canvas-sak 1.0.4

Command‑line Swiss Army Knife for Canvas LMS

canvas_sak - canvas Swiss-Army-Knife

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

you can download from Pypi. just pip install canvas-sak.

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. canvas-sak help-me-setup will tell you how and where to create that configuration file.

some of the major functions:

• code-similarity: download program submissions and run them through stanford MOSS.
• collect-reference-info: collect high level information about student for when they later ask for letters of recommendation.
• download-submissions: the the submissions of an assignment.
• download/upload-course-content: download and upload course content as markdown files for easily reusing past courses in a way that is easy to change.
• message-students: send a canvas messages to students from the commandline