courses that already have an association with another blueprint course. After associating new courses, start a sync to populate their contents from the blueprint.

Begins a migration to push recently updated content to all associated courses. Only one migration can be running at a time. Whether course settings should be copied over to associated courses. Defaults to true for newly associated courses. If a blueprint course object is restricted, editing will be limited for copies in associated courses.

Optional If the object is restricted, this specifies a set of restrictions. If not specified, the course-level restrictions will be used. See Course API update documentation. Retrieve a list of learning objects that have changed since the last blueprint sync operation. Shows a paginated list of migrations for the template, starting with the most recent. This endpoint can be called on a blueprint course.

See also the associated course side. Shows the status of a migration. Show the changes that were propagated in a blueprint migration. Returns a list of blueprint subscriptions for the given course. Currently a course may have no more than one. Shows a paginated list of migrations imported into a course associated with a blueprint, starting with the most recent.

See also the blueprint course side. Shows the status of an import into a course associated with a blueprint. Show the changes that were propagated to a course associated with a blueprint.

Will redirect to a static json file that has all of the brand variables used by this account. Even though this is a redirect, do not store the redirected url since if the account makes any changes it will redirect to a new url. Needs no authentication. Allowed values: event , assignment. Defaults to today. Defaults to false dated events only. If not specified, defaults to the current user i. Limited to 10 context codes, additional ones are ignored.

The format of this field is the context type, followed by an underscore, followed by the context id. Array of attributes to exclude.

Defaults to false If true, only events with important dates set to true will be returned. This requires the Important Dates feature flag to be turned on or it will be ignored. Retrieve the paginated list of calendar events or assignments for the specified user. To view calendar events for a user other than yourself, you must either be an observer of that user or an administrator.

Time zone of the user editing the event. Section-level start time s if this is a course event. Allowed values: daily , weekly , monthly. Event 1, Event 2, Event 3, etc. User or group id for whom you are making the reservation depends on the participant type.

Defaults to the current user or user's candidate group. If true, cancel any previous reservation s for this participant and appointment group. Scheduler appointments and events with section-specific times cannot be moved between calendars. Can automaticaly generate a series of calendar events based on simple schedules e.

Existing timetable events for the course and course sections will be updated if they still are part of the timetable. Otherwise, they will be deleted. Returns the last timetable set by the Set a course timetable endpoint. Similar to setting a course timetable , but instead of generating a list of events based on a timetable schedule, this endpoint expects a complete list of events.

If not present, events will be created for the entire course. A unique identifier that can be used to update the event at a later time If one is not specified, an identifier will be generated based on the start and end times.

A paginated list of collaborations the current user has access to in the context of the course provided in the url. Represents an identifier to be used for the member in an LTI context. The url for the avatar of a collaborator with type 'user'. A paginated list of the users who can potentially be added to a collaboration in the given context. For courses, this consists of all enrolled users.

For groups, it is comprised of the group members plus the admins of the course containing the group. The beginning of the time range you want to retrieve message from. Up to a year prior to the current date is available. The end of the time range you want to retrieve messages for. In order to enable push notification support, the server must be properly configured via sns. Allowed values: email , sms , push.

A registration id, device token, or equivalent token given to an app when registering with a push notification provider. Only valid for site admins and account admins making requests; If true, the channel is automatically validated and no confirmation email or SMS is sent.

Otherwise, the user must respond to a confirmation message to confirm the channel. Retrieve the paginated list of conferences for all courses and groups the current user belongs to. If omitted, returns all conferences for this user's groups and courses. A paginated list of the past and pending content export jobs for a course, group, or user.

Exports are returned newest first. You can use the Progress API to track the progress of the export. When the export completes, use the Show content export endpoint to retrieve a download URL for the exported content. The select parameter allows exporting specific data.

The keys are object types like 'files', 'folders', 'pages', etc. The value for each key is a list of object ids. An id can be an integer or a string. Multiple object types can be selected in the same call. Common Cartridge supports all object types. Zip and QTI only support the object types as described below. Allowed values: active , resolved. Create a content migration. If the migration requires a file to be uploaded the actual processing of the file will start once the file upload process is completed.

For migrations that don't require a file to be uploaded, like course copy, the processing will begin as soon as the migration is created. You can use the Progress API to track the progress of the migration. GET the ContentMigration.

The type of the migration. Use the Migrator endpoint to see all available migrators. Required if uploading a file. This is the first step in uploading a file to the content migration. See the File Upload Documentation for details on the file upload workflow. Other file upload properties, See File Upload Documentation.

The id of a ContentExport to import. This allows you to import content previously exported from Canvas without needing to download and re-upload it. The question bank to import questions into if not specified in the content package, if both bank id and name are set, id will take precedence.

The id of a module in the target course. This will add all imported items that can be added to a module to the given module. If this parameter is omitted, items will be added to the end of the module.

The id of an assignment group in the target course. If provided, all imported assignments will be moved to the given assignment group. Move anything scheduled for day 'X' to the specified day. Whether to remove dates in the copied course. If set, perform a selective import instead of importing all content. At this point, use the List items endpoint to enumerate the contents of the package, identifying the copy parameters for the desired content. Then call the Update endpoint and provide these copy parameters to start the import.

Update a content migration. Takes same arguments as create except that you can't change the migration type. However, changing most settings after the migration process has started will not do anything. Generally updating the content migration will be used when there is a file upload problem, or when importing content selectively.

Enumerates the content available for selective import in a tree structure. Each node provides a property copy argument that can be supplied to the Update endpoint to selectively copy the content associated with that tree node and its children. If no type is sent you will get a list of the top-level sections in the content.

It will look something like this:. To import the items corresponding to a particular tree node, use the property as a parameter to the Update endpoint and assign a value of 1, for example:. You can include multiple copy parameters to selectively import multiple items or groups of items. If enabled, lists the currently allowed domains includes domains automatically allowed through external tools. Account-only Lists the current list of domains explicitly allowed by this account. Note: this list will not take effect unless CSP is explicitly enabled on this account.

Either explicitly sets CSP to be on or off for courses and sub-accounts, or clear the explicit settings to default to those set by a parent account. Allowed values: enabled , disabled , inherited. Can only be set if CSP is explicitly enabled or disabled on this account i. Whether sub-accounts and courses will be prevented from overriding settings inherited from this account. Adds an allowed domain for the current account.

Note: this will not take effect unless CSP is explicitly enabled on this account. Adds multiple allowed domains for the current account. Return a paginated list of content shares a user has sent or received.

Only linked observers and administrators may view other users' content shares. Return the number of content shares a user has received that have not yet been read. Return information about a single content share. Remove a content share from your list. Note that this endpoint does not delete other users' copies of the content share. Allowed values: read , unread. When set, only return conversations of the specified type. The default behavior is to return all non-archived conversations i.

Allowed values: unread , starred , archived. When set, only return conversations for the specified courses, groups or users. The id should be prefixed with its type, e. Allowed values: and , or , default or. Default is false. The timestamp when the assignment was submitted, if an actual submission has been made.

The content of the submission, if it was submitted directly in a text field. Whether this assignment is visible to the user who submitted the assignment. Example Response:. The type of media comment being submitted. Submit on behalf of the given user. Requires grading permission. Choose the time the submission is listed as submitted at. Associations to include with the group. If this argument is true, the response will be grouped by student groups. The type of media comment being added.

Whether this assignment is visible to the owner of the submission. The grade will be interpreted directly as the score of the assignment. Values above assignment. For example, "A-". The resulting score will be the high end of the defined range for the letter grade.

The letter grade will be rejected if the assignment does not have a defined letter grading scheme.