Canvas · AsyncAPI Specification

Canvas LMS Live Events

Version 1.0.0

AsyncAPI description of the Canvas LMS Live Events surface. Live Events are emitted by Canvas when interesting actions occur (course/assignment/submission/enrollment/discussion/module/outcome/file/SIS/conversation/quiz/wiki lifecycle events, grade changes, logins, asset access, etc.). Customers subscribe via Canvas Data Services and choose a delivery destination (AWS SQS queue or HTTPS webhook) and a payload format (Canvas JSON or Caliper IMS). HTTPS webhooks may optionally sign payloads as JWTs whose signing keys are advertised at the Canvas JWKS endpoint. Live Events are suited for analytics and data collection, not for use cases that require strictly up-to-date data — use the Canvas REST API for those. Every event payload is an envelope of `{ metadata, body }`. Metadata fields vary based on whether the event is user-generated (emitted directly from an HTTP request) or system-generated (emitted from an asynchronous job). Body fields are specific to each event type and follow the schemas documented in canvas-lms doc/api/data_services.

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Channels

canvas/live-events
subscribe receiveLiveEvents
Receive subscribed Canvas Live Events at the configured destination.
Canvas Live Events stream. Subscriptions filter which event types are delivered to a destination. Each subscription has its own destination (HTTPS webhook or AWS SQS queue) and is configured in Canvas Data Services with a payload format (Canvas JSON or Caliper) and an event-type selection.

Messages

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AccountCreatedEvent
AccountCreated
The event is emitted anytime an account is created by an end user or API request.
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AccountNotificationCreatedEvent
AccountNotificationCreated
The event is emitted anytime an account level notification is created by and end user or API request.
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AccountUpdatedEvent
AccountUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an account is updated by an end user or API request.
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AssetAccessedEvent
AssetAccessed
`asset_accessed` events are triggered for viewing various objects in Canvas. Viewing a quiz, a wiki page, the list of quizzes, etc, all generate `asset_access` events. The item being accessed is identified by `asset_type`, `asset_id`, and `asset_subtype`. If `asset_subtype` is set, then it refers to a list of items in the asset. For example, if `asset_type` is `course`, and `asset_subtype` is `quizzes`, then this is referring to viewing the list of quizzes in the course. If `asset_subtype` is not set, then the access is on the asset described by `asset_type` and `asset_id`.
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AssignmentCreatedEvent
AssignmentCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new assignment is created by an end user or API request.
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AssignmentGroupCreatedEvent
AssignmentGroupCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new assignment group is created by an end user or API request.
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AssignmentGroupUpdatedEvent
AssignmentGroupUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an assignment group is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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AssignmentOverrideCreatedEvent
AssignmentOverrideCreated
The event is emitted anytime an assignment override is created by an end user or API request.
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AssignmentOverrideUpdatedEvent
AssignmentOverrideUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an assignment override is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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AssignmentUpdatedEvent
AssignmentUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an assignment is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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AttachmentCreatedEvent
AttachmentCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new file is uploaded by an end user or API request.
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AttachmentDeletedEvent
AttachmentDeleted
The event is emitted anytime a file is removed by an end user or API request.
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AttachmentUpdatedEvent
AttachmentUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a file is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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ContentMigrationCompletedEvent
ContentMigrationCompleted
The event is emitted anytime a content migration request is completed.
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ConversationCreatedEvent
ConversationCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new conversation is initiated by the sender.
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ConversationForwardedEvent
ConversationForwarded
The event is emitted when a conversation is updated.
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ConversationMessageCreatedEvent
ConversationMessageCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new conversation message is added to a conversation.
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CourseCompletedEvent
CourseCompleted
The event is emitted when all of the module requirements in a course are met.
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CourseCreatedEvent
CourseCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new course is created by an end user or API request.
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CourseGradeChangeEvent
CourseGradeChange
The event gets emitted anytime any of the course scores are changed for a student.
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CourseProgressEvent
CourseProgress
The event is emitted when a course module requirement is met.
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CourseSectionCreatedEvent
CourseSectionCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new course section is created by an end user or API request.
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CourseSectionUpdatedEvent
CourseSectionUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a course section is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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CourseUpdatedEvent
CourseUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a course is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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DiscussionEntryCreatedEvent
DiscussionEntryCreated
The event is emitted anytime an end user or a system replies to a discussion topic or thread.
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DiscussionEntrySubmittedEvent
DiscussionEntrySubmitted
The event is emitted anytime a user or system replies to a graded discussion topic.
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DiscussionTopicCreatedEvent
DiscussionTopicCreated
The event is emitted anytime an new discussion topic is created by an end user or API request.
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DiscussionTopicUpdatedEvent
DiscussionTopicUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a discussion topic or course announcement is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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EnrollmentCreatedEvent
EnrollmentCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new enrollment is added to a course by an end user or API request.
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EnrollmentStateCreatedEvent
EnrollmentStateCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new enrollment record is added to a course.
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EnrollmentStateUpdatedEvent
EnrollmentStateUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an enrollment record workflow state changes.
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EnrollmentUpdatedEvent
EnrollmentUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an enrollment record is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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FinalGradeCustomStatusEvent
FinalGradeCustomStatus
The event gets emitted when a custom status is removed or applied to a student's final grade.
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GradeChangeEvent
GradeChange
The event is emitted anytime when a submission is graded. These can happen as the result of a teacher changing a grade in the gradebook or speedgrader, a quiz being automatically scored, or changing an assignment's points possible or grade type. In the case of a quiz being scored, the `grade_change` event will be emitted as the result of a student turning in a quiz, and the `user_id` in the message attributes will be the student's user ID.
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GradeOverrideEvent
GradeOverride
The event is emitted anytime a student course grade is overriden. Typically grade override feature is used to edit student course grade
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GroupCategoryCreatedEvent
GroupCategoryCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new group category is added to a course group by an end user or API request.
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GroupCategoryUpdatedEvent
GroupCategoryUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a group category is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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GroupCreatedEvent
GroupCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new group is added to a course by an end user or API request.
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GroupMembershipCreatedEvent
GroupMembershipCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new member is added to a course group by an end user or API request.
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GroupMembershipUpdatedEvent
GroupMembershipUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an existing group membership is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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GroupUpdatedEvent
GroupUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an existing group is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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LearningOutcomeCreatedEvent
LearningOutcomeCreated
The event is emitted anytime a outcome is created in the account by an end user or API request.
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LearningOutcomeGroupCreatedEvent
LearningOutcomeGroupCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new outcome group is created in the account by an end user or API request.
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LearningOutcomeGroupUpdatedEvent
LearningOutcomeGroupUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an existing outcome group is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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LearningOutcomeLinkCreatedEvent
LearningOutcomeLinkCreated
The event is emitted anytime an outcome is linked to a context by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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LearningOutcomeLinkUpdatedEvent
LearningOutcomeLinkUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an outcome context link is changed by an end user or API request.
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LearningOutcomeResultCreatedEvent
LearningOutcomeResultCreated
The event is emitted anytime a submission is assessed against an outcome. The following setup should be enabled in Canvas in order for the event to be triggered: 1. Administrator has set up learning outcomes at the account/sub-account level 2. Instructor has added outcome to assignment rubric 3. Student submitted a rubric based assignment 4. Instructor graded a rubric based assignment at the outcome level => there is a result associated with assignment outcome
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LearningOutcomeResultUpdatedEvent
LearningOutcomeResultUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a existing outcome rating for a submission is updated. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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LearningOutcomeUpdatedEvent
LearningOutcomeUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an outcome is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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LoggedInEvent
LoggedIn
The event is emitted anytime an end user logs into Canvas
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LoggedOutEvent
LoggedOut
The event is emitted anytime an end user logs out of Canvas
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LtiResourceLinkCreatedEvent
LtiResourceLinkCreated
The event is emitted any time a new resource link is created during LTI 1.3 Deep Linking.
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LtiResourceLinkUpdatedEvent
LtiResourceLinkUpdated
The event is emitted any time an existing resource link is updated via API request.
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ModuleCreatedEvent
ModuleCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new module is created by an end user or API request.
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ModuleItemCreatedEvent
ModuleItemCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new module item is added to a module by an end user or API request.
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ModuleItemUpdatedEvent
ModuleItemUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a module item is updated in a module by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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ModuleUpdatedEvent
ModuleUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a module is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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OutcomeCalculationMethodCreatedEvent
OutcomeCalculationMethodCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new outcome_calculation_method is created by an end user or API request.
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OutcomeCalculationMethodUpdatedEvent
OutcomeCalculationMethodUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an outcome_calculation_method is updated by an end user or API request.
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OutcomeProficiencyCreatedEvent
OutcomeProficiencyCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new outcome_proficiency (mastery scale) is created by an end user or API request.
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OutcomeProficiencyUpdatedEvent
OutcomeProficiencyUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an outcome_proficiency (mastery scale) is updated or its associated ratings are updated by an end user or API request.
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Outcomes.retryOutcomeAlignmentCloneEvent
Outcomes.retryOutcomeAlignmentClone
The event is emitted anytime an outcome alignment clone process is retried, this can happend due to a network issue or a missing alignment
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PlagiarismResubmitEvent
PlagiarismResubmit
The event is emitted anytime a submission is created for an assignment with plagiarism settings turned on.
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QuizSubmittedEvent
QuizSubmitted
The event is emitted anytime a user submits a quiz assignment in Canvas [old quizzes].
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RubricAssessedEvent
RubricAssessed
The event is emitted anytime a rubric is assessed that is aligned to an active rubric association.
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SisBatchCreatedEvent
SisBatchCreated
The event is emitted when a new SIS import is created.
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SisBatchUpdatedEvent
SisBatchUpdated
The event is emitted when a newly created SIS import status changes.
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SubmissionCommentCreatedEvent
SubmissionCommentCreated
The event is emitted anytime an end user or API request comments on a submission.
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SubmissionCreatedEvent
SubmissionCreated
The event is emitted anytime an end user or API request submits or re-submits an assignment. This applies to assignments and new quizzes, not classic quizzes. Use quiz_submitted for classic quiz submissions.
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SubmissionCustomGradeStatusEvent
SubmissionCustomGradeStatus
The event gets emitted when a custom status is removed or applied to a student's submission.
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SubmissionUpdatedEvent
SubmissionUpdated
The event is emitted anytime an end user or API request modifies a submitted assignment or when a Teacher grades an assignment.
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SyllabusUpdatedEvent
SyllabusUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a syllabus is changed in a course by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
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UserAccountAssociationCreatedEvent
UserAccountAssociationCreated
The event is emitted anytime a user is created in an account.
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UserCreatedEvent
UserCreated
The event is emitted anytime a user is added to an account.
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UserUpdatedEvent
UserUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a user details are updated. Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event. The metadata of the event payload will list a user or process that updated the user profile details and the body of the event will list a user details that were updated.
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WikiPageCreatedEvent
WikiPageCreated
The event is emitted anytime a new wiki page is created by an end user or API request.
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WikiPageDeletedEvent
WikiPageDeleted
The event is emitted anytime a wiki page is deleted by an end user or API request.
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WikiPageUpdatedEvent
WikiPageUpdated
The event is emitted anytime a wiki page is altered by an end user or API request.

Servers

https
https-webhook {webhook_url}
Customer-operated HTTPS endpoint registered as a Canvas Live Events subscription. Each subscribed event triggers a POST to this URL. If 'Sign Payload' is enabled, the POST body is a JWT whose claims contain the event JSON, signed with keys advertised at https://8axpcl50e4.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/main/jwks (keys rotate monthly; the endpoint returns previous, current, and next JWKs).
sqs
aws-sqs {sqs_url}
Customer-operated AWS SQS queue (standard, not FIFO). Queue name must begin with 'canvas-live-events'. Queue permissions must allow All SQS Actions for principal 636161780776 (Canvas's AWS account for Live Events delivery). IAM key + secret + region may optionally be provided for cross-account auth.

AsyncAPI Specification

Raw ↑ 
asyncapi: 2.6.0
id: urn:com:instructure:canvas:live-events
info:
  title: Canvas LMS Live Events
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'AsyncAPI description of the Canvas LMS Live Events surface. Live Events are emitted by Canvas when interesting
    actions occur (course/assignment/submission/enrollment/discussion/module/outcome/file/SIS/conversation/quiz/wiki lifecycle
    events, grade changes, logins, asset access, etc.). Customers subscribe via Canvas Data Services and choose a delivery
    destination (AWS SQS queue or HTTPS webhook) and a payload format (Canvas JSON or Caliper IMS). HTTPS webhooks may optionally
    sign payloads as JWTs whose signing keys are advertised at the Canvas JWKS endpoint. Live Events are suited for analytics
    and data collection, not for use cases that require strictly up-to-date data — use the Canvas REST API for those.


    Every event payload is an envelope of `{ metadata, body }`. Metadata fields vary based on whether the event is user-generated
    (emitted directly from an HTTP request) or system-generated (emitted from an asynchronous job). Body fields are specific
    to each event type and follow the schemas documented in canvas-lms doc/api/data_services.'
  contact:
    name: Instructure / Canvas LMS
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.live_events.html
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
externalDocs:
  description: Canvas Live Events documentation (Canvas LMS source)
  url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/tree/master/doc/api/data_services
defaultContentType: application/json
servers:
  https-webhook:
    url: '{webhook_url}'
    protocol: https
    description: Customer-operated HTTPS endpoint registered as a Canvas Live Events subscription. Each subscribed event triggers
      a POST to this URL. If 'Sign Payload' is enabled, the POST body is a JWT whose claims contain the event JSON, signed
      with keys advertised at https://8axpcl50e4.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/main/jwks (keys rotate monthly; the endpoint
      returns previous, current, and next JWKs).
    variables:
      webhook_url:
        default: https://example.com/canvas/live-events
        description: Fully qualified HTTPS webhook URL registered for this subscription.
  aws-sqs:
    url: '{sqs_url}'
    protocol: sqs
    description: Customer-operated AWS SQS queue (standard, not FIFO). Queue name must begin with 'canvas-live-events'. Queue
      permissions must allow All SQS Actions for principal 636161780776 (Canvas's AWS account for Live Events delivery). IAM
      key + secret + region may optionally be provided for cross-account auth.
    variables:
      sqs_url:
        default: https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/canvas-live-events-example
        description: AWS SQS queue URL.
channels:
  canvas/live-events:
    description: Canvas Live Events stream. Subscriptions filter which event types are delivered to a destination. Each subscription
      has its own destination (HTTPS webhook or AWS SQS queue) and is configured in Canvas Data Services with a payload format
      (Canvas JSON or Caliper) and an event-type selection.
    subscribe:
      operationId: receiveLiveEvents
      summary: Receive subscribed Canvas Live Events at the configured destination.
      description: Canvas pushes events matching the subscription's event-type filter to the configured destination. HTTPS
        subscriptions receive POST requests; SQS subscriptions receive messages on the configured queue. With the 'Sign Payload'
        option on HTTPS webhooks, events are delivered as JWTs signed with rotating keys advertised at the Canvas JWKS endpoint.
      message:
        oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AccountCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AccountNotificationCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AccountUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssetAccessedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssignmentCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssignmentGroupCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssignmentGroupUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssignmentOverrideCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssignmentOverrideUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AssignmentUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AttachmentCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AttachmentDeletedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/AttachmentUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ContentMigrationCompletedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ConversationCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ConversationForwardedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ConversationMessageCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseCompletedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseGradeChangeEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseProgressEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseSectionCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseSectionUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/CourseUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/DiscussionEntryCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/DiscussionEntrySubmittedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/DiscussionTopicCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/DiscussionTopicUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/EnrollmentCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/EnrollmentStateCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/EnrollmentStateUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/EnrollmentUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/FinalGradeCustomStatusEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GradeChangeEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GradeOverrideEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GroupCategoryCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GroupCategoryUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GroupCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GroupMembershipCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GroupMembershipUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/GroupUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeGroupCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeGroupUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeLinkCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeLinkUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeResultCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeResultUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LearningOutcomeUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LoggedInEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LoggedOutEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LtiResourceLinkCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/LtiResourceLinkUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ModuleCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ModuleItemCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ModuleItemUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/ModuleUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/OutcomeCalculationMethodCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/OutcomeCalculationMethodUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/OutcomeProficiencyCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/OutcomeProficiencyUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/Outcomes.retryOutcomeAlignmentCloneEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/PlagiarismResubmitEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/QuizSubmittedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/RubricAssessedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SisBatchCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SisBatchUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SubmissionCommentCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SubmissionCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SubmissionCustomGradeStatusEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SubmissionUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/SyllabusUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/UserAccountAssociationCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/UserCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/UserUpdatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/WikiPageCreatedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/WikiPageDeletedEvent'
        - $ref: '#/components/messages/WikiPageUpdatedEvent'
components:
  messages:
    AccountCreatedEvent:
      name: account_created
      title: AccountCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an account is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered anytime a new account is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Account
    AccountNotificationCreatedEvent:
      name: account_notification_created
      title: AccountNotificationCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an account level notification is created by and end user or API request.
      description: Triggered anytime a new account notification is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountNotificationCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Account
    AccountUpdatedEvent:
      name: account_updated
      title: AccountUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an account is updated by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered anytime an existing account is updated.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Account
    AssetAccessedEvent:
      name: asset_accessed
      title: AssetAccessed
      summary: '`asset_accessed` events are triggered for viewing various objects in Canvas. Viewing a quiz, a wiki page,
        the list of quizzes, etc, all generate `asset_access` events. The item being accessed is identified by `asset_type`,
        `asset_id`, and `asset_subtype`. If `asset_subtype` is set, then it refers to a list of items in the asset. For example,
        if `asset_type` is `course`, and `asset_subtype` is `quizzes`, then this is referring to viewing the list of quizzes
        in the course.


        If `asset_subtype` is not set, then the access is on the asset described by `asset_type` and `asset_id`.'
      description: Triggered when a variety of assets are viewed.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssetAccessedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: AssetAccess
    AssignmentCreatedEvent:
      name: assignment_created
      title: AssignmentCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new assignment is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new assignment is created in a course.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Assignment
    AssignmentGroupCreatedEvent:
      name: assignment_group_created
      title: AssignmentGroupCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new assignment group is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new assignment group is created in a course.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentGroupCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Assignment
    AssignmentGroupUpdatedEvent:
      name: assignment_group_updated
      title: AssignmentGroupUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an assignment group is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to
        the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a user or asynchronous job updates a new assignment group in a course context.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentGroupUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Assignment
    AssignmentOverrideCreatedEvent:
      name: assignment_override_created
      title: AssignmentOverrideCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an assignment override is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when an assignment override is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentOverrideCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Assignment
    AssignmentOverrideUpdatedEvent:
      name: assignment_override_updated
      title: AssignmentOverrideUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an assignment override is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes
        to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when an assignment override has been modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentOverrideUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Assignment
    AssignmentUpdatedEvent:
      name: assignment_updated
      title: AssignmentUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an assignment is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields
        included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when an assignment has been modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssignmentUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Assignment
    AttachmentCreatedEvent:
      name: attachment_created
      title: AttachmentCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new file is uploaded by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered anytime a file is uploaded into a course or user file directory.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttachmentCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Files
    AttachmentDeletedEvent:
      name: attachment_deleted
      title: AttachmentDeleted
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a file is removed by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered anytime a file is deleted from a course or user file directory.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttachmentDeletedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Files
    AttachmentUpdatedEvent:
      name: attachment_updated
      title: AttachmentUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a file is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields included
        in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered anytime a file is updated in a course or user file directory.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttachmentUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Files
    ContentMigrationCompletedEvent:
      name: content_migration_completed
      title: ContentMigrationCompleted
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a content migration request is completed.
      description: Triggered anytime a content migration request is completed.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMigrationCompletedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: ContentMigration
    ConversationCreatedEvent:
      name: conversation_created
      title: ConversationCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new conversation is initiated by the sender.
      description: Triggered when a new conversation is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Conversation
    ConversationForwardedEvent:
      name: conversation_forwarded
      title: ConversationForwarded
      summary: The event is emitted when a conversation is updated.
      description: Triggered when a new user is added to a conversation
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationForwardedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Conversation
    ConversationMessageCreatedEvent:
      name: conversation_message_created
      title: ConversationMessageCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new conversation message is added to a conversation.
      description: Triggered when a new conversation mesage is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConversationMessageCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Conversation
    CourseCompletedEvent:
      name: course_completed
      title: CourseCompleted
      summary: The event is emitted when all of the module requirements in a course are met.
      description: Triggered when all the module requirements of a course have been met. Also gets triggered when a module
        has a set completion time or when the completion time gets updated.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseCompletedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Course
    CourseCreatedEvent:
      name: course_created
      title: CourseCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new course is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new course is created (or copied).
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Course
    CourseGradeChangeEvent:
      name: course_grade_change
      title: CourseGradeChange
      summary: The event gets emitted anytime any of the course scores are changed for a student.
      description: Triggered when anything (a user or asynchronous job) updates the final_score, course_score, unposted_current_score,
        or unposted_final_score columns in the scores table in the database.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseGradeChangeEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Grades
    CourseProgressEvent:
      name: course_progress
      title: CourseProgress
      summary: The event is emitted when a course module requirement is met.
      description: 'Triggered when a user makes progress in a course by completing a module requirement, unless the completed
        requirement is the last remaining requirement in the course (in this case, a `course_completed` event is emitted).
        The following setup should be enabled in Canvas in order for this event to get triggered:

        1. Module is set to be published

        2. Module has at least one requirement enabled

        3. Student completed at least one requirement in Module


        Note that these events have a 2-minute debounce, meaning that a single `course_progress` event will be emitted per
        student per course 2 minutes after the student has finished completing requirements.'
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseProgressEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Course
    CourseSectionCreatedEvent:
      name: course_section_created
      title: CourseSectionCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new course section is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new section is created in a course.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseSectionCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Course
    CourseSectionUpdatedEvent:
      name: course_section_updated
      title: CourseSectionUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a course section is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the
        fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a course section has been modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseSectionUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Course
    CourseUpdatedEvent:
      name: course_updated
      title: CourseUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a course is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the fields
        included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when the course is renamed, deleted, or other properties (except for syllabus) of a course are
        modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Course
    DiscussionEntryCreatedEvent:
      name: discussion_entry_created
      title: DiscussionEntryCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an end user or a system replies to a discussion topic or thread.
      description: Triggered when a user replies to the discussion topic or thread.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscussionEntryCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Discussion
    DiscussionEntrySubmittedEvent:
      name: discussion_entry_submitted
      title: DiscussionEntrySubmitted
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a user or system replies to a graded discussion topic.
      description: Triggered when a user replies to a graded discussion topic or discussion thread.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscussionEntrySubmittedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Discussion
    DiscussionTopicCreatedEvent:
      name: discussion_topic_created
      title: DiscussionTopicCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an new discussion topic is created by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new discussion topic is created in a course. Also triggered when a new course announcement
        is created with `is_announcement` set to TRUE.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscussionTopicCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Discussion
    DiscussionTopicUpdatedEvent:
      name: discussion_topic_updated
      title: DiscussionTopicUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a discussion topic or course announcement is updated by an end user or API request.
        Only changes to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a discussion topic is modified in a course. Also triggered when a course announcement is
        modified in a course.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscussionTopicUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Discussion
    EnrollmentCreatedEvent:
      name: enrollment_created
      title: EnrollmentCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new enrollment is added to a course by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new course enrollment is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnrollmentCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Enrollment
    EnrollmentStateCreatedEvent:
      name: enrollment_state_created
      title: EnrollmentStateCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new enrollment record is added to a course.
      description: Triggered when a new course enrollment is created with a new workflow_state.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnrollmentStateCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Enrollment
    EnrollmentStateUpdatedEvent:
      name: enrollment_state_updated
      title: EnrollmentStateUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an enrollment record workflow state changes.
      description: Triggered when a course enrollment workflow_state changes.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnrollmentStateUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Enrollment
    EnrollmentUpdatedEvent:
      name: enrollment_updated
      title: EnrollmentUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an enrollment record is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to
        the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a course enrollment is modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnrollmentUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Enrollment
    FinalGradeCustomStatusEvent:
      name: final_grade_custom_status
      title: FinalGradeCustomStatus
      summary: The event gets emitted when a custom status is removed or applied to a student's final grade.
      description: Triggered when a custom status is applied or removed from a student's final grade.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/FinalGradeCustomStatusEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Grades
    GradeChangeEvent:
      name: grade_change
      title: GradeChange
      summary: The event is emitted anytime when a submission is graded. These can happen as the result of a teacher changing
        a grade in the gradebook or speedgrader, a quiz being automatically scored, or changing an assignment's points possible
        or grade type. In the case of a quiz being scored, the `grade_change` event will be emitted as the result of a student
        turning in a quiz, and the `user_id` in the message attributes will be the student's user ID.
      description: Triggered anytime a grade is created or modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GradeChangeEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Grades
    GradeOverrideEvent:
      name: grade_override
      title: GradeOverride
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a student course grade is overriden. Typically grade override feature is used
        to edit student course grade
      description: Triggered when the final grade override has been changed. Only triggered when the override changes the
        existing score.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GradeOverrideEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Grades
    GroupCategoryCreatedEvent:
      name: group_category_created
      title: GroupCategoryCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new group category is added to a course group by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new group category is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupCategoryCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Group
    GroupCategoryUpdatedEvent:
      name: group_category_updated
      title: GroupCategoryUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a group category is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the
        fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a group category is modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupCategoryUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Group
    GroupCreatedEvent:
      name: group_created
      title: GroupCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new group is added to a course by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new group is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Group
    GroupMembershipCreatedEvent:
      name: group_membership_created
      title: GroupMembershipCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new member is added to a course group by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new user is added to a group.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Group
    GroupMembershipUpdatedEvent:
      name: group_membership_updated
      title: GroupMembershipUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an existing group membership  is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes
        to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a existing group membership is modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupMembershipUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Group
    GroupUpdatedEvent:
      name: group_updated
      title: GroupUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an existing group is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes to the
        fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a group is modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Group
    LearningOutcomeCreatedEvent:
      name: learning_outcome_created
      title: LearningOutcomeCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a outcome is created in the account by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new learning outcome is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LearningOutcomeCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Outcomes
    LearningOutcomeGroupCreatedEvent:
      name: learning_outcome_group_created
      title: LearningOutcomeGroupCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime a new outcome group is created in the account by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when a new group of learning outcomes is created.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LearningOutcomeGroupCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Outcomes
    LearningOutcomeGroupUpdatedEvent:
      name: learning_outcome_group_updated
      title: LearningOutcomeGroupUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an existing outcome group  is updated by an end user or API request. Only changes
        to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when a group of learning outcomes is modified.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LearningOutcomeGroupUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Outcomes
    LearningOutcomeLinkCreatedEvent:
      name: learning_outcome_link_created
      title: LearningOutcomeLinkCreated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an outcome is linked to a context by an end user or API request. Only changes
        to the fields included in the body of the event payload will emit the `updated` event.
      description: Triggered when an outcome is linked inside of a context.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LearningOutcomeLinkCreatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Outcomes
    LearningOutcomeLinkUpdatedEvent:
      name: learning_outcome_link_updated
      title: LearningOutcomeLinkUpdated
      summary: The event is emitted anytime an outcome context link is changed by an end user or API request.
      description: Triggered when an outcome link is changed inside of a context.
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LearningOutcomeLinkUpdatedEventPayload'
      tags:
      - name: Outcomes
    LearningOutcomeResultCreatedEvent:
      name: learning_outcome_result_created
      title: LearningOutcomeResultCreated
      summary: 'The event is emitted anytime a submission is assessed against an outcome. The following setup should be enabled
        in Canvas in order for the event to be triggered:

        1. Administrator has set up learning outcomes 

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