Check if the Canvas API is reachable and the token is valid. Returns ok/error status.

List courses for the authenticated user. include adds optional fields (teachers, total_students, term, syllabus_body, etc.). state[] narrows by course workflow state; enrollment_state narrows by the caller’s enrollment state.

Get details for a single course. Defaults to requesting term and total_students. Pass include to replace the default set with custom Canvas include[] fields (teachers, permissions, syllabus_body, sections, etc.).

Get the syllabus HTML body for a course.

Create a new course in a Canvas account. Returns the created course object.

Update an existing course. Only provided fields are changed; omitted fields are left as-is.

List all assignments in a course. Use include to request submission, all_dates, overrides, score_statistics, etc. Use bucket to filter by past/upcoming/overdue/etc. Other filters: search_term, assignment_ids, order_by.

Get details for a single assignment by ID. Use include to request submission, overrides, all_dates, score_statistics, and other optional fields.

List assignment groups (categories like Homework, Exams) in a course. Use include=assignments to nest assignments under each group; other includes add submission, overrides, score_statistics, etc.

Create a new assignment in a course.

Update an existing assignment in a course.

Delete an assignment from a course. This action is permanent.

List all submissions for an assignment. Use include to attach user, assignment, rubric_assessment, submission_history, or visibility. Filter with student_ids, workflow_state, or grading_period_id. Defaults to including submission_comments.

Get a single submission for a specific user on an assignment. Defaults to including submission_comments. Pass include to add rubric_assessment, submission_history, visibility, course, user, or read_status.

Post or update a grade for a submission. Requires grading permissions.

Add a text comment to a submission.

List all rubrics in a course.

Get details for a single rubric by ID, including criteria.

Get the rubric assessment for a specific student submission on an assignment.

Submit a rubric assessment with scores and comments for each criterion.

Create a new rubric in a course with criteria and rating levels. Optionally link it to an assignment immediately.

List all quizzes in a course.

Get details for a single quiz by ID.

List all submissions for a quiz.

List all questions in a quiz.

Get a student's answers for a quiz submission.

Score a specific question in a quiz submission. Specify attempt to score a particular attempt (omit for latest). Requires grading permissions.

Create a New Quiz (LTI) in a Canvas course. New Quizzes is the modern quiz engine; for Classic quizzes use create_quiz.

Update an existing New Quiz (LTI) in a Canvas course.

Delete a New Quiz (LTI) from a Canvas course. This action is permanent. Use assignment_id (not quiz_id).

List all items (questions) in a New Quiz (LTI).

Get a single item (question) from a New Quiz (LTI) by item ID.

Create an item (question) in a New Quiz (LTI). Supports 5 types: choice (MCQ), true-false, essay, matching, numeric. Canvas may rate-limit rapid sequential creates. Call serially (not in parallel). For >50 items, chunk and pause between batches.

Update an existing item (question) in a New Quiz (LTI). All fields are optional; supply only what changes. Canvas may rate-limit rapid sequential updates. Call serially (not in parallel). For >50 items, chunk and pause between batches.

Delete an item (question) from a New Quiz (LTI). This action is permanent.

List all files in a course.

List all folders in a course.

Get metadata for a single file by ID, including download URL.

Upload a file to a course. Content must be base64-encoded. Canvas performs a multi-step upload internally.

Delete a file by ID. This action is permanent.

Download the content of a Canvas file by ID. Text files (plain text, HTML, JSON, XML, JavaScript) are returned as readable text. Binary files (images, PDFs, etc.) are returned as base64-encoded data. Files larger than 10 MB are refused.

List the dates in a course gradebook history that contain grading activity, grouped by grader and assignment.

Get the graders and assignment IDs that had gradebook activity on a specific course date.

List versioned submission history for one grader and assignment on a specific gradebook history date.

Get the paginated gradebook history feed for a course, optionally filtered by assignment or user and optionally sorted oldest-first.

List all students enrolled in a course.

Get details for a single user by ID.

Get the profile of the currently authenticated user.

Search for users in a Canvas account by name, login, or email. Use include to request email, last_login, avatar_url, time_zone, or uuid in the response.

List users in a course with optional Canvas filters. Use include to request email, enrollments, avatar_url, bio, and other fields otherwise omitted from the default response. Use enrollment_type / enrollment_state to narrow by role or status, search_term to filter by name/login, user_ids to fetch a specific subset, and sort/order to control ordering.

List all groups in a course.

List all members of a group.

List all enrollments for the authenticated user across courses. Optional filters and includes mirror Canvas GET /users/self/enrollments.

List enrollments within a specific course with Canvas filters. Use include=grades / include=current_points for richer grade data, type[] to limit to a role, and user_id to focus on a single user.

Enroll a user in a course with a specified role.

Remove or conclude an enrollment from a course. The 'delete' task is permanent; 'conclude' and 'deactivate' are reversible.

List all discussion topics in a course.

Get details for a single discussion topic by ID.

List all announcements in a course.

Post a new entry (reply) to a discussion topic.

Create a new discussion topic in a course.

Update an existing discussion topic.

Delete a discussion topic from a course. This action is permanent.

List all modules in a course.

Get details for a single module by ID.

List all items within a module.

Return the full module → items tree for a course in a single call, with summary stats. Avoids N+1 round-trips when an agent needs to reason over the whole course shape.

Create a new module in a course.

Update an existing module (rename, reposition, publish/unpublish).

Add an item (Assignment, Page, Quiz, File, Discussion, ExternalUrl, ExternalTool, SubHeader) to a module.

List all wiki pages in a course.

Get a single wiki page by its URL slug.

Create a new wiki page in a course.

Update an existing wiki page.

Delete a wiki page from a course. This action is permanent.

List calendar events for a course.

Create a new calendar event in Canvas.

Update an existing calendar event. Only provided fields are changed.

List conversations (inbox messages) for the authenticated user.

Get a single conversation with its full message thread.

Get the number of unread conversations for the authenticated user.

Send a new conversation message to one or more recipients.

List all peer reviews for an assignment in a course.

List peer reviews assigned to a specific submission.

Assign a user to peer-review a submission.

Remove a peer review assignment from a submission. This action is permanent.

Get details for a Canvas account by ID.

List all accounts accessible to the authenticated user.

List sub-accounts under a given Canvas account.

List courses under a given Canvas account.

List users in a Canvas account.

List available report types for a Canvas account.

Search for content within a course. Searches pages, assignments, discussions, and announcements by keyword.

Get course-level activity analytics. Returns daily page view and participation counts.

Get per-student activity analytics for a course. Returns page views, participations, and submission timeline for a specific student.

Get a summary of recent activity in a course. Returns counts of recent events grouped by type (submissions, discussions, announcements, etc.).

Get the root outcome group for an account or course context.

List all outcome groups for an account or course context.

List all outcome links in an account or course context.

Get details for a specific outcome group in an account or course context.