Harvard University

Canvas LMS tenancy (Instructure)

canvas.harvard.edu CNAMEs to harvard-vanity.instructure.com. The Canvas REST API is live on that hostname and returns a well-formed JSON 401 to an anonymous caller, which makes it the best-behaved error contract answering on a harvard.edu name - and it is entirely Instructure's. Any LTI or Caliper conformance in this stack is the vendor's certification, which is why neither is credited to Harvard in conformance/.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: harvard:canvas
name: Canvas LMS tenancy (Instructure)
x-operator: tenant
x-tenant-of: Instructure
description: canvas.harvard.edu CNAMEs to harvard-vanity.instructure.com. The Canvas REST API is live
  on that hostname and returns a well-formed JSON 401 to an anonymous caller, which makes it the best-behaved
  error contract answering on a harvard.edu name - and it is entirely Instructure's. Any LTI or Caliper
  conformance in this stack is the vendor's certification, which is why neither is credited to Harvard
  in conformance/.
humanURL: https://canvas.harvard.edu/
baseURL: https://canvas.harvard.edu/api/v1
tags:
- LMS
- Canvas
- Instructure
- Teaching and Learning
- Tenant
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://canvas.harvard.edu/