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Canvas connector for Okou

Connect your Canvas LMS account to read and manage courses, assignments, modules, pages, discussions, calendars, enrollments, and submissions.

Docs & knowledge · Canvas Cloud access token and host

Use Canvas in Okou

Use Canvas LMS to read or manage courses, assignments, modules, pages, discussions, calendars, enrollments, and submissions.

Once connected, supported Canvas actions can become steps in a reusable workflow alongside the other services your team uses. Run the workflow once, on a schedule, or when an event starts it.

What you can do with Canvas

  • Read Canvas user profiles, account users, activity, todo items, page views, preferences, and course nicknames.
  • Read Canvas course metadata, membership, progress, settings, activity, due dates, permissions, and copy status.
  • Read Canvas assignments and assignment overrides.
  • Read Canvas course modules, module items, sequences, and overrides.
  • Read Canvas course and group pages, front pages, and page revisions.
  • Read Canvas course and group discussions, entries, replies, summaries, and read-state metadata.
  • Read Canvas calendar events, assignments, and course timetables.
  • Read Canvas course, section, user, and temporary enrollment records.

How the Canvas connector works

A connected service becomes one permissioned step in the work you hand off.

  1. 1

    Connect Canvas

    Choose Canvas Cloud access token and host.

  2. 2

    Choose the work

    Use only the supported actions your workflow needs.

  3. 3

    Run it your way

    Start it once, schedule it, or attach an event trigger.

Connect Canvas securely

Use the connection method that fits your account and grant only the access the workflow needs.

  • Canvas Cloud access token and host

Connector access is controlled per service and per action, so a workflow does not need broader access than the work you ask it to do.

What Canvas covers

The topics this connector's published operations touch.

  • canvas
  • canvas lms
  • instructure
  • learning management system
  • lms
  • courses

Canvas connector questions

What can Okou do with Canvas?
Connect your Canvas LMS account to read and manage courses, assignments, modules, pages, discussions, calendars, enrollments, and submissions. Documented actions include: Read Canvas user profiles, account users, activity, todo items, page views, preferences, and course nicknames. Read Canvas course metadata, membership, progress, settings, activity, due dates, permissions, and copy status.
How do I connect Canvas to Okou?
Connect Canvas using Canvas Cloud access token and host. The connection controls which supported actions a workflow can use.
Can Canvas run in an automated workflow?
Yes. After it is connected, supported Canvas actions can run in reusable Okou workflows on demand, on a schedule, or from an event trigger.

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