n8n-nodes-canvas

This is an n8n community node for interacting with the Canvas LMS API. It allows you to work with Canvas courses, users, assignments, and other resources through n8n workflows.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation

Follow these instructions to install this node in your n8n instance:

# In your n8n installation directory
npm install n8n-nodes-canvas

# OR with pnpm
pnpm install n8n-nodes-canvas

Restart n8n for the new node to appear in the nodes panel.

Features

This node allows you to interact with the Canvas LMS API:

Canvas LMS

Trigger Operations:

• New Course: Trigger when a new course is created
• Course Updated: Trigger when a course is updated
• New Assignment: Trigger when a new assignment is created
• New Submission: Trigger when a new submission is made
• New Announcement: Trigger when a new announcement is created

Action Operations:

• Course Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single course
  • Get All: Retrieve all courses
  • Create: Create a new course
  • Update: Update a course
  • Delete: Delete a course

• User Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single user
  • Get All: Retrieve all users
  • Create: Create a new user
  • Update: Update a user

• Assignment Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single assignment
  • Get All: Retrieve all assignments for a course
  • Create: Create a new assignment in a course
  • Update: Update an assignment
  • Delete: Delete an assignment

• Module Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single module
  • Get All: Retrieve all modules for a course
  • Create: Create a new module in a course
  • Update: Update a module
  • Delete: Delete a module

• Page Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single page
  • Get All: Retrieve all pages for a course
  • Create: Create a new page in a course
  • Update: Update a page
  • Delete: Delete a page

• Discussion Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single discussion topic
  • Get All: Retrieve all discussion topics for a course
  • Create: Create a new discussion topic in a course
  • Update: Update a discussion topic
  • Delete: Delete a discussion topic

• File Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single file
  • Get All: Retrieve all files for a course
  • Upload: Upload a file to a course
  • Delete: Delete a file

• Announcement Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single announcement
  • Get All: Retrieve all announcements for a course
  • Create: Create a new announcement in a course
  • Update: Update an announcement
  • Delete: Delete an announcement

• Quiz Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single quiz
  • Get All: Retrieve all quizzes for a course
  • Create: Create a new quiz in a course
  • Update: Update a quiz
  • Delete: Delete a quiz

• Submission Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a submission
  • Get All: Retrieve all submissions for an assignment
  • Create: Create a submission for an assignment
  • Grade: Grade a submission

• Enrollment Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve an enrollment
  • Get All: Retrieve all enrollments for a course
  • Create: Create a new enrollment in a course
  • Delete: Delete an enrollment

• Group Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single group
  • Get All: Retrieve all groups for a course
  • Create: Create a new group in a course
  • Update: Update a group
  • Delete: Delete a group

• Rubric Operations:

  • Get: Retrieve a single rubric
  • Get All: Retrieve all rubrics for a course
  • Create: Create a new rubric in a course
  • Update: Update a rubric
  • Delete: Delete a rubric

Credentials

To use this node, you need to create credentials for the Canvas LMS API:

1. Obtain an API key/token from your Canvas LMS instance
2. In n8n, go to Credentials → New
3. Select the 'Canvas LMS API' credential type
4. Enter your Canvas instance URL (e.g., https://myschool.instructure.com)
5. Enter your API key/token
6. Save the credential

Resources

• n8n documentation
• Canvas LMS API documentation

Version history

• 0.1.0: Initial release with basic course, user, and assignment operations
• 0.2.0: Added new resources: modules, pages, discussions, files, announcements, quizzes, submissions, enrollments, groups, and rubrics
• 0.3.0: Added trigger functionality to monitor for new courses, assignments, submissions, and announcements

License

MIT