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Frost to Canvas Deep Publish using Developer Key

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Step 1: Canvas Roles and Permission access for users that need to deep publish

 

 

  1. At the main account/root account level, go to Admin>Permissions>Account Roles and create a role called “FROST Deep Publish” 
  1. This role can have all permissions disabled
  2. At the main account/root account level, go to Admin>Settings.Admin and add all the users that need access to Deep Publish as Admins with the role “FROST Deep Publish”
  1. Create a course at the main account level and add all the users that need access to deep publish as teachers in the new course
  2. At the sub account level where you would the users to publish the course into, go to Admin>Permissions>Account Roles and create a role called “Sub account FROST Deep Publish” 
  1. Ensure that all the following Permissions are enabled for this Role-
    1. Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete
    2. Course Content - view
    3. Courses - view list
    4. Discussions - create
    5. Discussions - view
    6. Manage Assignments and Quizzes
    7. Manage Course Content
    8. Manage Course Files
    9. Manage Courses
    10. Manage Pages
    11. Rubrics - add / edit / delete
  2. At the sub account level where you would the users to publish the course into, go to Admin>Settings.Admin and add all the users that need access to Deep Publish as Admins with the role “Sub account FROST Deep Publish”
  3. If you have multiple sub accounts that the users need access to, ensure you repeat pointers 5,6,7

 

Step 2: Generating Developer Keys in Canvas

  1. Once you log into canvas as an administrator, go to “Admin”> select Account > “Developer Keys”
  2. Click on ”+ Developer Keys”
  1. Select “+ API Key”
  1. You will be redirected to the below screen 
  1. Ensure the following details 
    1. “Key Name “ as FROST
    2. “Redirect URILs (Legacy)” as your FROST Domain URL. eg https://frostplatform.com/frost/ui
    3. Leave all other fields blank
    4. Incase you want to restrict which APIs FROST has access to, enable the option “Enforce Score” and make sure the following list of APIs



Resource Type API Scope
Oauth2 GET /auth/userinfo /auth/userinfo
Courses GET /api/v1/courses url:GET|/api/v1/courses
Courses GET /api/v1/courses/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:id
Courses POST /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/courses url:POST|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/courses
Courses PUT /api/v1/courses/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:id
Courses DELETE /api/v1/courses/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:id
Courses POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/files url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/files
Courses POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/course_copy url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/course_copy
Courses GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/course_copy/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/course_copy/:id
Courses GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/courses/:id url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/courses/:id
Modules GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules
Modules GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:id
Modules POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules
Modules PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:id
Modules DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:id
Modules GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items
Modules GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id
Modules POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items
Modules PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id
Modules DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id
Modules POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id  
Discussion Topic GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics
Discussion Topic GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id
Discussion Topic POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics
Discussion Topic PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id
Discussion Topic DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/discussion_topics/:topic_id
Assignments GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments
Assignments GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id
Assignments POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments
Assignments PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id
Assignments DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id
Quizzes GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes
Quizzes GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:id
Quizzes POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes
Quizzes PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:id
Quizzes DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:id
Quiz Questions POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions
GET   url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions
GET   url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions/:id
PUT   url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions/:id
DELETE   url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/questions/:id
Pages GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages
Pages GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id
Pages POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages
PUT   url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id
DELETE   url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id
Accounts GET /api/v1/accounts/:id url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:id
Accounts GET /api/v1/accounts url:GET|/api/v1/accounts
Accounts GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/sub_accounts url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/sub_accounts
Accounts GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/courses url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/courses
Rubrics GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics
Rubrics GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics/:id
Rubrics POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics
Rubrics PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics/:id
Rubrics DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/rubrics/:id
Files GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/files url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/files
Files GET /api/v1/folders/:id/files url:GET|/api/v1/folders/:id/files
Files GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/files/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/files/:id
Files POST /api/v1/folders/:folder_id/files url:POST|/api/v1/folders/:folder_id/files
Files PUT /api/v1/files/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/files/:id
Files DELETE /api/v1/files/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/files/:id
Files GET /api/v1/folders/:id/folders url:GET|/api/v1/folders/:id/folders
Files GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders
Files GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders/:id url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders/:id
Files POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders
Files PUT /api/v1/folders/:id url:PUT|/api/v1/folders/:id
Files DELETE /api/v1/folders/:id url:DELETE|/api/v1/folders/:id
Files GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/files/quota url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/files/quota
API Token Scopes GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/scopes url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/scopes
Fetch Assignment Groups GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignment_groups url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignment_groups
Create Assignment Groups POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignment_groups url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignment_groups
List of course creation accounts GET /api/v1/course_creation_accounts url:GET|/api/v1/course_creation_accounts
List of permissions inside account GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/permissions url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/permissions

 

  1. Click on “Save”

 

Step 3: Step in FROST

  1. Go to FROST Admin > LTI> LMS Configuration
  1. Click on “+Add LMS”
  2. You will see the below screen
  1. Add the following details details
    1. LMS Configuration Name - “Canvas”
    2. LMS - “Canvas”
    3. LMS Domain URL - Add your Canvas URL
    4. Connection Type - “Developer Keys”
    5. Client ID - Copy the number in the “Details” column in Canvas
    6. Secret Key - Copy the text in the “Show Key” column in Canvas
  2. Click on Save

 

Step 4: Publishing the course into Canvas

  1. In FROST Designer once you select the course, click on “Publish to LMS” Button
  1. Once you click on this button you will see the following screen
  1. Select Canvas
  2. You will then see the screen to select which sub account and which existing course(or create a new course) in Canvas do you want to publish the course into