Canvas · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Canvas LMS REST Quiz Extensions API

2 actions 2 updates phrasing extends openapi/canvas-quiz-extensions-api-openapi.yml

Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Canvas's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Canvas publishes.

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$.info

$.paths['/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{quiz_id}/extensions'].post

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# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Canvas LMS REST Quiz Extensions API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/canvas-quiz-extensions-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 1
- target: $.paths['/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{quiz_id}/extensions'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Give a student extra quiz time or attempts
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I give a student extra time on a quiz?
      - Can I grant additional attempts or manually unlock a quiz for one student?
      instructions:
      - text: Give user {user_id} {extra_time} extra minutes on quiz {quiz_id} in course {course_id}.
        slots:
          user_id: requestBody.quiz_extensions[user_id]
          extra_time: requestBody.quiz_extensions[extra_time]
          quiz_id: path.quiz_id
          course_id: path.course_id
      - text: Grant user {user_id} {extra_attempts} extra attempts on quiz {quiz_id} in course {course_id}.
        slots:
          user_id: requestBody.quiz_extensions[user_id]
          extra_attempts: requestBody.quiz_extensions[extra_attempts]
          quiz_id: path.quiz_id
          course_id: path.course_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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