Canvas

Canvas Course Quiz Extensions API

The Course Quiz Extensions API from Canvas — 1 operation(s) for course quiz extensions.

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Operations 1

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POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/quiz_extensions Give students extra quiz time or attempts · Set extensions for student quiz submissions #
Ask an LLM
“How do I give a student extra time on quizzes in my course?”
“Can I grant a student additional quiz attempts across a course?”
Tell an agent
Give user {user_id} {extra_time} extra minutes on quizzes in course {course_id}.
Grant user {user_id} {extra_attempts} extra quiz attempts in course {course_id}.

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
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/openapi/canvas-course-quiz-extensions-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
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ErrorCatalog
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/data-model/canvas-data-model.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

canvas-course-quiz-extensions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Course Quiz Extensions 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 Quiz Extensions
  x-resource: course_quiz_extensions
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_quiz_extensions.html
paths:
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/quiz_extensions:
    post:
      tags:
      - Course Quiz Extensions
      operationId: set_extensions_for_student_quiz_submissions
      summary: Set extensions for student quiz submissions
      description: 'Responses


        * 200 OK if the request was successful

        * 403 Forbidden if you are not allowed to extend quizzes for this course'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                user_id:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: The ID of the user we want to add quiz extensions for.
                extra_attempts:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'Number of times the student is allowed to re-take the quiz over the

                    multiple-attempt limit. This is limited to 1000 attempts or less.'
                extra_time:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The number of extra minutes to allow for all attempts. This will

                    add to the existing time limit on the submission. This is limited to

                    10080 minutes (1 week)'
                manually_unlocked:
                  type: boolean
                  description: 'Allow the student to take the quiz even if it''s locked for

                    everyone else.'
                extend_from_now:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The number of minutes to extend the quiz from the current time. This is

                    mutually exclusive to extend_from_end_at. This is limited to 1440

                    minutes (24 hours)'
                extend_from_end_at:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The number of minutes to extend the quiz beyond the quiz''s current

                    ending time. This is mutually exclusive to extend_from_now. This is

                    limited to 1440 minutes (24 hours)'
              required:
              - user_id
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                user_id:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: The ID of the user we want to add quiz extensions for.
                extra_attempts:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'Number of times the student is allowed to re-take the quiz over the

                    multiple-attempt limit. This is limited to 1000 attempts or less.'
                extra_time:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The number of extra minutes to allow for all attempts. This will

                    add to the existing time limit on the submission. This is limited to

                    10080 minutes (1 week)'
                manually_unlocked:
                  type: boolean
                  description: 'Allow the student to take the quiz even if it''s locked for

                    everyone else.'
                extend_from_now:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The number of minutes to extend the quiz from the current time. This is

                    mutually exclusive to extend_from_end_at. This is limited to 1440

                    minutes (24 hours)'
                extend_from_end_at:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The number of minutes to extend the quiz beyond the quiz''s current

                    ending time. This is mutually exclusive to extend_from_now. This is

                    limited to 1440 minutes (24 hours)'
              required:
              - user_id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/course_quiz_extensions.html
components:
  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