Canvas

Canvas Course Pace API

The Course Pace API from Canvas — 2 operation(s) for course pace.

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Operations 4

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_pacing/{id} Get a course pace · Show a Course pace #
Ask an LLM
“Can I see the pacing schedule set for a Canvas course?”
“Does a course pace skip weekends or have a hard end date?”
Tell an agent
Show course pace {id} in course {course_id}.
Get the pacing plan {course_pace_id} for course {course_id} at {id}.
PUT /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_pacing/{id} Update a course pace · Update a Course pace #
Ask an LLM
“Can I move the end date of an existing course pace?”
“Is it possible to add skipped days to a course's pacing plan?”
Tell an agent
Set course pace {id} in course {course_id} to end on {end_date}.
Update pace {course_pace_id} ({id}) in {course_id} to exclude weekends: {exclude_weekends}.
DELETE /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_pacing/{id} Delete a course pace · Delete a Course pace #
Ask an LLM
“Can I remove a pacing plan from my course?”
“What happens when a course pace is deleted?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete course pace {id} from course {course_id}.
Remove pacing plan {course_pace_id} at {id} in {course_id}.
POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_pacing Create a course pace · Create a Course pace #
Ask an LLM
“How do I set up a pacing schedule for a self-paced course?”
“Can a new course pace start on a specific date and skip weekends?”
Tell an agent
Create a course pace for course {course_id} from {start_date} to {end_date}.
Add a pacing plan in {course_id} that excludes weekends.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
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Authentication
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html
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APIReference
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
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RateLimits
https://artifacts.apis.io/canvas/rate-limits/canvas-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/canvas/openapi/canvas-course-pace-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms

Other Resources

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Pagination
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.pagination.html
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Swagger
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
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OAuthScopes
https://artifacts.apis.io/canvas/scopes/canvas-scopes.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://artifacts.apis.io/canvas/errors/canvas-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://artifacts.apis.io/canvas/data-model/canvas-data-model.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

canvas-course-pace-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Course Pace API
  version: v1
  summary: The complete Canvas LMS REST API, converted from the Swagger 1.2 documents Instructure publishes under https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/.
  description: The Canvas LMS REST API covers courses, assignments, quizzes, grades, users, enrollments, accounts, files, modules, rubrics, submissions, SIS imports, LTI, analytics and account administration.
  contact:
    name: Instructure Canvas
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://canvas.instructure.com/api
  description: Instructure-hosted Canvas (canvas.instructure.com)
- url: https://{canvas_host}/api
  description: Any Canvas instance; Canvas is multi-tenant and self-hostable, so the host is the institution's Canvas domain.
  variables:
    canvas_host:
      default: canvas.instructure.com
      description: Your institution's Canvas hostname, e.g. school.instructure.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Course Pace
  x-resource: course_pace
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_pace.html
paths:
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_pacing/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Course Pace
      operationId: show_course_pace
      summary: Show a Course pace
      description: Returns a course pace for the course and pace id provided
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: true
        description: The id of the course
      - name: course_pace_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: true
        description: The id of the course_pace
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CoursePace'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_pace.html
    put:
      tags:
      - Course Pace
      operationId: update_course_pace
      summary: Update a Course pace
      description: Returns the updated course pace
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: true
        description: The id of the course
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                course_pace_id:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: The id of the course pace
                end_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: End date of the course pace
                exclude_weekends:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace dates excludes weekends if true
                selected_days_to_skip:
                  type: string
                  description: '[Array<String>]

                    Course pace dates excludes weekends if true'
                hard_end_dates:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace uess hard end dates if true
                workflow_state:
                  type: string
                  description: The state of the course pace
                course_pace_module_item_attributes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Module Items attributes
              required:
              - course_pace_id
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                course_pace_id:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: The id of the course pace
                end_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: End date of the course pace
                exclude_weekends:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace dates excludes weekends if true
                selected_days_to_skip:
                  type: string
                  description: '[Array<String>]

                    Course pace dates excludes weekends if true'
                hard_end_dates:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace uess hard end dates if true
                workflow_state:
                  type: string
                  description: The state of the course pace
                course_pace_module_item_attributes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Module Items attributes
              required:
              - course_pace_id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CoursePace'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_pace.html
    delete:
      tags:
      - Course Pace
      operationId: delete_course_pace
      summary: Delete a Course pace
      description: Returns the updated course pace
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: true
        description: The id of the course
      - name: course_pace_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: true
        description: The id of the course_pace
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CoursePace'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_pace.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_pacing:
    post:
      tags:
      - Course Pace
      operationId: create_course_pace
      summary: Create a Course pace
      description: Creates a new course pace with specified parameters.
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: true
        description: The id of the course
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                end_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: End date of the course pace
                end_date_context:
                  type: string
                  description: End date context (course, section, hupothetical)
                start_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: Start date of the course pace
                start_date_context:
                  type: string
                  description: Start date context (course, section, hupothetical)
                exclude_weekends:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace dates excludes weekends if true
                selected_days_to_skip:
                  type: string
                  description: '[Array<String>]

                    Course pace dates excludes weekends if true'
                hard_end_dates:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace uess hard end dates if true
                workflow_state:
                  type: string
                  description: The state of the course pace
                course_pace_module_item_attributes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Module Items attributes
                context_id:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: Pace Context ID
                context_type:
                  type: string
                  description: Pace Context Type (Course, Section, User)
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                end_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: End date of the course pace
                end_date_context:
                  type: string
                  description: End date context (course, section, hupothetical)
                start_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: Start date of the course pace
                start_date_context:
                  type: string
                  description: Start date context (course, section, hupothetical)
                exclude_weekends:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace dates excludes weekends if true
                selected_days_to_skip:
                  type: string
                  description: '[Array<String>]

                    Course pace dates excludes weekends if true'
                hard_end_dates:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Course pace uess hard end dates if true
                workflow_state:
                  type: string
                  description: The state of the course pace
                course_pace_module_item_attributes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Module Items attributes
                context_id:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: Pace Context ID
                context_type:
                  type: string
                  description: Pace Context Type (Course, Section, User)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CoursePace'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_pace.html
components:
  schemas:
    CoursePace:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          example: 5
          description: the ID of the course pace
        course_id:
          type: integer
          example: 5
          description: the ID of the course
        user_id:
          type: integer
          example: 10
          description: the ID of the user for this course pace
        workflow_state:
          type: string
          example: active
          description: the state of the course pace
        exclude_weekends:
          type: boolean
          example: true
          description: boolean value depending on exclude weekends setting
        selected_days_to_skip:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          example:
          - fri
          - sat
          description: array of strings representing the days of the work week
        hard_end_dates:
          type: boolean
          example: true
          description: set if the end date is set from course
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00'
          description: date when course pace is created
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00'
          description: course end date
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00'
          description: date when course pace is updated
        published_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00'
          description: date when course pace is published
        root_account_id:
          type: integer
          example: 10
          description: the root account ID for this course pace
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00'
          description: course start date
        modules:
          type: array
          items: {}
          description: list of modules and items for this course pace
        progress:
          type: string
          description: progress of pace publishing
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Canvas OAuth2 access token sent as "Authorization: Bearer <token>". See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Canvas OAuth2. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html and https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth_endpoints.html
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: Canvas LMS REST API Documentation
  url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
x-generated-from: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
x-provenance:
  method: derived
  derived_by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline (Swagger 1.2 -> OpenAPI 3.1 conversion)
  source: openapi/_original/swagger-1.2/*.json (144 verbatim first-party Swagger 1.2 documents)
  source_url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
  fetched: '2026-09-05'
  http_status: 200