canvas-sak 1.0.0

Command‑line Swiss Army Knife for Canvas LMS

canvas_sak

a command-line python based tool for teachers who use canvas.

you can download from canvas_sak from pip

you will need to grab a "token" from your canvas account. go to the canvas webpage -> click on Account in the upper left -> click Settings -> scroll down and click the New Access Token button. you will need to put the token in a configuration file. python3 canvas_sak.pyz help-me-setup will tell you how and where to create that configuration file.

at this point the main thing this tool does is grade discussion assignments for participation: 1 point for posting and 1 point for replying.

it also will collect names and categories of assignments that past students excelled at for writing future letters of recommendation.