List all courses the authenticated user is enrolled in or teaches.

Get details for one course (code, name, dates, time zone, role).

Get the course's Syllabus body (Settings > Course Details > Syllabus).

Get the course's front page (homepage) title and body.

List users in a course by enrollment type (student, teacher, ta, observer, designer).

List sections in a course with student counts.

List modules in a course with publish status and item counts.

Get the full module/item tree for a course in one call.

List wiki pages in a course with publish status and last-updated time.

Get the full body of a specific wiki page by its URL slug.

List assignments in a course with due dates and points.

Get full details for one assignment, including description.

List submissions for an assignment with grade/submission status.

Pull what a student actually submitted for an assignment — extracts readable text from uploaded files (PDF/DOCX/text), or returns the typed text / URL for other submission types. Also includes the submission comment thread (students often paste links there). Use this before grade_submission or grade_with_rubric so you're grading the real content.

The grading queue: every submitted-but-ungraded submission in a course, grouped by assignment. Start here for 'what do I need to grade?'

List students with missing (past-due, not submitted) work across all assignments in a course, grouped by assignment. Use for 'who hasn't turned in X?'

List announcements in a course, correctly distinguishing posted vs delay-scheduled.

List discussion topics (excluding announcements) in a course.

Get full details and message body for one discussion topic.

List top-level entries (posts) in a discussion topic, with reply counts.

List files uploaded to a course.

Fetch a course file's content and return extracted text. Supports PDF, DOCX, and plain text. Find file_id via list_course_files.

List classic quizzes in a course with due dates and points. Does not include New Quizzes.

Get details for one classic quiz, including question count and time limit.

List student submissions for a classic quiz with scores and completion status.

List rubrics available in a course.

Get a rubric's criteria, point values, and rating levels — needed to build a grade_with_rubric call.

List your Canvas Inbox conversations. scope: inbox, unread, starred, sent, archived.

Get the full message thread for one conversation.

List peer review assignments (who's reviewing whom) for an assignment.

Get score distribution and on-time/late/missing rates for every assignment in a course.

Get per-student engagement summary (page views, participations, on-time/late/missing) for a course.

Create an announcement. Pass delayed_post_at (ISO-8601) to schedule it instead of posting now.

Update an existing announcement's title, message, and/or scheduled post date.

Create a new (non-announcement) discussion topic.

Post a new top-level entry in a discussion topic.

Reply to a specific entry in a discussion topic.

Create a new wiki page. Defaults to unpublished (draft) unless published=True.

Replace a page's title and/or body. Only fields you pass are changed.

Publish or unpublish a page.

Create a new module (starts unpublished).

Rename, publish/unpublish, or reposition a module.

Add an item to a module. item_type: File, Page, Discussion, Assignment, Quiz, SubHeader, ExternalUrl, ExternalTool. Page items need page_url; most others need content_id; ExternalUrl needs external_url.

Rename, publish/unpublish, reposition, or re-indent a module item.

Create an assignment. due_at is ISO-8601 (e.g. 2026-10-09T23:59:59-04:00). Defaults to unpublished. submission_types is a comma-separated string, e.g. "online_upload,online_text_entry" or "on_paper".

Update an assignment's name, description, points, due date, published state, and/or peer review settings. peer_reviews=True must be set before assign_peer_review will work on this assignment.

Post a grade and/or comment for one student's submission on one assignment. Use score for points-based assignments. Use grade for other grading types: 'complete'/'incomplete' (pass_fail), a letter like 'A-' (letter_grade), or '85%' (percent). Set excuse=True to mark the assignment excused for this student instead of scoring it.

Post grades for many students at once on one assignment. grades: {user_id: score, ...}. Same optional comment applied to every submission. This is a single high-blast-radius call — double check the grades dict before calling.

Grade a submission using a rubric already associated with the assignment. criterion_scores: {criterion_id: points, ...} — get criterion_ids from get_rubric. criterion_comments: optional {criterion_id: comment text, ...}.

Create a rubric. criteria_json is a JSON array string, each item: {"description": str, "points": number, "ratings": [{"description": str, "points": number}, ...]} Example: '[{"description": "Content", "points": 30, "ratings": [{"description": "Excellent", "points": 30}, {"description": "Weak", "points": 10}]}]' Pass associate_with_assignment_id to attach it to an assignment for grading immediately.

Release hidden ("muted") grades on an assignment so students can see them. graded_only=True (default) posts only submissions that have been graded. Students are notified when grades post — use deliberately, not as a test.

Hide an assignment's grades from students (the inverse of post_grades).

Send a Canvas Inbox message to one or more users. recipient_user_ids is a comma-separated list of Canvas user IDs (get IDs from list_users). Set group_conversation=True to send one message all recipients can see/reply to together; otherwise each recipient gets a separate 1:1 conversation.

Assign reviewer_user_id to peer-review reviewee_user_id's submission on this assignment. The assignment must have peer_reviews=True set first (see update_assignment).

Upload a local file (from this machine) into a course's Files. folder_path is the destination folder within the course (e.g. "Week 1"), defaults to the course's root.

Permanently delete a wiki page. This cannot be undone.

Permanently delete a module and all its items (the items themselves, e.g. pages, are not deleted). This cannot be undone.

Permanently delete an assignment and its submissions/grades. This cannot be undone.

Permanently delete an announcement. This cannot be undone.

Delete multiple announcements at once. announcement_ids is a comma-separated list of IDs (get them from list_announcements first). This cannot be undone.

Permanently delete a discussion topic (or announcement — they share the same endpoint). This cannot be undone.

Permanently delete a rubric. This cannot be undone.

Permanently delete a course file. This cannot be undone.

Remove a previously assigned peer review.