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Google Course Kit is an integration for G-Suite in Canvas. The tool is LTI compliant. " Assignments is an improved, expanded, and rebranded version of Course Kit. " ( https://support.google.com/edu/assignments/answer/9069281?hl=en ) Setup Sign in as an admin Go to Accounts, Settings (typically https://uth.test.instructure.com/accounts/1/settings) Apps, View App Configuration, +App Configuration Type: Manual Entry A. Name: Google Course Kit Assignment Tool B. Consumer Key : 45cfeda4-afcb-4b93-80f5-1b5bff673709 C. Shared Secret: ***** SAVE FOR NEXT STEP, otherwise you will have to regenerate and do this step again. D. Launch URL: https://coursekit.google.com/assignments/lti E. Domain: (leave blank) F. Privacy: Public G. Custom Fields:  (leave blank) H. Description:  (leave blank) Submit. Install Course Kit File Embed tool. Click +App Configuration Type: By URL A. Name: Google Course Kit File Embed Tool B. Consumer Key:  As above C. Shar...

G Suite offers several whitelisting options, for apps in the following categories. API Permissions for Google products: G Suite: Gmail G Suite: Drive G Suite: Calendar G Suite: Contacts G Suite: Admin G Suite: Vault G Suite: Apps Script Runtime G Suite: Apps Script API Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Platform Machine Learning Cloud Billing API Permissions for installed apps Evernote (Web Applicaton) SmartSheet (Web Applicaton) Disqus.com (Web Applicaton) Code Blocks (Web Applicaton) Google Wallet (Web Applicaton) Evernote (iOS) SmartSheet (Web Applicaton) SurveyMonkey (Web Applicaton) PDF Mergy (Web Applicaton) Pinterest (Web Applicaton) Lucidchart (Web Applicaton) MindMup 2.0 for Google Drive (Web Applicaton) API Permissions for Trusted Apps Code Blocks (Web Application) Internal App Settings : Trust domain-owned apps is on Other App Whitelist Settings Marketplace Settings : Allow Install=Allow...

There are several mandatory and optional settings that the E-Learning admins will need in order to list your course in Canvas Catalog . This document was written to help you understand those settings, and what impact they will have on your course listing. Required fields Listing Title: The title you want for your course (see first image below) Listing Path: A unique name for your course, for use in a URL. This must be loser case letters, numerals, and dashes only. Teaser: This is a short description to entice users to sign up for your course ( see Listing Image below ) Full Description : This is a long description about your course ( see Details Image below ) Please Note: "Teaser" is only used on the Listing Image, and the Listing Image is only used if "Visibility" is set to public  (see below) . Optional Fields Enrollment Cap and Wait List: Give a number listing the maximum number of students you want in the course at once, and whether you want users ...

If there are multiple iterations of a single API call, each with different parameters, it makes sense to use a PostMan collection to automate those calls. For example, this course: https://uth.test.instructure.com/courses/26911 We want to undelete ten enrollments from a section in this course. The undelete command is: POST https://uth.test.instructure.com/api/v1/sections/26959/enrollments?enrollment[user_id]=5227&enrollment[enrollment_state]=active But the enrollments we want to undelete (by user id) are: 5227, 10564, 106, 10697, 12375, 12715, 1305, 1307, 1327, 1441 Step 1: Create a data file (csv) that looks like this: userid 5227 10564 106 10697 12375 12715 1305 1307 1327 1441 Step 2: Move the POST command to its own folder in PostMan. It will be the sole API call in that folder/collection Step 3: Modify the POST command to: POST https://uth.test.instructure.com/api/v1/sections/26959/enrollments?enrollment[user_id]={{userid}}&enr...

"Faculty Observer" is a special role in Canvas granted to UTHealth faculty by their school's LMS Advisory Team (LMSAT) member. This role is managed in accordance with the Canvas Policy: Administration of Canvas This role gives users the ability to view content in all courses in the Canvas subaccount to which they are added. It does NOT give a user the ability to view grades or modify anything within the course. After the LMSAT member fulfills a faculty member's request for this role, the faculty member will see a new item on the left side of their Canvas screen, the Admin button: Clicking it will reveal a Courses option: This will provide a searchable list of all courses that the user has access to view. Please direct questions to your school's LMSAT member.

"Mobile First" is one of the newest terms in web-based application design. It indicates that a site or web application was written to display gracefully on both small-screened mobile devices and a large-screened desktop. Canvas and Cidi Design Tools are Mobile First. Students will see a pleasant, un-cluttered display no matter what device they use for Canvas. This page is meant to provide some examples to illustrate these applications' Mobile First design. Course home page (desktop browser): Course home page (mobile browser): Course home page (Canvas app): Syllabus page (desktop browser): Syllabus page (mobile browser): Syllabus page (mobile app)

At UTHealth we always recommend that you be careful when installing extensions and plugins for your web browser. We have received a warning from our friends at Canvas  to let us know about a new Chrome extension,  OneClass , that behaves suspiciously. Here’s what they had to say: The “OneClass” Chrome extension behaves like malware. It can affect users of several LMSs, including Canvas. OneClass is not affiliated with Instructure in any way. When a user installs the OneClass Chrome extension, it asks for permission to “read and change all your data on websites you visit.” If a user grants this permission, the plugin places a button in the user’s LMS (Canvas or other) labeled “Invite your classmates to OneClass.” If the user clicks this button, OneClass sends messages to all of the other users enrolled in the course via the LMS’s messaging system (for Canvas, that’s Conversations). DO NOT install or use the OneClass Chrome extension!  Remove it immediat...