University of Oxford

Oxford Canvas VLE (Instructure tenancy)

Oxford's virtual learning environment, replacing the retired WebLearn Sakai service. The Canvas LMS REST API and Canvas's LTI and Caliper conformance belong to Instructure. The Canvas REST API is live under Oxford's hostname and returns 401 unauthenticated, and Instructure's own API reference is served at canvas.ox.ac.uk/doc/api/ — an Oxford host serving a vendor's contract, which is the tenant case in miniature. Recorded as a relationship precisely so that Instructure's LTI certification is never counted as an Oxford domain-standard conformance — see the not-claimed section of conformance/university-of-oxford-domain-standards.yml.

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APIReference
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/doc/api/

Other Resources

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Website
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/
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Vendor
https://www.instructure.com/

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-oxford:canvas-tenancy
name: Oxford Canvas VLE (Instructure tenancy)
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: canvas.ox.ac.uk CNAMEs to universityofoxford-vanity.instructure.com.
description: Oxford's virtual learning environment, replacing the retired WebLearn Sakai service. The
  Canvas LMS REST API and Canvas's LTI and Caliper conformance belong to Instructure. The Canvas REST
  API is live under Oxford's hostname and returns 401 unauthenticated, and Instructure's own API reference
  is served at canvas.ox.ac.uk/doc/api/ — an Oxford host serving a vendor's contract, which is the tenant
  case in miniature. Recorded as a relationship precisely so that Instructure's LTI certification is never
  counted as an Oxford domain-standard conformance — see the not-claimed section of conformance/university-of-oxford-domain-standards.yml.
humanURL: https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/doc/api/
baseURL: https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/api/v1/accounts
tags:
- Learning Management
- Tenant
- Canvas
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/doc/api/
- type: Website
  url: https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/
- type: Vendor
  url: https://www.instructure.com/