Education

Canvas LMS

2min

The Canvas LMS modules allow you to create, update, retrieve, list, and delete the courses, assignments, and submissions in your Canvas LMS account.

Getting Started with Canvas LMS

Prerequisites

Connect Canvas LMS to Make

To connect your Canvas LMS account to Make you need to obtain the Access Token from your Canvas LMS account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Make module.

  1. Log in to your Canvas LMS account.
  2. Click Account > Settings.
  3. Click New Access Token.

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  4. Enter the purpose of the token, select the expiry date for the token, and then click Generate Token.

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  5. Copy the token to a safe place.

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  6. Log in to your Make account, add a module from the Canvas LMS app into a Make .
  7. Click Add next to the Connection field.
  8. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
  9. In the Canvas Instance Domain field, enter your domain details. For example, <institution>.instructure.com or owndomainname.com . You can install Canvas on your own domain or choose an instance name on the instructure.com domain.
  10. In the Access Token field, enter the token copied in step 5, and click Continue.

The connection has been established.