Canvas LMS · Arazzo Workflow

Canvas LMS Publish Assignment and List Submissions

Version 1.0.0

Publish a draft assignment, then list every submission for it.

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Provider

canvas-lms

Workflows

publish-assignment-and-list-submissions
Publish an assignment and retrieve its submissions for grading.
Updates an assignment to set its published flag and due date, re-reads it to confirm publication, and lists the submissions for the assignment.
3 steps inputs: assignmentId, courseId, dueAt outputs: assignmentId, published
1
publishAssignment
updateAssignment
Update the assignment to set published true and optionally set a due date.
2
confirmPublished
getAssignment
Re-read the assignment to confirm it is now published.
3
listSubmissions
listSubmissions
List every submission for the published assignment so it can be graded.

Source API Descriptions

Arazzo Workflow Specification

canvas-lms-publish-assignment-and-list-submissions-workflow.yml Raw ↑
arazzo: 1.0.1
info:
  title: Canvas LMS Publish Assignment and List Submissions
  summary: Publish a draft assignment, then list every submission for it.
  description: >-
    A grading-prep flow for Canvas. The workflow publishes (or re-saves) an
    existing assignment so it becomes visible to students, confirms the published
    state by reading the assignment back, and then lists every submission for the
    assignment so a grader can begin marking work. Every step spells out its
    request inline so the flow can be read and executed without opening the
    underlying OpenAPI description.
  version: 1.0.0
sourceDescriptions:
- name: canvasApi
  url: ../openapi/canvas-lms-rest-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
workflows:
- workflowId: publish-assignment-and-list-submissions
  summary: Publish an assignment and retrieve its submissions for grading.
  description: >-
    Updates an assignment to set its published flag and due date, re-reads it to
    confirm publication, and lists the submissions for the assignment.
  inputs:
    type: object
    required:
    - courseId
    - assignmentId
    properties:
      courseId:
        type: string
        description: The Canvas course id.
      assignmentId:
        type: string
        description: The Canvas assignment id to publish.
      dueAt:
        type: string
        description: Optional ISO8601 due date to set when publishing.
  steps:
  - stepId: publishAssignment
    description: >-
      Update the assignment to set published true and optionally set a due date.
    operationId: updateAssignment
    parameters:
    - name: course_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.courseId
    - name: assignment_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.assignmentId
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        assignment:
          published: true
          due_at: $inputs.dueAt
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      assignmentId: $response.body#/id
      published: $response.body#/published
  - stepId: confirmPublished
    description: >-
      Re-read the assignment to confirm it is now published.
    operationId: getAssignment
    parameters:
    - name: course_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.courseId
    - name: assignment_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.assignmentId
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    - condition: $response.body#/published == true
    outputs:
      published: $response.body#/published
  - stepId: listSubmissions
    description: >-
      List every submission for the published assignment so it can be graded.
    operationId: listSubmissions
    parameters:
    - name: course_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.courseId
    - name: assignment_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.assignmentId
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      firstSubmissionUserId: $response.body#/0/user_id
  outputs:
    assignmentId: $steps.publishAssignment.outputs.assignmentId
    published: $steps.confirmPublished.outputs.published