• name: canvas-batch-change-dates
• ops-run-with: jupyter
• python>=3.7
• canvasapi>=2.0.0
• supports universal environment 🌎

Canvas Batch Change Dates is a Python script for changing the start/end dates for courses. This script can process multiple courses at once - all courses and start/end dates can be adjusted to preference in ./data/input/start_end_courses.csv.

1. start_end_courses.csv: List all courses by id and enter start and end date values in respective columns

   ex. to change course (12345) to begin Jan-01-2020 and end Jan-01-2021 we'd enter:

   course_id	start_date	end_date
   12345	2020-01-01	2021-01-01

2. Canvas API Token: Found in Canvas > Account > Settings > Approved Integrations (prompted by the Jupyter Notebook)

1. ./data/output/canvas-course-settings_{YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS}.csv: Details status of last run including affected courses, original start/end dates, new start/end dates and any changes to enrollment restrictions
2. ./data/completed/start_end_courses_{YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS}: This is a copy of your start_end_courses.csv copied over at the end of the run and timestamped. These will automatically get stored in the ./data/complete folder.

• The changes applied here can be difficult to reverse, so ensure all documentation (README.md and Jupyter Notebook) has been looked at and understood before running
• The Jupyter Notebook will create a few additional prompts to get the API Token and confirm outcomes

Are you Sauder Operations Staff? Please go here for detailed instructions to run in Jupyter. ("The Project", or "the-project" is "canvas-batch-change-dates" or "Canvas Batch Change Dates")

Project uses conda to manage environment (See official conda documentation here)

1. Ensure you have conda installed (Python 3.7 version)
2. Clone canvas-batch-change-dates repository
3. Import environment (once): $ conda env create -f environment.yml

1. Run
   1. $ conda activate canvas-batch-change-dates
   2. $ python canvas_batch_change_dates.py
   3. Follow terminal prompts