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Admin - Connecting Canvas to Exploros
Admin - Connecting Canvas to Exploros

How to add Exploros App to your Canvas account

Itamar Tabenkin avatar
Written by Itamar Tabenkin
Updated over 3 years ago

As an admin, you can add the Exploros app to your Canvas account and make it available to all the teachers in your institute. In your Canvas account, please follow these steps:

  1. Select "Admin" from the side menu and select "Site Admin"

2. Select "Developer Keys"

3. Click on "+ Developer Key" and select "+ API Key"

4. Fill out the Key Settings

  1. Key Name: Exploros

  2. Owner Email: The owner of the account on your end

  3. Redirect URLs: https://app.exploros.com/auth/ims/canvas

  4. Redirect URL (Legacy): https://app.exploros.com/auth/ims/canvas

  5. Vendor Code (LTI2): Exploros-app

  6. Icon URL: https://exploros-shared-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Site/exploros-logo.jpg

If you are enforcing scopes please make sure to allow the following:

Assignments

  1. url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/overrides

  2. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id

  3. url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments

  4. url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id

  5. url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id

Courses

  1. url:GET|/api/v1/courses

  2. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:id

  3. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/students

  4. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/users

Enrollments

  1. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments

  2. url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/enrollments

  3. url:GET|/api/v1/sections/:section_id/enrollments

Sections

  1. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/sections

  2. url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/sections/:id

  3. url:GET|/api/v1/sections/:id

Submissions

  1. url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id

  2. url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/update_grades

  3. url:PUT|/api/v1/sections/:section_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id

  4. url:POST|/api/v1/sections/:section_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/update_grades

Users

  1. url:GET|/api/v1/users/:id

5. Don't forget to change the state to ON

6. Go to www.exploros.com/canvas-registration/ and fill out the form. Once submitted, you will get an email with the consumer key and shared secret to be used in the next step. The email subject will be - Exploros | Canvas Keys

You are now connected to the Exploros app and you can add it to each one of the campuses in your district.

7. Go back to "Settings", select "Apps" and click on +App

8. Define the App

  1. Select "By URL"

  2. Set the name as Exploros

  3. Add the Consumer Key and Shared Secret that Exploros will provide you

  4. Set Config URL: https://app.exploros.com/auth/ims/config

  5. Submit

This adds the Exploros app to your account!

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