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Configure Course Then Author Assignment

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Recipe · 3 steps

Configure Course Then Author Assignment

with Canvas LMS

Configure a course's settings and author its first assignment.

  1. Update the course name, default view, and syllabus to prepare the course shell.
  2. Create the course's first assignment with the supplied name and point value.
  3. Re-fetch the new assignment to confirm it persisted inside the configured course.
What you'll need to have ready
  • courseId: The Canvas course id to configure.
  • courseName: The display name to set on the course.
  • defaultView: The course default view (feed, wiki, modules, assignments, or syllabus).
  • syllabusBody: Optional HTML syllabus body for the course.
  • assignmentName: The name of the first assignment to create.
  • pointsPossible: The maximum points for the first assignment.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow canvas-lms:configure-course-then-author-assignment, 3 operations: updateCourse → createAssignment → getAssignment. Specs on APIs.io.

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