Emory Canvas LMS REST API

Emory's instance of the Instructure Canvas learning management system exposes the standard Canvas LMS REST API. Access requires an Emory Canvas account and developer keys / API access tokens; the reference documentation is mirrored at the institution's Canvas host.

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aid: emory:canvas-lms
name: Emory Canvas LMS REST API
description: Emory's instance of the Instructure Canvas learning management system exposes the standard
  Canvas LMS REST API. Access requires an Emory Canvas account and developer keys / API access tokens;
  the reference documentation is mirrored at the institution's Canvas host.
humanURL: https://canvas.emory.edu/doc/api/
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-basis: CNAME tenancy — canvas.emory.edu resolves CNAME to emory-vanity.instructure.com (instructure.com).
  The hostname is on Emory's registrable domain, so a host-based verdict reads it as institution-operated;
  the platform, the contract and the engineering are Instructure's. Emory's tenancy is the real institutional
  fact and is what is recorded here.
x-operator-vendor: Instructure (Canvas LMS)
tags:
- Education
- LMS
- REST
- Tenant
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://canvas.emory.edu/doc/api/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://canvas.emory.edu/doc/api/developer_keys.html