Canvas Connector
Intro
Canvas is an LMS for K-12 educators that includes tools for managing enrollments, sharing documents, submitting assignments, and assigning grades. Use Domo's Canvas connector to retrieve lists of announcements, assignments, calendar events, conversations, and groups from your Canvas account. To learn more about the Canvas API, visit their page (https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/index.html).
You connect to your Canvas account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Canvas connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Prerequisites
To connect to your Canvas account and create a DataSet, you must have a Canvas username and password.
Connecting to Your Canvas Account
This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Canvas Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Credentials Pane
This pane contains fields for entering credentials to connect to your Canvas account. The following table describes what is needed for each field:
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Username | Enter the username for your Canvas account. |
Password | Enter the password for your Canvas account. |
Once you have entered valid Canvas credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Canvas DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.
Details Pane
This pane contains a primary Reports menu, along with various other menus which may or may not appear depending on the report type you select.
Menu |
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Report |
Select the Canvas report you want to run. The following reports are available:
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Course Selection |
Select the course you want to retrieve information for. |
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Date From |
Select the starting date in your date range. |
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Date To |
Select the end date in your date range. |
Other Panes
For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.