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Canvas Moderated Grading API

The Moderated Grading API from Canvas — 7 operation(s) for moderated grading.

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Operations 8

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GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/moderated_students List students picked for moderation · List students selected for moderation #

Ask an LLM

“Which students' work has been selected for moderated grading on an assignment?”

“Can I see the moderation set for a moderated assignment?”

Tell an agent

List students selected for moderation on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

Show the moderation set for assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/moderated_students Add students to the moderation set · Select students for moderation #

Ask an LLM

“How do I choose which students get a second grader on a moderated assignment?”

“Can I add several students to moderation at once?”

Tell an agent

Select students {student_ids} for moderation on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

Add {student_ids} to the moderation set of assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

PUT /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/bulk_select Choose many provisional grades at once · Bulk select provisional grades #

Ask an LLM

“As final grader, can I pick the provisional grades for many students in one go?”

“Who is allowed to bulk select provisional grades?”

Tell an agent

Bulk select provisional grades on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

Choose the winning provisional grades for several students on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/status Check if a student needs provisional grades · Show provisional grade status for a student #

Ask an LLM

“Does a student's submission still need provisional grades?”

“How can a grader tell whether a named student needs another provisional grade?”

Tell an agent

Check provisional grade status for student {student_id} on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

Does student {student_id} still need provisional grading on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

PUT /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/{provisional_grade_id}/select Select a provisional grade for a submission · Select provisional grade #

Ask an LLM

“How does the final grader choose which provisional grade a student receives?”

“Can an admin pick one grader's score over another for a submission?”

Tell an agent

Select provisional grade {provisional_grade_id} on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

Use provisional grade {provisional_grade_id} as the student's grade for assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/publish Publish selected provisional grades · Publish provisional grades for an assignment #

Ask an LLM

“How do I release moderated grades to students once they are chosen?”

“Can provisional grades be published again after they've been published once?”

Tell an agent

Publish the provisional grades for assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id} now.

Release the selected moderated grades on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id} immediately.

POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/publish_async Publish provisional grades in the background · Publish provisional grades for an assignment (asynchronous) #

Ask an LLM

“For a large class, can moderated grades be published as a background job?”

“Is there a non-blocking way to publish provisional grades?”

Tell an agent

Publish provisional grades for assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id} as a background job.

Queue an asynchronous grade publish for moderated assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/anonymous_provisional_grades/status Check provisional status for an anonymous student · Show provisional grade status for a student #

Ask an LLM

“With anonymous grading on, can I check if a submission needs provisional grades?”

“How do I check grading status using a student's anonymous id?”

Tell an agent

Look up anonymized grading needs of {anonymous_id} on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

Does anonymous submission {anonymous_id} need more grading on assignment {assignment_id} in course {course_id}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Moderated Grading 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: Moderated Grading
  x-resource: moderated_grading
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
paths:
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/moderated_students:
    get:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: list_students_selected_for_moderation
      summary: List students selected for moderation
      description: Returns a paginated list of students selected for moderation
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                  x-canvas-declared-type: User
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
    post:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: select_students_for_moderation
      summary: Select students for moderation
      description: Returns an array of users that were selected for moderation
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                student_ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: number
                  description: user ids for students to select for moderation
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                student_ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: number
                  description: user ids for students to select for moderation
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                  x-canvas-declared-type: User
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/bulk_select:
    put:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: bulk_select_provisional_grades
      summary: Bulk select provisional grades
      description: 'Choose which provisional grades will be received by associated students for an assignment.

        The caller must be the final grader for the assignment or an admin with :select_final_grade rights.'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/status:
    get:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: show_provisional_grade_status_for_student
      summary: Show provisional grade status for a student
      description: Tell whether the student's submission needs one or more provisional grades.
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: student_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        required: false
        description: The id of the student to show the status for
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/{provisional_grade_id}/select:
    put:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: select_provisional_grade
      summary: Select provisional grade
      description: 'Choose which provisional grade the student should receive for a submission.

        The caller must be the final grader for the assignment or an admin with :select_final_grade rights.'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: provisional_grade_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/publish:
    post:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: publish_provisional_grades_for_assignment
      summary: Publish provisional grades for an assignment
      description: 'Publish the selected provisional grade for all submissions to an assignment.

        Use the "Select provisional grade" endpoint to choose which provisional grade to publish

        for a particular submission.


        Students not in the moderation set will have their one and only provisional grade published.


        WARNING: This is irreversible. This will overwrite existing grades in the gradebook.'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      deprecated: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/provisional_grades/publish_async:
    post:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: publish_provisional_grades_for_assignment_asynchronous
      summary: Publish provisional grades for an assignment (asynchronous)
      description: 'Publish the selected provisional grade for all submissions to an assignment

        in a background job. Unlike the synchronous "Publish provisional grades"

        endpoint, this returns immediately with a Progress object that can be polled

        for completion.


        Use the "Select provisional grade" endpoint to choose which provisional grade to publish

        for a particular submission.


        Students not in the moderation set will have their one and only provisional grade published.


        WARNING: This is irreversible. This will overwrite existing grades in the gradebook.'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
                x-canvas-declared-type: Progress
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/anonymous_provisional_grades/status:
    get:
      tags:
      - Moderated Grading
      operationId: show_provisional_grade_status_for_student_moderated_grading
      summary: Show provisional grade status for a student
      description: Determine whether or not the student's submission needs one or more provisional grades.
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: assignment_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: anonymous_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        required: false
        description: The id of the student to show the status for
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/moderated_grading.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

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